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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2019
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Gerrit Hillebrand, Waiblingen, DE;
FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Abstract
A three-dimensional (3D) measuring device and a method are provided. The measuring device includes a processor system including a scanner controller. A housing is provided with a 3D scanner that is coupled to the processor system. The scanner determining a first distance to a first object point and cooperating with the processor system to determine 3D coordinates of the first object point. The measuring device further includes a photogrammetry camera coupled to the housing, the photogrammetry camera having a lens and an image sensor that define a field of view. The photogrammetry camera is arranged to position the field of view at least partially in a shadow area, the shadow area being outside of the scan area.