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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2019
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Denis Wohlfeld, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Evelyn Schmitz, Korntal-Münchingen, DE;
FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Abstract
A system for updating a point cloud of an environment having markers for measuring an environment and a method are provided. The system includes a mobile device having a camera. The system further includes one or more processors responsive to executable computer instructions to perform a method comprising capturing one or more images of at least a portion of the environment that include the one or more markers in the one or more images, identifying the one or more markers within the one or more images, comparing the identified one or more markers to a reference system with known coordinates and integrating the one or more images into a point cloud.