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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2019
Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh, Heerbrugg, CH;
Rainer Wohlgenannt, Klaus, AT;
Jürg Hinderling, Marbach, CH;
HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH, Heerbrugg, CH;
Abstract
A measuring apparatus for the three-dimensional geometric acquisition of surroundings by means of a rotating transceiver platform and a multiplicity of transmission channels for emitting pulsed distance measurement beams, wherein in each case a different elevation with respect to a reference plane orthogonal to the rotation axis is scannable with each of the transmission channels. Furthermore, the measuring apparatus comprises a receiving unit having a sensor arrangement of semiconductor photomultiplier sensors, wherein the number of sensors is less than the number of transmission channels, and the transmitting unit and the receiving unit are configured such that at least two of the transmission channels are assigned to a common sensor, which is configured for generating distance measurement data with respect to the at least two transmission channels.