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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 07, 2021
Applicant:
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Inventors:
Jens Trollmann, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Stefan Müller, Ditzingen, DE;
Martin Ossig, Tamm, DE;
Elisabeth Brühl, Tamm, DE;
Assignee:
FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/894 (2020.01); G01S 7/4811 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01);
Abstract
A three-dimensional (3D) scanner includes a light source, an optical detector, a reference reflector, and a 3D aperture structure having side walls and an aperture, the aperture sized to pass a first portion of the light reflected by the reference reflector, the side walls sized to block a second portion of the light reflected by the reference reflector. The 3D scanner further includes a tilted optical bandpass filter to block ambient background light without creating cavity reflections that might cause errors in measured distance.