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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Bernhard Braunecker, Rebstein, CH;
Peter Stegmaier, Ponte Capriasca, CH;
Peter Kipfer, Marbach, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Leica Geosystems AG, Heerbrugg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for registering surfaces, using a scanner system comprising a radiation source for emitting electromagnetic radiation (ES), a scanning device for guiding the radiation over the surface in order to scan the latter and a receiver for receiving the radiation (RS) that is reflected by the surface. According to the invention, the radiation is spectrally separated to analyze the surface characteristics and a distance measuring unit is used to derive distance information in parallel from the received radiation.