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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Andreas Ditte, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Martin Ossig, Tamm, DE;
Andreas Ditte, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Martin Ossig, Tamm, DE;
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Abstract
A device for optically scanning and measuring and environment, with a laser scanner, having a base and a measuring head which is rotatable relative to the base, with a light emitter, which emits an emission light beam, a light receiver which receives a reception light beam which is reflected by an object in the environment of the laser scanner or scattered otherwise, and a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points, determines at least the distance to the object, has a manually movable trolley, on which the laser scanner is mounted by means of its base and which can be taken from a resting state to a moving state, wherein the trolley has a path measuring device for measuring its path.