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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Axel Ruhland, Stuttgart, DE;
Reinhard Becker, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Bernd-dietmar Becker, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Axel Ruhland, Stuttgart, DE;
Reinhard Becker, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Bernd-Dietmar Becker, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Abstract
With a device for optically scanning and measuring an environment, which is designed as a laser scanner, with a light emitter, which emits an emission light beam, with a light receiver which receives a reception light beam which is reflected from an object in the environment of the laser scanner or scattered otherwise, and with a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points, determines at least the distance to the object, at least one shell is provided as part of the housing of the laser scanner, said shell being partially covered on its outer side by at least one yoke which serves as protection.