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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Faro Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Inventor:
Andreas Woloschyn, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/14 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/95 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); F16H 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/02 (2013.01); G01S 17/95 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); F16H 2001/2872 (2013.01);
Abstract
A laser scanner optically scans and measures an environment, the laser scanner having a base resting in the stationary reference system of the laser scanner, a measuring head rotatable about a vertical axis relative to the base, a measuring head rotatable relative to the base about a vertical axis, a motor supported in the measuring head, the motor having a motor shaft and a gear which, when driven by the motor by the motor shaft, turns the measuring head relative to the base, the gear being configured as a planetary gear.