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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2012
Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh, Heerbrugg, CH;
Bo Pettersson, London, GB;
Knut Siercks, Mörschwil, CH;
Eugen Voit, Au, CH;
Jürg Hinderling, Marbach, CH;
Benedikt Zebhauser, Rorschach, CH;
Klaus Schneider, Dornbirn, AT;
HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH, Heerbrugg, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for determining 3D coordinates of an object () by a handheld laser-based distance measuring device (), the method comprising determining an object point () at the object (); measuring a distance () from the handheld laser-based distance measuring device () to the determined object point () by means of an EDM (); capturing a 3D image () of the object (), the 3D image () includes the determined object point (); identifying the determined object point () in the captured 3D image (); and linking the measured distance () with the identified object point () in the 3D image (). The invention also relates to a handheld laser-based distance measuring device () and a computer program product for execution of said method.