U.S. patent number RE45,854 [Application Number 14/549,851] was granted by the patent office on 2016-01-19 for method and an apparatus for capturing three-dimensional data of an area of space. This patent grant is currently assigned to FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.. The grantee listed for this patent is FARO Technologies, Inc.. Invention is credited to Bernd-Dietmar Becker, Reinhard Becker, Juergen Gittinger.
United States Patent | RE45,854 |
Gittinger , et al. | January 19, 2016 |
In a method for capturing three-dimensional data of an area of space, a plurality of measuring beams (Ls) are sent out to a plurality of measuring points. A detector (50) receives a plurality of reflected beams (Lr) which are reflected by the measuring points (34a). A plurality of distances to the measuring points (34a, 34b) are determined as a function of the reflected beams (Lr). According to one aspect of the invention, at least one object (30) which comprises a hidden channel (66) having a visible entry opening (72) is located in the area of space. A rod-shaped element (32) is inserted into the channel (66) in such a manner that a .[.free end.]. .Iadd.proximal portion .Iaddend.(70) protrudes from the entry opening (72). A first distance to a first measuring point (34a) and a second distance to a second measuring point (34b) are determined. An orientation (74) of the hidden channel (66) is determined as a function of the first and the second distances.
Inventors: | Gittinger; Juergen (Ludwigsburg, DE), Becker; Bernd-Dietmar (Ludwigsburg, DE), Becker; Reinhard (Ludwigsburg, DE) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Lake
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Family ID: | 38566204 | ||||||||||
Appl. No.: | 14/549,851 | ||||||||||
Filed: | November 21, 2014 | ||||||||||
PCT Filed: | June 29, 2007 | ||||||||||
PCT No.: | PCT/EP2007/005789 | ||||||||||
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date: | May 19, 2009 | ||||||||||
PCT Pub. No.: | WO2008/003436 | ||||||||||
PCT Pub. Date: | January 10, 2008 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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Reissue of: | 12515489 | Jun 29, 2007 | 7847922 | Dec 7, 2010 | |
Jul 3, 2006 [DE] | 10 2006 031 580 | |||
Current U.S. Class: | 1/1 |
Current CPC Class: | G01S 17/89 (20130101); G01C 15/02 (20130101); F41J 5/00 (20130101); G01C 15/002 (20130101); G01C 15/06 (20130101); G01S 17/08 (20130101) |
Current International Class: | G01C 3/08 (20060101); G01C 15/06 (20060101); G01C 1/00 (20060101); G01C 15/02 (20060101) |
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