Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method of scanning an environment and generating two dimensional images of the environment
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Application No.: US16179357Application Date: 2018-11-02
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Publication No.: US11145116B2Publication Date: 2021-10-12
- Inventor: Aleksej Frank , Matthias Wolke , Oliver Zweigle
- Applicant: FARO Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Lake Mary
- Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Lake Mary
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: G06T1/00
- IPC: G06T1/00 ; G06T17/05 ; H04N13/282 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
A system and method for scanning an environment and generating an annotated 2D map is provided. The system includes a 2D scanner having a light source, an image sensor and a first controller. The first controller determines a distance value to at least one of the object points. The system further includes a 360° camera having a movable platform, and a second controller that merges the images acquired by the cameras to generate an image having a 360° view in a horizontal plane. The system also includes processors coupled to the 2D scanner and the 360° camera. The processors are responsive to generate a 2D map of the environment based at least in part on a signal from an operator and the distance value. The processors being further responsive for acquiring a 360° image and integrating it at a location on the 2D map.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190156568A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SCANNING AN ENVIRONMENT AND GENERATING TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGES OF THE ENVIRONMENT Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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