| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090147319 | Laser Scanner - A laser scanner may include a measuring head structured to be rotatable around a first axis, a first rotary drive structured to rotate the measuring head, a rotary mirror rotatable around a second axis, a second rotary drive structured to rotate the rotary mirror, a transmitter structured to transmit a light beam, a receiver structured to receive a reflection of the light beam from an object located at a distance from the laser scanner, and a processor structured to process signals embedded within the reflection of the light beam. The measuring head may include a plurality of modules, and the first rotary drive, rotary mirror, second rotary drive, transmitter, and receiver may be provided on one of the plurality of modules. At least two of the plurality of modules may be releasably connected to each other. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090273771 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA OF AN AREA OF SPACE - 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 ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100134596 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AN AREA IN 3D - An apparatus for three-dimensional coverage of a spatial area has a rangefinder for finding the range to an object point in the spatial area, and has an image recording unit. The rangefinder contains a transmitter for transmission of a transmitted signal which is largely in the form of a beam to the object point, a receiver for receiving a reflected signal from the object point, and an evaluation and control unit which is designed to determine the range to the object point on the basis of the transmitted signal and the reflected signal. The apparatus furthermore contains a beam scanning unit which is designed to point the transmitted signal in different spatial directions. The image recording unit has a defined image recording area, and is coupled to the beam scanning unit in order to align the image recording area and the transmitted signal with the same object point. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110113170 | INTERFACE - An interface, for communication between an internal device and an external device, includes two bus lines of a bus for bidirectional data transfer and at least a first control line, by means of which a control signal can be transferred from the external device to the internal device. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20120019806 | DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING AND MEASURING AN ENVIRONMENT - 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 (O) in the environment of the laser scanner or scattered otherwise, and with a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points (X), determines at least the distance to the object (O), the laser scanner has a swivel-axis module which, as a pre-assembled assembly, on the one hand is provided with a base resting in the stationary reference system of the laser scanner and, on the other hand, with parts which can be fixed to a carrying structure of the measuring head which is rotatable relative to the base. | 01-26-2012 |