Portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine with optical communications bus

CH Briggs, F York - US Patent 8,997,362, 2015 - Google Patents
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Registration calculation between three-dimensional (3D) scans based on two-dimensional (2D) scan data from a 3D scanner

O Zweigle, BD Becker, R Becker - US Patent 9,513,107, 2016 - Google Patents
A method for measuring and registering three-dimensional (3D) by measuring 3D
coordinates with a 3D scanner in a first registration position, measuring two-dimensional …

Intermediate two-dimensional scanning with a three-dimensional scanner to speed registration

O Zweigle, BD Becker, R Becker - US Patent 9,372,265, 2016 - Google Patents
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Articulated arm coordinate measurement machine having a 2D camera and method of obtaining 3D representations

RE Bridges, PC Atwell - US Patent 9,628,775, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine includes a
noncontact 3D measuring device that has a projector that is manually movable by an …

Coordinate measurement machine with distance meter and camera to determine dimensions within camera images

RE Bridges, DH Parker - US Patent 9,163,922, 2015 - Google Patents
An articulated arm coordinate measurement machine (AACMM) that includes a noncontact
3D measurement device, position transducers, a camera, and a processor operable to …

Using depth-camera images to speed registration of three-dimensional scans

O Zweigle, BD Becker, R Becker - US Patent 9,618,620, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for measuring and registering 3D coordinates has a 3D scanner
measure a first collection of 3D coordinates of points from a first registration position and a …

Registration calculation of three-dimensional scanner data performed between scans based on measurements by two-dimensional scanner

O Zweigle, BD Becker, R Becker - US Patent 10,067,231, 2018 - Google Patents
A method for measuring and registering three-dimensional (3D) coordinates by measuring
3D coordinates with a 3D scanner in a first registration position, measuring two-dimensional …

Articulated arm coordinate measurement machine having a 2D camera and method of obtaining 3D representations

RE Bridges, PC Atwell - US Patent 9,607,239, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A portable articulated arm coordinate measuring machine includes a
noncontact 3D measuring device that has a projector configured to emit a first pattern of light …

Device for optically scanning and measuring an environment

P Schumann, R Becker, M Ossig, J Gittinger - US Patent 9,074,883, 2015 - Google Patents
With 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 …

Using a two-dimensional scanner to speed registration of three-dimensional scan data

O Zweigle, BD Becker, R Becker - US Patent 9,739,886, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for measuring and registering 3D coordinates has a 3D scanner
measure a first collection of 3D coordinates of points from a first registration position. A 2D …