THREE-DIMENSIONAL COORDINATE SCANNER AND METHOD OF OPERATION
First Claim
1. A noncontact optical three-dimensional measuring device comprising:
- an assembly that includes a projector, a first camera, and a second camera, wherein the projector, the first camera, and the second camera are fixed in relation to one another, there being a first distance between the projector and the first camera and a second distance between the projector and the second camera, the projector having a light source, the projector configured to emit onto a surface of an object a first light having any of a plurality of patterns, the first camera having a first lens and a first photosensitive array, the first camera configured to receive a first portion of the first light reflected off the surface and to produce a first digital signal in response, the first camera having a first field of view, the first field of view being a first angular viewing region of the first camera, the second camera having a second lens and a second photosensitive array, the second camera configured to receive a second portion of the first light reflected off the surface and to produce a second digital signal in response, the second camera having a second field of view, the second field of view being a second angular viewing region of the second camera, the second field of view being different than the first field of view; and
a processor, electrically coupled to the projector, the first camera, and the second camera, that executes a computer executable program code that when executed by the processor performs operations that include causing the first digital signal to be collected at a first time and the second digital signal to be collected at a second time different than the first time, determining three-dimensional coordinates of a first point on the surface based at least in part on the first digital signal and the first distance, and determining three-dimensional coordinates of a second point on the surface based at least in part on the second digital signal and the second distance.
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Abstract
A noncontact optical three-dimensional measuring device that includes a projector, a first camera, and a second camera; a processor electrically coupled to the projector, the first camera and the second camera; and computer readable media which, when executed by the processor, causes the first digital signal to be collected at a first time and the second digital signal to be collected at a second time different than the first time and determines three-dimensional coordinates of a first point on the surface based at least in part on the first digital signal and the first distance and determines three-dimensional coordinates of a second point on the surface based at least in part on the second digital signal and the second distance.
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26 Claims
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1. A noncontact optical three-dimensional measuring device comprising:
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an assembly that includes a projector, a first camera, and a second camera, wherein the projector, the first camera, and the second camera are fixed in relation to one another, there being a first distance between the projector and the first camera and a second distance between the projector and the second camera, the projector having a light source, the projector configured to emit onto a surface of an object a first light having any of a plurality of patterns, the first camera having a first lens and a first photosensitive array, the first camera configured to receive a first portion of the first light reflected off the surface and to produce a first digital signal in response, the first camera having a first field of view, the first field of view being a first angular viewing region of the first camera, the second camera having a second lens and a second photosensitive array, the second camera configured to receive a second portion of the first light reflected off the surface and to produce a second digital signal in response, the second camera having a second field of view, the second field of view being a second angular viewing region of the second camera, the second field of view being different than the first field of view; and a processor, electrically coupled to the projector, the first camera, and the second camera, that executes a computer executable program code that when executed by the processor performs operations that include causing the first digital signal to be collected at a first time and the second digital signal to be collected at a second time different than the first time, determining three-dimensional coordinates of a first point on the surface based at least in part on the first digital signal and the first distance, and determining three-dimensional coordinates of a second point on the surface based at least in part on the second digital signal and the second distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of determining three-dimensional coordinates on a surface of an object, the method comprising:
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providing an assembly that includes a projector, a first camera, and a second camera, wherein the projector, the first camera, and the second camera are fixed in relation to one another, there being a first distance between the projector and the first camera and a second distance between the projector and the second camera, the projector having a light source, the projector configured to emit onto the surface a first light having any of a plurality of patterns, the first camera having a first lens and a first photosensitive array, the first camera configured to receive a first portion of the first light reflected off the surface, the first camera having a first field of view, the first field of view being a first angular viewing region of the first camera, the second camera having a second lens and a second photosensitive array, the second camera configured to receive a second portion of the first light reflected off the surface, the second camera having a second field of view, the second field of view being a second angular viewing region of the second camera, the second field of view being different than the first field of view; providing a processor electrically coupled to the projector, the first camera and the second camera; emitting from the projector onto the surface, in a first instance, the first light having a first pattern selected from among the plurality of patterns; acquiring in the first instance a first image of the surface with the first camera and sending a first digital signal to the processor in response; determining a first set of three-dimensional coordinates of first points on the surface, the first set based at least in part on the first pattern, the first digital signal and the first distance; carrying out a diagnostic procedure that determines a quality factor for the first set; determining a second pattern of the first light selected from among the plurality of patterns, the second pattern based at least in part on results of the diagnostic procedure; emitting from the projector onto the surface, in a second instance, the first light having the second pattern; acquiring in the second instance a second image of the surface with the second camera and sending a second digital signal to the processor in response; and determining a second set of three-dimensional coordinates of second points on the surface, the second set based at least in part on the second pattern, the second digital signal, and the second distance. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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