Method for optically measuring three-dimensional coordinates and controlling a three-dimensional measuring device
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1. Method for optically scanning and measuring an environment, the method comprising:
- providing a three-dimensional (3D) measurement device having a first camera, a second camera and a projector, the 3D measurement device further having a control and evaluation device operably coupled to the at least one camera and the projector, the control and evaluation device having memory;
providing a correspondence between each of a plurality of control functions for the 3D measurement device and each of a plurality of gestures, each gesture being a movement of the 3D measurement device, at least one first gesture from among the plurality of gestures being defined as a movement along a path by the 3D measurement device, the first gesture corresponding to a first control function of the 3D measurement device, the correspondence between each of the plurality of control functions and each of the plurality of gestures being stored in the memory;
emitting a light pattern onto an object with the projector;
recording a first set of images of the light pattern with the first camera and the second camera at a first time;
recording a second set of images of the light pattern with the first camera and the second camera at a second time;
producing a 3D scan of the object based at least in part on the first image and the second image;
moving the 3D measuring device along a second path from a first position to a second position;
determining the first gesture based at least in part on the movement from the first position to the second position; and
executing the first control function on the 3D measurement device based at least in part on the determination of the first gesture.
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Abstract
A method for scanning and obtaining three-dimensional (3D) coordinates is provided. The method includes providing a 3D measuring device having a projector, a first camera and a second camera. The method records images of a light pattern emitted by the projector onto an object. The 3D measuring device is moved from a first position and a second position along a second path. A gesture and a corresponding control function are determined based at least in part on the first position and the second position.
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1. Method for optically scanning and measuring an environment, the method comprising:
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providing a three-dimensional (3D) measurement device having a first camera, a second camera and a projector, the 3D measurement device further having a control and evaluation device operably coupled to the at least one camera and the projector, the control and evaluation device having memory; providing a correspondence between each of a plurality of control functions for the 3D measurement device and each of a plurality of gestures, each gesture being a movement of the 3D measurement device, at least one first gesture from among the plurality of gestures being defined as a movement along a path by the 3D measurement device, the first gesture corresponding to a first control function of the 3D measurement device, the correspondence between each of the plurality of control functions and each of the plurality of gestures being stored in the memory; emitting a light pattern onto an object with the projector; recording a first set of images of the light pattern with the first camera and the second camera at a first time; recording a second set of images of the light pattern with the first camera and the second camera at a second time; producing a 3D scan of the object based at least in part on the first image and the second image; moving the 3D measuring device along a second path from a first position to a second position; determining the first gesture based at least in part on the movement from the first position to the second position; and executing the first control function on the 3D measurement device based at least in part on the determination of the first gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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