US 12,000,689 B2
Environmental scanning and image reconstruction thereof
Evelyn Schmitz, Korntal-Münchingen (DE); Heiko Bauer, Moeglingen (DE); Steffen Kappes, Oedheim-Degmarn (DE); and Denis Wohlfeld, Ludwigsburg (DE)
Assigned to FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US)
Filed by FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,748.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/066,350, filed on Aug. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0049948 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G01B 11/04 (2006.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 11/04 (2013.01) [G01B 11/2518 (2013.01); G02B 26/101 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scanning system for measuring a shaft, the scanning system comprising:
a support structure;
a scanner mounted to the support structure;
at least one fixed guide, wherein the support structure is configured to move along the at least one fixed guide;
at least one positional guide, wherein the at least one positional guide is connected to the support structure to guide movement of the scanner along the at least one fixed guide;
an encoder operably coupled to the at least one positional guide and configured to measure, at least, a distance from the encoder to the support structure; and
at least one stabilizer arranged between the scanner and the support structure, wherein the at least one stabilizer is configured to minimize relative tilt between the scanner and the support structure.