US 12,339,364 B2
Reality capture device with different climate zones for cooling
Roland Graf, Untereggen (CH); and Roman Steffen, Rebstein (CH)
Assigned to LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG, Heerbrugg (CH)
Filed by LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG, Heerbrugg (CH)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/362,268.
Claims priority of application No. 20183235 (EP), filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0405198 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 17/89 (2013.01) [G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/4814 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Reality capture device for generating a digital representation of an environment, comprising a laser scanner, configured to provide a scanning movement of a laser measurement beam for generating lidar data, and a housing enclosing an internal space comprising at least part of the laser scanner,
characterized in that
the reality capture device is configured such that the internal space has a first climate zone and a second climate zone, wherein each of the climate zones is connected to a corresponding heat dissipation element and each heat dissipation element is configured to transport heat from an inside part of the heat dissipation element arranged inside the corresponding climate zone to an outside part of the heat dissipation element arranged outside the corresponding climate zone, and
the reality capture device has a common air circulation element configured to provide active air circulation through an air guiding arrangement for cooling the outside parts of the heat dissipation elements, wherein the air guiding arrangement is configured in such a way that different air flow characteristics of the active air circulation are achieved with respect to different regions associated with cooling of the outside parts of the heat dissipation elements.