Patents Assigned to DST Swiss AG
  • Method and scanning arrangement for the contactless scanning of three-dimensional objects and device for holding the objects
    Patent number: 8467070
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the contactless scanning of three-dimensional objects (1). The objects are scanned using a bundled light beam (7), preferably using a laser beam. The object is scanned in at least two different measuring sections. When scanning in two different measuring sections, the measuring lines on the object (1) are not parallel. As an alternative or additional option, the object (1) is rotated during one measuring operation and not during the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: DST Swiss AG
    Inventors: Rolf Diefenbacher, Dean Stoops