Patents by Inventor Axel Ruhland
Axel Ruhland has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12169121Abstract: A system and method for providing feedback on a quality of a 3D scan is provided. The system includes a coordinate scanner configured to optically measure and determine a plurality of three-dimensional coordinates to a plurality of locations on at least one surface in the environment, the coordinate scanner being configured to move through the environment while acquiring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates. A display having a graphical user interface. One or more processors are provided that are configured to determine a quality attribute of a process of measuring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates based at least in part on the movement of the coordinate scanner in the environment and display a graphical quality indicator on the graphical user interface based at least in part on the quality attribute, the quality indicator is a graphical element having at least one movable element.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Döring, Rasmus Debitsch, Rene Pfeiffer, Axel Ruhland
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Publication number: 20230228557Abstract: A system and method for providing feedback on a quality of a 3D scan is provided. The system includes a coordinate scanner configured to optically measure and determine a plurality of three-dimensional coordinates to a plurality of locations on at least one surface in the environment, the coordinate scanner being configured to move through the environment while acquiring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates. A display having a graphical user interface. One or more processors are provided that are configured to determine a quality attribute of a process of measuring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates based at least in part on the movement of the coordinate scanner in the environment and display a graphical quality indicator on the graphical user interface based at least in part on the quality attribute, the quality indicator is a graphical element having at least one movable element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Daniel Döring, Rasmus Debitsch, Rene Pfeiffer, Axel Ruhland
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Patent number: 11614319Abstract: A system and method for providing feedback on a quality of a 3D scan is provided. The system includes a coordinate scanner configured to optically measure and determine a plurality of three-dimensional coordinates to a plurality of locations on at least one surface in the environment, the coordinate scanner being configured to move through the environment while acquiring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates. A display having a graphical user interface. One or more processors are provided that are configured to determine a quality attribute of a process of measuring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates based at least in part on the movement of the coordinate scanner in the environment and display a graphical quality indicator on the graphical user interface based at least in part on the quality attribute, the quality indicator is a graphical element having at least one movable element.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: FARO Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Döring, Rasmus Debitsch, Rene Pfeiffer, Axel Ruhland
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Publication number: 20210404792Abstract: A system and method for providing feedback on a quality of a 3D scan is provided. The system includes a coordinate scanner configured to optically measure and determine a plurality of three-dimensional coordinates to a plurality of locations on at least one surface in the environment, the coordinate scanner being configured to move through the environment while acquiring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates. A display having a graphical user interface. One or more processors are provided that are configured to determine a quality attribute of a process of measuring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates based at least in part on the movement of the coordinate scanner in the environment and display a graphical quality indicator on the graphical user interface based at least in part on the quality attribute, the quality indicator is a graphical element having at least one movable element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Daniel Döring, Rasmus Debitsch, Rene Pfeiffer, Axel Ruhland
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Patent number: 10935365Abstract: A 3D sensor system with a mounting arrangement is provided. The system includes a 3D sensor that measures 3D coordinates of a surface, the 3D sensor having a body with a slot disposed in a side, the slot further having a recess centrally disposed thereon. One or more slot nuts are disposed in the slot. A mounting bracket is provided having a pair of keystone members and a dowel pin disposed therebetween, the keystone members being disposed in the slot and the dowel pin being disposed in the recess, the mounting bracket having a plurality of holes aligned with the slot. One or more fasteners are provided that extend through the plurality holes and engage the one or more slot nuts to couple the mounting bracket to the 3D sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Rolf Heidemann, Axel Ruhland, Christoph Neundorf, Steffen Kappes, Markus Grau
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Publication number: 20190323822Abstract: A 3D sensor system with a mounting arrangement is provided. The system includes a 3D sensor that measures 3D coordinates of a surface, the 3D sensor having a body with a slot disposed in a side, the slot further having a recess centrally disposed thereon. One or more slot nuts are disposed in the slot. A mounting bracket is provided having a pair of keystone members and a dowel pin disposed therebetween, the keystone members being disposed in the slot and the dowel pin being disposed in the recess, the mounting bracket having a plurality of holes aligned with the slot. One or more fasteners are provided that extend through the plurality holes and engage the one or more slot nuts to couple the mounting bracket to the 3D sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Rolf Heidemann, Axel Ruhland, Christoph Neundorf, Steffen Kappes, Markus Grau
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Publication number: 20180100615Abstract: A tripod head for mounting a 3D measurement device on a tripod stand, having a base element, which can be connected to the tripod stand, a cover element, which is configured to cooperate with the 3D measurement device, and a control element by means of which activation of the tripod head changes its state, the states including at least one waiting state, in which the tripod head is ready to operate with the 3D measurement device in the direction of a tripod head axis and the 3D measurement device can be detached from the tripod head, and a locked state, in which the 3D measurement device is fixedly connected to the tripod head, and there is an additional state of the tripod head between the waiting state and the locked state, i.e., a secured state, in which the 3D measurement device sits undetachably on the tripod head.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Reinhard Becker, Axel Ruhland, Andreas Woloschyn
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Patent number: 9671221Abstract: A device for scanning and obtaining three-dimensional coordinates is provided. The device may be a hand-held scanner that includes a carrying structure having a front and reverse side, the carrying structure having a first arm, a second arm and a third arm arranged in a T-shape or a Y-shape. A housing is coupled to the reverse side, a handle is positioned opposite the carrying structure, the housing and carrying structure defining an interior space. At least one projector is configured to project at least one pattern on an object, the projector being positioned within the interior space and oriented to project the at least one pattern from the front side. At least two cameras are provided spaced apart from each other, the cameras being configured to record images of the object. The cameras and projector are spaced apart from each other by a pre-determined distance.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Axel Ruhland, Rolf Heidemann, Reinhard Becker, Martin Ossig
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Publication number: 20160069670Abstract: A device for scanning and obtaining three-dimensional coordinates is provided. The device may be a hand-held scanner that includes a carrying structure having a front and reverse side, the carrying structure having a first arm, a second arm and a third arm arranged in a T-shape or a Y-shape. A housing is coupled to the reverse side, a handle is positioned opposite the carrying structure, the housing and carrying structure defining an interior space. At least one projector is configured to project at least one pattern on an object, the projector being positioned within the interior space and oriented to project the at least one pattern from the front side. At least two cameras are provided spaced apart from each other, the cameras being configured to record images of the object. The cameras and projector are spaced apart from each other by a pre-determined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Axel Ruhland, Rolf Heidemann, Reinhard Becker, Martin Ossig
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Patent number: 8730477Abstract: With a device for optically scanning and measuring an environment, which is designed as a laser scanner, with a light emitter, which emits an emission light beam, with a light receiver which receives a reception light beam which is reflected from an object in the environment of the laser scanner or scattered otherwise, and with a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points, determines at least the distance to the object, at least one shell is provided as part of the housing of the laser scanner, said shell being partially covered on its outer side by at least one yoke which serves as protection.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Faro Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Axel Ruhland, Reinhard Becker, Bernd-Dietmar Becker
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Publication number: 20130094024Abstract: With a device for optically scanning and measuring an environment, which is designed as a laser scanner, with a light emitter, which emits an emission light beam, with a light receiver which receives a reception light beam which is reflected from an object in the environment of the laser scanner or scattered otherwise, and with a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points, determines at least the distance to the object, at least one shell is provided as part of the housing of the laser scanner, said shell being partially covered on its outer side by at least one yoke which serves as protection.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: FARO Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Axel Ruhland, Reinhard Becker, Bernd-Dietmar Becker
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Patent number: D684580Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Faro Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Axel Ruhland, Reinhard Becker, Bernd-Dietmar Becker
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Patent number: D733141Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Axel Ruhland, Rolf Heidemann, Reinhard Becker, Martin Ossig
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Patent number: D741864Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Axel Ruhland, Rolf Heidemann, Reinhard Becker, Martin Ossig
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Patent number: D939367Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Axel Ruhland, Jonas Bader, Benjamin Müller, Matthias Gramenz