Patents by Inventor Sebastian Bartmann

Sebastian Bartmann 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).

  • Patent number: 9989353
    Abstract: A method for optically scanning and measuring a scene by a laser scanner includes generating multiple scans; tracking scanner positions with a position-tracking device for the multiple scans and providing tracked scanner positions in response; registering sequentially scans selected from the multiple scans into clusters using registration points or targets and confirming registration of the scans into the clusters according to specified quality criteria being fulfilled; selecting scans from the clusters and forming pairs of scans; forming an intersection of the selected pairs and comparing a size of the intersection with a threshold value obtained based at least in part on the tracked scanner positions; and attempting to register the pairs of scans if the size of the intersection exceeds the threshold value and accepting the registered pairs of scans if the registration is successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sebastian Bartmann, Helmut Kramer, Daniel Pompe, Michael Schanz
  • Publication number: 20170370701
    Abstract: A method for optically scanning and measuring a scene by a laser scanner includes generating multiple scans; tracking scanner positions with a position-tracking device for the multiple scans and providing tracked scanner positions in response; registering sequentially scans selected from the multiple scans into clusters using registration points or targets and confirming registration of the scans into the clusters according to specified quality criteria being fulfilled; selecting scans from the clusters and forming pairs of scans; forming an intersection of the selected pairs and comparing a size of the intersection with a threshold value obtained based at least in part on the tracked scanner positions; and attempting to register the pairs of scans if the size of the intersection exceeds the threshold value and accepting the registered pairs of scans if the registration is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Sebastian Bartmann, Helmut Kramer, Daniel Pompe, Michael Schanz
  • Patent number: 9746311
    Abstract: A method for optically scanning and measuring a scene by a laser scanner includes generating multiple scans; tracking scanner positions with a position-tracking device for the multiple scans and providing tracked scanner positions in response; registering sequentially scans selected from the multiple scans into clusters using registration points or targets and confirming registration of the scans into the clusters according to specified quality criteria being fulfilled; selecting scans from the clusters and forming pairs of scans; forming an intersection of the selected pairs and comparing a size of the intersection with a threshold value obtained based at least in part on the tracked scanner positions; and attempting to register the pairs of scans if the size of the intersection exceeds the threshold value and accepting the registered pairs of scans if the registration is successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sebastian Bartmann, Helmut Kramer, Daniel Pompe, Michael Schanz
  • Publication number: 20170052017
    Abstract: A method for optically scanning and measuring a scene by a laser scanner includes generating multiple scans; tracking scanner positions with a position-tracking device for the multiple scans and providing tracked scanner positions in response; registering sequentially scans selected from the multiple scans into clusters using registration points or targets and confirming registration of the scans into the clusters according to specified quality criteria being fulfilled; selecting scans from the clusters and forming pairs of scans; forming an intersection of the selected pairs and comparing a size of the intersection with a threshold value obtained based at least in part on the tracked scanner positions; and attempting to register the pairs of scans if the size of the intersection exceeds the threshold value and accepting the registered pairs of scans if the registration is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Sebastian Bartmann, Helmut Kramer, Daniel Pompe, Michael Schanz
  • Publication number: 20160153773
    Abstract: A method for optically scanning and measuring a scene by a laser scanner includes generating multiple scans; tracking scanner positions with a position-tracking device for the multiple scans and providing tracked scanner positions in response; registering sequentially scans selected from the multiple scans into clusters using registration points or targets and confirming registration of the scans into the clusters according to specified quality criteria being fulfilled; selecting scans from the clusters and forming pairs of scans; forming an intersection of the selected pairs and comparing a size of the intersection with a threshold value obtained based at least in part on the tracked scanner positions; and attempting to register the pairs of scans if the size of the intersection exceeds the threshold value and accepting the registered pairs of scans if the registration is successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Sebastian Bartmann, Helmut Kramer, Daniel Pompe, Michael Schanz
  • Patent number: 9245346
    Abstract: A method for optically scanning and measuring a scene by a three-dimensional (3D) measurement device in which multiple scans are generated to then be registered in a joint coordinate system of the scene. At first at least one cluster is generated from at least one scan, further scans are registered for test purposes in the coordinate system of the cluster, and registering is then confirmed if specified quality criteria are fulfilled and the generated clusters are then joined, for which purpose pairs are formed of selected scans and/or clusters to form pairs, the pairs are registered for test purposes and registering is confirmed if appropriate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sebastian Bartmann, Helmut Kramer, Daniel Pompe, Michael Schanz
  • Publication number: 20150287207
    Abstract: A method for optically scanning and measuring a scene by a three-dimensional (3D) measurement device in which multiple scans are generated to then be registered in a joint coordinate system of the scene. At first at least one cluster is generated from at least one scan, further scans are registered for test purposes in the coordinate system of the cluster, and registering is then confirmed if specified quality criteria are fulfilled and the generated clusters are then joined, for which purpose pairs are formed of selected scans and/or clusters to form pairs, the pairs are registered for test purposes and registering is confirmed if appropriate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Sebastian Bartmann, Helmut Kramer, Daniel Pompe, Michael Schanz