Patent ID: 11921409
Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A system comprising:
a light projector having a light source, a beam-steering system operable to direct a beam of outgoing light onto a surface, the light projector further having an optical detector configured to receive at least a portion of a light beam reflected off of the surface; and
one or more processors that are operable to execute computer instructions to perform a method comprising:
projecting a visible scan-box to mark a portion of an environment in which the light projector is placed, wherein the portion of the environment is captured in an intensity image by the light projector;
acquiring the intensity image of the portion of the environment at a predetermined scan resolution;
identifying a plurality of point targets in the environment in the intensity image;
associating the plurality of point targets with a plurality of points in an electronic model including a representation of the portion of the environment;
aligning the light projector to the electronic model based at least in part on the plurality of point targets and the plurality of points
measuring an angle of rotation of the light projector; and
realigning the light projector tot eh electronic model based at least in part on the angle of rotation, wherein the angle of rotation is measured by at least one sensor integral with the light projector.