Patent ID: 11936843
Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A computer program product comprising a memory device with computer executable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processing units causes the one or more processing units to execute a method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) mesh of an environment, the method comprising:
generating a 2D map of the environment using data captured using a 2D scanner;
capturing, using a camera, a plurality of panoramic images of the environment from respective locations in the environment;
identifying a plurality of features from a subset of the panoramic images captured by the camera;
aligning the subset of the panoramic images with the 2D map using the features that are extracted;
determining 3D coordinates of the features using 2D coordinates from the 2D map and a third coordinate based on a pose of the camera; and
generating the 3D mesh using the 3D coordinates of the features.