Patent ID: 9645240
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G01C,G01S

Claim:
1. A method for optically scanning, measuring and displaying a point cloud, the method comprising: emitting, by a light emitter of a laser scanner, an emission light beam; receiving, by a light receiver, a reflection light beam, wherein a reflection light beam of the emission light beam is reflected from an object; determining, by a control and evaluation device for measurement points projected on a plane corresponding to a screen on a display device, at least the distance from the object to a center of the laser scanner, wherein at least some measurement points are displayed on the display device; determining which points are visible on the display device based at least in part on a viewpoint of the display device; and gap filling one or more pixels to generate a visual appearance of a surface on the display device, wherein the gap filling includes a first horizontal search in a first direction of a first measured point of the measurement points followed by a second horizontal search in a second direction of the first measured point, the second direction being opposite the first direction and wherein the gap filling further includes a first vertical search in a third direction of the measured point, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction, followed by a second vertical search in a fourth direction, the fourth direction being opposite the third direction.