Patent ID: 8396681
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: G01B,G01C,G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for scanning a surface or a volume of an object using a measurement instrument, the measuring instrument including a position calculating circuit to calculate position data including at least horizontal and vertical angle and distance between the measurement instrument and the object, the measuring instrument further including a control module, the method comprising: identifying, by the control module, a scanning area of the object including the surface; dividing, by the control module, the scanning area into a number of subsets; measuring, by the position calculating circuit, the subsets in sequence during a measurement session; detecting, by the control module, a plurality of points in each of the number of subsets of said sequence of the scanning area of the object during the measurement session, the plurality of points of the subsets forming a scanning point grid configuration; using, by the control module and upon detection of a new point in a new subset in said sequence, information related to at least one point having a corresponding location in at least one preceding subset in said sequence; and providing, by the control module, a scanning result based on the scanning point grid configuration.