Patent ID: 8675181

Claim:
A color scanning system, comprising: an infrared laser configured to transmit a pulsed infrared light; an infrared detector positioned to receive the infrared pulsed infrared light when reflected from an object; a blue laser configured to transmit a steady blue light; a blue detector positioned to receive the blue light when reflected from the object; a red laser configured to transmit a steady red light; a red detector positioned to receive the red light when reflected from the object; a green laser configured to transmit a steady green light; a green detector positioned to receive the green light when reflected from the object; and a processor in communication with the infrared detector to determine a distance from the scanning system to the object based on a time between a transmitted infrared light pulse and a received infrared light pulse, the processor further being in communication with the red detector, the blue detector, and the green detector to render a color pixel in space.