Patent ID: 8705016

Claim:
A device for optically scanning and measuring an environment, comprising: a laser scanner having a light emitter that emits an emission light beam, the laser scanner also having a rotary mirror, the laser scanner further having a light receiver that receives a reception light beam, where the emission light beam is reflected by the rotary mirror to an object in the environment, where a portion of the emission light beam is reflected by the object to produce the reception light beam, and where the reception light beam is reflected by the rotary mirror and passes through a receiver lens which has an optical axis; and the laser scanner also comprises a color camera that takes colored pictures of the environment of the laser scanner, and a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points, determines a distance to the object and links the distance with the colored pictures, wherein the color camera is arranged on the optical axis of the receiver lens; wherein the rotary mirror rotates continuously for capturing the reception light beam, and wherein the rotary mirror rotates step by step when the color camera is taking the colored pictures.