Patent 11262194 was granted and assigned to FARO Technologies on March, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A triangulation scanner having an enclosure, a projector coupled to the enclosure and configured to emit a first light, and three cameras also coupled to the enclosure. The scanner further includes at least one processor to determine the three-dimensional coordinates in a local frame of reference based at least in part on receiving the first light.