FARO Technologies, Inc.
CAPTURING ENVIRONMENTAL SCANS USING ANCHOR OBJECTS FOR REGISTRATION

Abstract:

According to one or more embodiments, a system includes a scanner device configured to capture a set of point clouds comprising 3D points. The system further includes one or more processors that detect, during the capture of the set of point clouds, at least one first anchor object in a first part of a first point cloud. The first part belongs to a first time interval centered at time t1. A second anchor object is detected in a second part of the first point cloud, the second part belonging to second time interval centered at time t2. Further, at least one correspondence is identified between the first anchor object and the second anchor object. The first part of the first point cloud is aligned with the second part of the first point cloud based on the at least one correspondence between the first anchor object and the second anchor object.