ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,690, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to FARO Technologies Inc. (Lake Mary, Fla.).
"System and method of improving laser scanner unambiguity" was invented by Martin Ossig (Tamm, Germany) and Oswin Horvath (Tamm, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for determining a distance is provided. The system includes a scanner that captures a scan-point by emitting a light having a base frequency and at least one measurement frequency and receiving a reflection of the light. Processors determine the distance to the scan-point by using a method that comprises: generating a signal in response to receiving the reflection of l...