US 12,169,121 B2
User interface for three-dimensional measurement device
Daniel Döring, Ditzingen (DE); Rasmus Debitsch, Fellbach (DE); Rene Pfeiffer, Muehlacker (DE); and Axel Ruhland, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US)
Filed by FARO Technologies, Inc., Lake Mary, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/126,644.
Application 18/126,644 is a continuation of application No. 17/340,917, filed on Jun. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,614,319.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,672, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228557 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 11/002 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G01B 11/2513 (2013.01); G01B 11/2518 (2013.01); G01B 11/2545 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a coordinate scanner configured to optically measure and determine a plurality of three-dimensional coordinates to a plurality of locations on at least one surface in the environment, the coordinate scanner being sized to be carried by a single person and moved through the environment while acquiring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates;
a display removably coupled to the coordinate scanner, the display having a graphical user interface;
one or more processors configured to:
determine a quality attribute of a process of measuring the plurality of three-dimensional coordinates based at least in part on the movement of the coordinate scanner in the environment; and
display a graphical quality indicator on the graphical user interface based at least in part on the quality attribute, the quality indicator is a graphical element having at least one movable element;
wherein the graphical element further comprises a quality symbol, the at least one changeable bar indicating a first quality attribute, the quality symbol indicating a second quality attribute;
wherein the first quality attribute is based at least in part on the speed of the coordinate scanner, and the second quality attribute is based at least in part on a target attribute; and
wherein the target attribute is the age of the target, the age of the target being the number of successive images a natural feature or artificial target appear in a plurality of successive images acquired by the coordinate scanner.