Faro FOCUS3D X 130, User Manual

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FARO
®
Laser Scanner Focus
3D
X 130 Manual
January 2014
2
Chapter 1: Introduction
The main features are:
• HYPERMODULATION
TM
• high accuracy
• high resolution
• high speed
• intuitive control via the built in touchscreen display.
• high mobility due to its small size, light weight, and the integrated quick
charge battery.
• photorealistic 3D color scans due to the integrated color camera.
• integrated dual axis compensator to automatically level the captured scan data.
• integrated GPS sensor to determine the scanner‘s position.
• integrated compass and altimeter to give the scans an orientation and a height
information.
• WLAN to remotely control the scanner.
In principle, the Focus
3D
X 130 works by sending an infrared laser beam into the
center of its rotating mirror. The mirror deflects the laser beam on a vertical
rotation around the environment being scanned; scattered light from surrounding
objects is then reflected back into the scanner.