FARO
®
Laser Scanner Manual
6
Chapter 2: Introduction
Figure 2-3: Vertical and Horizontal Rotation
Additionally, the FARO Laser Scanner determines the reflectivity of the
captured surfaces by measuring the intensity of the received laser beam. In
general, bright surfaces reflect a greater portion of the emitted light than dark
surfaces. This reflectivity is used to assign a corresponding value to each
single point.
The single point measurements are repeated up to 976,000 times per second.
The result is a point cloud, a three-dimensional dataset of the scanner's
environment (hereinafter referred to as the laser scan or simply scan).
Depending on the selected resolution (points acquired per rotation) each point
cloud consists of millions of scan points.
The laser scans are recorded on a removable SD card, enabling easy and
secure transfer to SCENE, FARO’s point cloud manipulation software.
This manual provides an introduction to the FARO Laser Scanner. Please
read the safety information in chapter
Safety Precautions on page 10 and the
step-by-step guide in chapter
Getting Started on page 20 before first use.
You can also find various training and tutorial videos on the Internet at http://
tutorial.faroeurope.com
The scanner also has an onscreen help that can be accessed during operation
by pressing the help button on the screen. For more information, see
Online
Help and Notifications
on page 111.
A list of the potential fields of application of the FARO Laser Scanner can be
found on the FARO web page www.faro.com.
The maximal single point measurement rate of the Focus
M
70
is 488,000 times per second.
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