Derik Alekenekelo White

US Patent:

20180285482, Oct 4, 2018

Filed:

Sep 25, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/713931

Inventors:

- Lake Mary FL, US
Aleksej Frank - Stuttgart, DE
Ahmad Ramadneh - Kornwestheim, DE
Simon Raab - Santa Barbara CA, US
Oliver Zweigle - Stuttgart, DE
Derik J. White - Beaverton OR, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/50
G09B 25/04
G01B 11/25

Abstract:

A system and method of generating a two-dimensional (2D) image of an environment is provided. The system includes a housing having a body and a handle. A 2D scanner is disposed in the body and has a light source, an image sensor and a controller, the light source steers a beam of light within a first plane to illuminate object points in the environment. The image sensor is arranged to receive light reflected from the object points and the controller determines a distance value to at least one of the object points. An inertial measurement unit is provided having a 3D accelerometer and a 3D gyroscope. One or more processors are responsive to executable instructions for generating a 2D image of the environment in response to an activation signal from an operator and based at least in part on the distance values and the signal.