3d digitizer design overview

touch probe scanner (designed in 2000) - mechanical scanning - very slow - very high resolution - high accuracy

1st laser scanner (designed in 2002) - sweeping laser - open scanning system - no calibration - low resolution camera - line laser >1mm width - low resolution - low accuracy

2nd laser scanner (designed in 2005) - 360° object scanning - enclosed scanning system - no calibration - high resolution camera - line laser >1mm width - medium resolution - low accuracy

3rd laser scanner (designed in 2006) - sweeping laser - open scanning system - automatic calibration - low resolution camera - line laser <1mm width - medium resolution - medium accuracy