ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,556, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to FARO Technologies Inc. (Lake Mary, Fla.).
"Support system for mobile coordinate scanner" was invented by Mufassar Waheed (Ditzingen, Germany), Matthias Wolke (Korntal-Munchingen, Germany), Aleksej Frank (Kornwestheim, Germany) and Mark Brenner (Neuenstadt am Kocher, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile three-dimensional (3D) measuring system includes a 3D measuring device, and a support apparatus. The 3D measuring device is coupled to the support apparatus. The support apparatus includes a pole mount that includes a gimbal at the top of the pole mount, wherein the 3D measuring devi...