Volumetric Performance Evaluation of a Laser Scanner Based on Geometric Error Model

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January 5, 2015

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Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Massimiliano M. Ferrucci, Daniel S. Sawyer, Grant Gerner, Vincent D. Lee, Christopher J. Blackburn, Steven D. Phillips, Yuri Yakovlev, Andrey Astrelin, Spike Milligan, John Palmateer

Abstract

We discuss a geometric error model for those large volume laser scanners that have the laser source and a spinning prism mirror mounted on a platform that can rotate about the vertical axis. We describe the terms that constitute the model, address their effect on measured range and angles, and discuss the sensitivity of different two-face and volumetric length tests to each term in the model. We report on experiments performed using commercially available contrast targets to assess the validity of the proposed model. Geometric error models are important not only in improving the accuracy of laser scanners, but also in facilitating the identification of test procedures for performance evaluation of these instruments and therefore in the development of documentary Standards. The work described in this paper lays the foundation for such efforts.

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Precision Engineering-Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology

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Keywords

Geometric error model, Laser scanner, Volumetric performance evaluation

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Muralikrishnan, B. , Ferrucci, M. , Sawyer, D. , Gerner, G. , Lee, V. , Blackburn, C. , Phillips, S. , , Y. , , A. , Milligan, S. and Palmateer, J. (2015), Volumetric Performance Evaluation of a Laser Scanner Based on Geometric Error Model, Precision Engineering-Journal of the International Societies for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=916328 (Accessed October 17, 2025)