3D SCANNERS

Model	Company	Platform/OS	Target/Objects	Precision	Texture	Price
Minolta 1500	Minolta	PC (// port) Win	10-40 cm	Lens : focal lgth 9.5 mm	1.5 Mpixel (1344x1008)	31 KF
10 objects on a 32 Mo FlashCard (image storage) "stick back" soft VRML export				Doesn't work outside Doesn't work for dark or large objects
Vivid 700	Minolta	PC/NT (both soft provided) SGI	10x10 cm to 1.1x1.1m	200x200x256 points (triangulation)	color image (400x400)	public: 210 KF discount: 189 KF Tripod: 8KF turntable: 25-35KF Cards: 3-4KF
Laser light-stripe triangulation range finder 2 cameras: BW CCD, 200x200, autofocus objective, zoom x5 for modeling color, 400x400 for texturing Both cameras are calibrated from factory Acquisition time: 0.6 seconds / scanning (for ~ 40000 points) Maximum resolution: 0.3 mm (at 60cm from the objective) Registration & merge, subsampling, Polygonal mesh, SDK provided Doesn't need lot of light: diffuse artificial light preferred to daylight(<= 500 lux) Export: DXF, A\|W, ASCII, SoftImage, IV, STL, VRML No unique texture: 1 shape + 1 texture/view, can't map all the textures together (only one by one) Two types of turntables available: small : diameter = 20cm big : diameter = 50cm, accepts up to 70kg
Cyrax 2500	Cyra	PC/NT	50m up to 100m	6mm	color image (400x400)	$130000
LIDAR technology Operational from complete darkness to bright sunlight Package includes power supply, 2 batteries, charger, tripod, shipping cases, pentium laptop w/ NT, Cyclone Scan 3.0
FastScan	Polhemus	PC/NT		1 mm at 200 mm Wand-Object range		200KF
3D graphics and controls SW Export: 3DSMax, ASCII, AutoCad, IGES, Lightwave, Matlab, STL, VRML, A\|W, IV				Sensor not so efficent for some sufaces (translucent, dark, reflective) Results present some artefacts Disturbed by metallic objects
Cyberware 3030	Cyberware	PC/NT SGI	0.3x0.3m		High resolution texture mapping	$72600
Support variable light conditions and surface properties				Results present some artefacts SCAN 1D => requires a device to make the object rotate/move 30kg for small config
Digibot II	Digibiotics	PC/Win	45x45cm			550 KF??
3Scan	Geometrix Inc	PC/Win	up to 30cm (option available for larger objects)	+/-0.5mm	tif, gif, jpg 24bits	$8500
video camera + handheld laser stripe projector + 30cm turntable Export to 3DS, VRML, OBJ, DXF
3D-DF	InSpeck Inc		small field: FOV 35x26cm DOV 40cm large field: FOV 100x75cm DOV 75cm	small field: lateral 0.6mm depth 0.3mm large field: lateral 1.8mm depth 0.7mm	color 24bit BW 8bit	color $24000 BW $18000 (without soft)
halogen light based dual field scan 1 view => several views for whole 3D objects (turntable needed) proprietary S/W to edit and merge (InSpeckEM) Export to SoftImage, A\|W, 3DS, VRML, CAD No reseller in France (Canada)