3D laser scanner technology?

3D laser scanner technology?
what are the different types of 3D laser scanner technologies ?

Best answer:

1. Contact
2. Non-contact – active scanner
3. Non-contact – passive scanner

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1. silentvii | January 11th, 2006 at 9:06 am

there are alot, there are time of flight lasers which hit an object, reflect off, and use an algorithm to calculate how long the lazor flew until its reflection hit a probe. That is generally the only kind there is to date to my knowledge. laserdesign.com/technology.htm has some good info.