Method for optically scanning and measuring an environment

A system comprising:

• a memory having computer readable instructions;
• and
• one or more processors for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions comprising:
• projecting with a processor a plurality of measurement points in three-dimensional space onto a two-dimensional plane of a display screen, the display screen having a plurality of pixels;
• assigning with the processor each of the measurement points of the plurality of measurement points to one of the pixels in the plurality of pixels;
• assigning with the processor a depth value to each of the plurality of pixels that are assigned one of the measurement points of the plurality of measurement points;
• selecting with the processor a first pixel, the first pixel having a first measurement point of the plurality of measurement points assigned to the first pixel, the first pixel having a first depth value assigned to the first pixel;
• searching with the processor to a first side of the first pixel for a second pixel having a second measurement point of the plurality of measurement points assigned to the second pixel, the second pixel having a second depth value assigned to the second pixel;
• searching with the processor to a second side of the first pixel for a third pixel having a third measurement point of the plurality of measurement points assigned to the third pixel, the second side being opposite the first side, the third pixel having a third depth value assigned to the third pixel;
• determining with the processor that the second measurement point and the third measurement point are on a same object plane based at least in part on the second depth value and the third depth value;
• and
• changing with the processor the first depth value assigned to the first pixel based on determining the second measurement point and the third measurement point are on the same object plane.

A computer program product for displaying a plurality of measurement points in three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional plane of a display screen, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform:

• projecting with the processor the plurality of measurement points onto the two-dimensional plane of the display screen, the display screen having a plurality of pixels;
• assigning with the processor each of the measurement points of the plurality of measurement points to one of the pixels in the plurality of pixels;
• assigning with the processor a depth value to each of the plurality of pixels that are assigned one of the measurement points of the plurality of measurement points;
• selecting with the processor a first pixel, the first pixel having a first measurement point of the plurality of measurement points assigned to the first pixel, the first pixel having a first depth value assigned to the first pixel;
• searching with the processor to a first side of the first pixel for a second pixel having a second measurement point of the plurality of measurement points assigned to the second pixel, the second pixel having a second depth value assigned to the second pixel;
• searching with the processor to a second side of the first pixel for a third pixel having a third measurement point of the plurality of measurement points assigned to the third pixel, the second side being opposite the first side, the third pixel having a third depth value assigned to the third pixel;
• determining with the processor that the second measurement point and the third measurement point are on a same object plane based at least in part on the second depth value and the third depth value;
• and
• changing with the processor the first depth value assigned to the first pixel based on determining the second measurement point and the third measurement point are on the same object plane.