3d scanner including a set of projectors projecting an interleaved pattern

A method of projecting an interleaved pattern with a three-dimensional (3D) scanner having a set of projectors and at least one camera, the method comprising:

• a. projecting, with a first projector of the set of projectors, a first multiline pattern onto a surface of a target object;
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• b. projecting, with a second projector of the set of projectors, a second multiline pattern onto the surface concurrently with the first multiline pattern to generate the interleaved pattern, wherein the second projector is positioned relative to the first projector such that:
• i. a light line of the first multiline pattern is projected onto the surface between two light lines of the second multiline pattern;
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• ii. a light plane projected by the first projector defining the light line of the first multiline pattern and two light planes projected by the second projector defining the two light lines of the second multiline pattern is non-intersecting throughout a depth of field (DOF) of the 3D scanner.