美国的Popular Science杂志 Best of what's new 2011中,Faro公司的 Focus 3D扫描仪入选; 类别为Security:3-D in every precinct, 即三维化每个警局辖区。 强调的是激光雷达在公共安全,法医取证调查上的利用:由于其轻便紧凑,高速准确, 价廉物美,小警局也能装备得起。 杂志中标出的价格是3万美元(20万人民币); 国内同类产品的报价是120万(不久前参加该产品的现场扫描,销售经理告诉的)。价格内外有别,为何差这么远?
The Faro Focus 3D brings accurate forensic laserscanning to small police
departments that wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford the advanced
crime-scene mapping tool. In-house design and manufacture of all the
processing and optical components means that the scanner is more compact
and brings down the final price significantly. The improved optics
yield a scan radius of up to 394 feet, and thanks to better
signal-processing chips, the Focus can scan and store the details of a
room in less than five minutes. $30,000