Quantapoint Explained

Quantapoint, Inc.
Type:Private
Predecessor:K2T[1]
Foundation:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Location:Houston, Texas, United States
Area Served:North America, Latin America, European Union, Nigeria, South Africa, South East Asia
Key People:John R. Wilson (President and CEO)[2]
Eric Hoffman (Founder and Executive Vice President)[3]
Industry:3D Laser Scanning Technology and Services
Products:PRISM 3D (3D laser scanning data viewer)[4]
QuantaCAD (3D laser scanning data integration with CAD)[5]
AccessPoint (3D laser scanning data integration with facility information)[6]
Services:3D Laser Scanning[7]
Tie Point Certification[8]
Design Validation[9]
Fabrication Verification[10]
Construction Visualization[11]
As-built Documentation[12]
Num Employees:Approximately 70+ (2013)
Homepage:www.quantapoint.com

Quantapoint, Inc. is a technology and services company that develops and uses patented[13] 3D laser scanning hardware[14] and software.[15] Quantapoint creates a Digital Facility[4] using 3D laser scanning and then provides visualization, analysis, quality control, decision support and documentation services[16] for buildings, museums, refineries, chemical plants, nuclear and fossil-fuel power plants, offshore platforms and other structures.[17]

History

Quantapoint was founded as K2T, Inc[1] (or K2T) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1991 by Eric Hoffman,[3] Pradeep Khosla, Takeo Kanade and other Carnegie Mellon University faculty members. K2T focused on creating custom robotics and 3D range-finding imaging systems to help them navigate complex environments. The most notable are the laser range-finding system created in 1992 for the DANTE walking robot that explored Mount Erebus in Antarctica as part of a NASA sponsored competition [18] and the 360-degree phase-based 3D laser scanner named SceneModeler created in 1997.[19]

The company name was changed to Quantapoint in 1999 to reflect the focus on 3D laser scanning hardware, software and services.[19]

Initially, Quantapoint focused on using 3D laser scanning to "digitize" buildings and create 2D drawings, 3D models and/or other animations or visualizations for renovations, additions or historic preservation. Notable projects include the Museum of Modern Art,[19] the Theban Mapping Project in the Valley of the Kings,[20] Monticello[21] and the Guggenheim Museum.[22]

Since 2002, Quantapoint has served the chemical, petroleum and power industries[17] both globally and within the United States. Quantapoint has also worked with the United States General Services Administration (GSA).[23]

Quantapoint has received several patents[13] and awards[24] for the 3D laser scanner hardware and 3D laser scanning data software that it has developed.

3D laser scanner hardware

Quantapoint uses both its own 3D laser scanner hardware, the SceneModeler 5 and SceneModeler 9,[14] and the Photon from Faro Systems.[25] Quantapoint has a fleet of more than twenty (20) 3D laser scanners.[26]

Digital facility

The Quantapoint Digital Facility consists of the following:[4]

3D laser scanning data software

Quantapoint provides the following software for using the 3D laser scanning data in the Digital Facility:

Alliances/software development relationships

Quantapoint has alliances or software development relationships to integrate laser data with software from Autodesk, AVEVA, Bentley Systems and Intergraph.[29]

Locations

Quantapoint has locations within the United States (Pittsburgh, Houston, Los Angeles), England, Scotland and Nigeria. Quantapoint also uses representatives in various countries, such as Mexico, Venezuela, South Africa, Malaysia and Brazil.[30]

Patents

Quantapoint has been issued the following patents in the United States and has filed for similar patents in the EU, Canada and Japan:[31]

Notes and References

  1. http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2004/07/12/story6.html Pittsburgh Business Times, July 9, 2004
  2. Web site: John Wilson Named as President and CEO of Quantapoint!. The Chief Executive Forum. 2009-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324153903/http://ceoworld.biz/ceo/2008/11/17/john-wilson-named-as-president-and-ceo-of-quantapoint. 2012-03-24. dead.
  3. Web site: Management Team. 2009-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20090918124043/http://www.quantapoint.com/qp/management/. 2009-09-18. dead.
  4. http://www.quantapoint.com/capabilities/accesslaserscanning/prism3dlaserscanning PRISM 3D Web Page
  5. http://www.quantapoint.com/capabilities/integratelaserscanning/quantacadlaserscanning QuantaCAD Web Page
  6. http://www.quantapoint.com/capabilities/facility AccessPoint Web Page
  7. http://www.quantapoint.com/capabilities/digitizelaserscanning Digitize Facilities Web Page
  8. http://www.quantapoint.com/capabilities/certify Tie Point Certification Web Page
  9. Web site: Quantapoint Technology Delivers… and delivers again!. 2009-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20091205043820/http://www.quantapoint.com/capabilities/resolve/. 2009-12-05. dead.
  10. http://www.quantapoint.com/capabilities/verify Fabrication Verification Web Page
  11. http://www.quantapoint.com/capabilities/visualize Construction Visualization Web Page
  12. http://www.quantapoint.com/capabilities/asbuiltlaserscanning As-built Documentation Web Page
  13. http://www.quantapoint.com/qp/patents Patents Web Page
  14. Web site: Yahoo.
  15. Web site: Marketwire - Breaking news, press releases, social media news releases, business news - Marketwired.
  16. http://www.quantapoint.com/capabilities Services Web Page
  17. http://www.quantapoint.com/industry Industries Web Page
  18. http://www.ri.cmu.edu/pub_files/pub2/wettergreen_david_1993_2/wettergreen_david_1993_2.pdf Exploring Mount Erebus by Walking Robot
  19. Web site: History. 2009-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20090809151127/http://www.quantapoint.com/qp/history/. 2009-08-09. dead.
  20. Web site: Historical Overview of the Theban Mapping Project - Theban Mapping Project.
  21. http://www.monticello.org/press/newsletter/2005/winter/explorer_05w.pdf Monticello Explorer attracts users, praise
  22. Web site: Guggenheim Restoration Has the Wright Stuff.
  23. Web site: Quantapoint Awarded GSA Laser Scanning IDIQ Contract. https://archive.today/20130201142915/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS124203+07-Oct-2009+MW20091007. dead. 1 February 2013. Reuters Editorial. 7 October 2009. Reuters.
  24. https://archive.today/20110829174556/http://www.quantapoint.com/awards/ Awards Web Page
  25. Web site: Nov 19 - FARO Delivers 6 Photon Laser Scanners to Quantapoint. 2009-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20091216020026/http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/FARO/111908_quantapoint.htm. 2009-12-16. dead.
  26. Web site: SPAR 3D - News & Information on 3D Technology. SPAR 3D.
  27. http://www.quantapoint.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/otc08_showdaily.pdf Advancements in the usability of laser scan data
  28. http://www.quantapoint.com/capabilities/lasermodels Laser Models vs. "Point Clouds" Web Page
  29. http://www.quantapoint.com/alliances Alliances Web Page
  30. https://archive.today/20110828071735/http://www.quantapoint.com/locations/ Locations Web Page
  31. http://www.quantapoint.com/qp/patents/ Patents Web Page
  32. https://archive.today/20121214063101/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,034,803.PN.&OS=PN/6,034,803&RS=PN/6,034,803 Patent: Method and apparatus for directing energy based range detection sensor
  33. https://archive.today/20121214125123/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,373,612.PN.&OS=PN/6,373,612&RS=PN/6,373,612 Patent: Method and apparatus for directing energy based range detection sensors
  34. https://archive.today/20121214063223/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,906,837.PN.&OS=PN/6,906,837&RS=PN/6,906,837 Patent: Method and apparatus for directing energy based range detection sensors
  35. https://archive.today/20121214110218/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.htm&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&S1=7,365,891&OS=7,365,891&RS=7,365,891 Patent: Method and apparatus for directing energy based range detection sensors
  36. https://archive.today/20121214083534/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,180,072.PN.&OS=PN/7,180,072&RS=PN/7,180,072 Patent: Method and apparatus for creating a registration network of a scene
  37. https://archive.today/20121214110018/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,446,030.PN.&OS=PN/6,446,030&RS=PN/6,446,030 Patent: Method and apparatus for establishing the layout of a building
  38. https://archive.today/20121214103630/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,127,378.PN.&OS=PN/6,446,030&RS=PN/7,127,378 Patent: Method and apparatus for establishing the layout of a building

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