A laser scanning contour measuring device for brown rice was developed. The mechanism principle of the device was adapted to the point cloud data collection representing the geometric characteristics of brown rice. It has the functions of mutually vertical triaxial movement and two-axis rotation to realize the circular sweep of the ellipsoid of brown rice, the deflection of the embryo and the linear sweep of its main section. The ellipsoid of brown rice was measured by circular discrete and continuous laser scanning. The results showed that the continuous and discrete scanning data were consistent in describing the surface of brown rice, and the errors met the test requirements. The experimental device could realize the effective data acquisition of the main section of germ by linear discrete scanning.