Wheel aligner with advanced diagnostics and no-stop positioning
Snap-On Incorporated
A vehicle wheel alignment system has a plurality of cameras, each camera for viewing a respective target disposed at a respective wheel of the vehicle and capturing image data of the target as the wheel and target are continuously rotated a number of degrees of rotation without a pause. The image data is used to calculate a minimum number of poses of the target of at least one pose for every five degrees of rotation as the wheel and target are continuously rotated the number of degrees of rotation without a pause. At least one of the cameras comprises a data processor for performing the steps of preprocessing the image data, and calculating an alignment parameter for the vehicle based on the preprocessed image data.
1ClaimsFirst of 17
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A vehicle alignment system, comprising: a central support structure; a pair of camera arm assemblies, each camera arm assembly being movably attached to the central support structure, a first one of the camera arm assemblies including a first camera for capturing image data relating to a first portion of a vehicle, a second one of the camera arm assemblies including a second camera for capturing image data relating to a second portion of the vehicle different from the first portion of the…
2Description
This invention relates to an automotive wheel aligner of the machine vision type.