公开(公告)号：US11338621B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

申请号：US16953004

申请日：2020-11-19

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Andrew B. Nevin ,  Timothy A. Strege ,  Nicholas J. Colarelli, III

IPC: G01M17/02 ,  B60C11/24 ,  G01B11/22

Abstract: A modular drive-over vehicle inspection system for measuring tire tread depth at multiple points on each individual wheel of a moving vehicle passing through an inspection lane, and which is capable of accommodating vehicles having a range of axle configurations, including three or more of any combination of single-wheel axles, super-single wheel axles, and dual-wheel axles.

公开(公告)号：US11287251B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-29

申请号：US17220268

申请日：2021-04-01

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Michael T. Stieff ,  Nicholas J. Colarelli, III ,  Brian M. Cejka

IPC: G01B11/275 ,  G01B11/27 ,  G01S7/40 ,  G01M17/06 ,  G01S7/497

Abstract: A support structure having a vertical element supporting a set of cameras associated with a vehicle measurement or inspection system together with at least one target structure required for realignment or recalibration of onboard vehicle safety system sensors. A camera crossbeam carried by the support structure locates the set of cameras as required to view a vehicle undergoing measurement or inspection. The target structure is affixed to the vertical element of the support structure, at an elevation suitable for observation by at least one vehicle onboard sensors during a realignment or recalibration procedure. A set of rollers facilitates positioning of the target structure on a supporting floor surface during a realignment or recalibration procedure.

公开(公告)号：US20210347338A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17313699

申请日：2021-05-06

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Timothy A. Strege ,  Nicholas J. Colarelli, III

IPC: B60S5/00 ,  G07C5/08 ,  G01P13/00

Abstract: A vehicle ADAS target or fixture is configured with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) consisting of a combination of accelerometers and gyroscopes capable of estimating a relative position and orientation within the spatial volume of the vehicle service area by tracking changes in acceleration and rotation. A controller monitors movement of the IMU relative to an established reference location, generating output utilized by a vehicle service system to guide a technician to position and orient the vehicle ADAS target or fixture at a selected location within the vehicle service area required to conduct a vehicle ADAS service procedure.

公开(公告)号：US20210155055A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US16953004

申请日：2020-11-19

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Andrew B. Nevin ,  Timothy A. Strege ,  Nicholas J. Colarelli, III

IPC: B60C11/24 ,  G01M17/02 ,  G01B11/22

Abstract: A modular drive-over vehicle inspection system for measuring tire tread depth at multiple points on each individual wheel of a moving vehicle passing through an inspection lane, and which is capable of accommodating vehicles having a range of axle configurations, including three or more of any combination of single-wheel axles, super-single wheel axles, and dual-wheel axles.

公开(公告)号：US20200380284A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16996620

申请日：2020-08-18

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Philip G. Grunzinger, JR. ,  Timothy A. Strege ,  Kevin V. Schoemehl

IPC: G06K9/32 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G01B11/275 ,  H04N5/247

Abstract: A vehicle service system incorporating a set of imaging sensors disposed in an inspection lane through which a vehicle is driven. A processor is configured with software instructions to capture a set of images from the set of imaging sensors and to evaluate the captured images according to a set of rules to identify images in which a license plate is visible on an observed surface of the vehicle. The processor is further configured with software instruction to extract license plate information from the identified images, assign a figure of merit to the extracted information, and generate an output in response to the assigned figures of merit.

公开(公告)号：US10699253B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US15676557

申请日：2017-08-14

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Nicholas J. Colarelli, III ,  Timothy A. Larson ,  Daniel G. Eberhart

IPC: G06Q10/00 ,  G06K9/32

Abstract: Methods for operating a vehicle inspection or measurement system to facilitate selection of specification sets associated with a vehicle undergoing inspection or measurement based on an evaluation of vehicle identifying features and acquired vehicle measurement.

公开(公告)号：US10697766B1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US15646329

申请日：2017-07-11

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Daniel R. Dorrance ,  Bruce E. Bernard ,  Aaron C. Hall ,  Nicholas J. Colarelli, III ,  Timothy A. Strege

IPC: G01B11/275 ,  G01M17/04 ,  G01M17/06 ,  G01L17/00

Abstract: A vehicle inspection system configured with a processing system and at least one displacement sensor disposed on opposite sides of a vehicle inspection lane sensor region to acquire displacement measurement data associated with a moving vehicle passing through the vehicle inspection lane. The processing system is configured to receive acquired displacement measurement data to determine characteristics of the moving vehicle, such as vehicle velocity, dynamic axle alignment, dynamic wheel alignment, or dimensions. The processing system is further configured to evaluate the determined dynamic vehicle characteristics in relation to static vehicle characteristics, such as static axle alignment or static wheel alignment, through application of one or more compensation factors based on user selected parameters, default parameters, or identified vehicle features.

公开(公告)号：USD878894S1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

申请号：US29639738

申请日：2018-03-08

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Designer： James D. Wilson, II

公开(公告)号：US10444010B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-15

申请号：US15068299

申请日：2016-03-11

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Timothy A. Strege ,  Daniel R. Dorrance

IPC: G01B11/275

Abstract: A method for detecting the occurrence of deviations from level, straight-line rolling movement of a wheel assembly across a supporting surface during a rolling compensation procedure associated with a vehicle wheel alignment measurement or inspection system by identifying changes in measurements or calculated parameters associated with the wheel assembly which would be unchanged during an ideal level and straight-line rolling movement. Identified changes in the measurements or calculated parameters are evaluated to either warn an operator of the occurrence of a deviation, or to generate a correction factor to account for at least a portion of an effect which the deviations introduce into compensation calculations or subsequent wheel alignment measurements or service procedures.

公开(公告)号：US10408610B1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15216510

申请日：2016-07-21

Applicant: Hunter Engineering Company

Inventor： Bruce E. Bernard ,  Timothy A. Strege

IPC: G01B11/26 ,  G01B11/275 ,  G01M17/02

Abstract: A vehicle measurement station utilizing an array of displacement sensors disposed on each opposite side of a sensing region of a vehicle inspection lane to acquire displacement measurement data and surface characteristic data, associated with the surfaces of a vehicle passing through the sensing region, from which vehicle components such as body panels, tire, and wheels can be identified, and from which vehicle parameters such as velocity, wheel assembly dimensions, and wheel assembly spatial orientations can be determined.