Non-contact vehicle measurement system

    公开(公告)号:US10222455B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-05

    申请号:US14845053

    申请日:2015-09-03

    Abstract: A vehicle measurement station utilizing one or more displacement sensors disposed on each opposite side of an inspection region of a vehicle inspection lane to acquire displacement measurement data along associated measurement axes. At least a portion of the displacement measurement data is associated with the outermost wheel assemblies on an axle of a moving vehicle passing through the inspection region, and utilized to determine one or more vehicle characteristics, such as an axle total toe condition.

    Method For Detecting Support Surface Variations During Wheel Alignment Rolling Compensation Procedure
    34.
    发明申请
    Method For Detecting Support Surface Variations During Wheel Alignment Rolling Compensation Procedure 审中-公开
    在车轮定位滚动补偿程序中检测支撑表面变化的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160273914A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-22

    申请号:US15068299

    申请日:2016-03-11

    CPC classification number: G01B11/2755 G01B2210/20

    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.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于检测在与车轮对准测量或检查系统相关联的滚动补偿过程期间车轮组件跨支撑表面的水平,直线滚动运动的偏差的发生的方法,其通过识别测量结果的变化或与 在理想水平和直线滚动运动期间将不变的轮组件。 评估测量或计算参数中的识别的变化,以向操作者发出偏差的发生,或者产生校正因子以考虑偏差引入到补偿计算或随后的车轮对准测量中的至少一部分效果 或服务程序。

    Method for Characterization of Vehicle Support Surfaces
    35.
    发明申请
    Method for Characterization of Vehicle Support Surfaces 审中-公开
    车辆支撑表面的表征方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140278226A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US14203911

    申请日:2014-03-11

    Abstract: A method for characterizing the surface over which a vehicle is to be rolled during a rolling compensation procedure. A set of wheel alignment angle sensors are mounted to the rearmost fixed axle of a vehicle which is then backed onto the floor surface to be characterized, and rolled in reverse over the region of the floor surface generally traversed during a rolling compensation procedure. As the vehicle is rolled in reverse, a pair of wheel alignment angle sensors temporarily positioned at selected points on the floor surface measure a distance to the wheel-mounted alignment angle sensors, which in turn, are acquiring camber angle measurements. The resulting set of measurements is stored in an accessible data storage device, characterizing the camber altering contours of a path across the floor surface.

    Abstract translation: 一种在滚动补偿过程中表征车辆将被滚动的表面的方法。 一组车轮定位角度传感器安装到车辆的最后固定轴上,然后将车轮定位角度传感器支撑到要被表征的地板表面上,并且在滚动补偿过程中通常横穿的地板表面的区域上相反地滚动。 当车辆相反地滚动时,临时定位在地板表面上的选定点处的一对车轮对准角度传感器测量到轮毂安装的对准角度传感器的距离,而车轮对准角度传感器又获得外倾角测量。 所得到的一组测量被存储在可访问的数据存储设备中,表征了通过地板表面的路径改变轮廓的弧度。

    System and Method For Gyroscopic Placement of Vehicle ADAS Targets

    公开(公告)号:US20210347338A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-11

    申请号:US17313699

    申请日:2021-05-06

    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.

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