Method and apparatus for determining the position of an object
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    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for determining the position of an object 失效
    用于确定物体的位置的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4898464A

    公开(公告)日:1990-02-06

    申请号:US91601

    申请日:1987-08-31

    IPC分类号: G01B11/275

    摘要: A system and method are provided using a photodetector array for producing an output signal which is compensated for the effects of ambient light, photodetector bias, and the like, wherein the output signal contains information indicative of the position of the object. The preferred embodiment is useful for vehicular wheel alignment and includes left and right wheel units for coupling to respective left and right steerable wheels of a vehicle, and a central microcomputer and CRT display operably coupled with each wheel unit. Each preferred wheel unit includes a photodetector array operably connected to a wheel unit microcomputer and a laser beam source directing a laser beam toward the array of the other wheel unit. In use, the central microcomputer turns each laser off and on, whereupon the wheel unit microcomputers store corresponding sets of data and produce respective output signals indicative of the impingement location of each laser beam on the respective arrays which signals are compensated for the effects of ambient light, detector bias, and the like.

    摘要翻译: 使用光电检测器阵列提供系统和方法,用于产生补偿环境光,光电检测器偏置等的影响的输出信号,其中输出信号包含指示对象的位置的信息。 优选实施例对于车轮对准是有用的,并且包括用于联接到车辆的相应的左右可转向车轮的左右车轮单元以及与每个车轮单元可操作地联接的中央微型计算机和CRT显示器。 每个优选的轮单元包括可操作地连接到轮单元微计算机的光电检测器阵列和将激光束引向另一个车轮单元的阵列的激光束源。 在使用中,中央微型计算机将每个激光器关闭并打开,于是车轮单元微型计算机存储相应的数据组,并产生指示每个激光束在各个阵列上的冲击位置的相应输出信号,这些信号被补偿了环境的影响 光,检测器偏压等。