公开(公告)号：US20180209785A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-26

申请号：US15879298

申请日：2018-01-24

申请人： BIG RIG CUSTOM TOOLING, LLC

发明人： CHANCE A. FINSTAD ,  DANIEL T. ASHE ,  JOHN ASHAL

IPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B29C64/118

CPC分类号： G01B11/2755 ,  B29C64/118 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G01B1/00 ,  G01B5/0004 ,  G01B2210/14 ,  G01B2210/16

摘要： A vehicle wheel alignment system has a frame member and an optical device mounted to the frame member. At least one shaft connected to the frame member, wherein the at least one shaft is positionable against a rim of the vehicle wheel, wherein the at least one shaft is constructed from a non-metal material. The system may allow for vehicle wheel alignments without scratching the face of the rim. Related methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided.

公开(公告)号：US10001429B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-19

申请号：US15125011

申请日：2015-03-10

申请人： Robert Bosch GmbH

发明人： Christof Krueger ,  Pavel Pavlov ,  Simone Graf ,  Stefanie Peters ,  Tobias Hanning

IPC分类号： G01M17/04 ,  G01M17/06 ,  G01B11/275

CPC分类号： G01M17/04 ,  G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/14 ,  G01B2210/20 ,  G01M17/06

摘要： A device for checking the wheel suspension of a vehicle, in particular, of a motor vehicle, includes: a device for determining the wheel normals and/or the center of rotation of a wheel of the vehicle; a device for determining the movement trajectory of the wheel normals and/or of the center of rotation of the wheel during a movement of the vehicle; and a comparison and evaluation device, which is configured to compare the determined movement trajectory of the wheel normals and/or of the center of rotation of the wheel to a predefined movement trajectory, and to output a defect message when the deviation of the determined movement trajectory from the predefined movement trajectory exceeds a predefined limiting value.

公开(公告)号：US20180134529A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-17

申请号：US15807273

申请日：2017-11-08

申请人： Hunter Engineering Company

发明人： Matthew John Zecher ,  Michael Olsen ,  Nicholas J. Colarelli, III

IPC分类号： B66F7/28 ,  G01B11/275

CPC分类号： B66F7/28 ,  B66F2700/123 ,  G01B11/275 ,  G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/14

摘要： A vehicle position detection and guidance system for use with an automotive service lift having a pair of runways onto which a vehicle is driven in order to be elevated. The system consists of a LiDAR sensor disposed to provide a field of view encompassing a volume of space extending upward from the upper surface of each lift runway, as well as the intervening region between the runways. The LiDAR sensor to observes at least the leading tread surfaces of two or more wheels on a vehicle approaching the service lift, and a volume of space below the vehicle. Output from the LiDAR sensor is conveyed to a processing system, which monitors the wheel positions relative to the runway surfaces, and provides output indicating steering corrections, obstructions, and a vehicle stopping point as the vehicle is driven onto the runways and/or the lift elevation changes.

公开(公告)号：US20180053320A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-22

申请号：US15678825

申请日：2017-08-16

申请人： SNAP-ON INCORPORATED

发明人： Joel A. KUNERT ,  Darwin Y. CHEN ,  George M. GILL ,  Brian K. GRAY ,  Steven W. ROGERS ,  Ronald D. SWAYNE ,  David A. JACKSON ,  Rodney HARRELL ,  Robert J. D'AGOSTINO ,  Bryan C. MINOR ,  Eric R. SELLERS ,  Sean P. LECRONE ,  Larry D. KLOTZ ,  Jonathan A. SPERRY

IPC分类号： G06T7/73 ,  G01B11/275 ,  G06T7/60 ,  H04N5/247

CPC分类号： G06T7/74 ,  G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/12 ,  G01B2210/143 ,  G01B2210/26 ,  G01B2210/30 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T2207/30252 ,  H04N5/247

摘要： A wheel alignment system includes a side-to-side reference including an active reference pod and a passive reference pod disposed on opposite sides of the vehicle. The active reference pod includes a reference image sensor fixedly attached to a reference target, for mounting on a first side of the vehicle such that the reference image sensor produces image data including a perspective representation of the passive reference pod disposed on a second/opposite side of the vehicle. In operation, alignment cameras on the opposite sides of the vehicle capture perspective representations of targets mounted to vehicle wheels and of targets of the active and passive reference pods. A computer processes the image data to compute an alignment measurement of the vehicle based on a spatial relationship between the active reference pod and the passive reference pod determined according to the image data produced by the reference image sensor.

公开(公告)号：US09846031B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-19

申请号：US14412289

申请日：2013-06-11

申请人： ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

发明人： Guenter Nobis ,  Volker Uffenkamp ,  Masato Takami

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  G01B11/275 ,  G06T1/00 ,  G06T7/593

CPC分类号： G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/146 ,  G06T1/0007 ,  G06T7/593 ,  G06T2207/10012 ,  G06T2207/30268 ,  H04N7/183

摘要： A method for testing a vehicle underbody of a motor vehicle includes: recording at least one image of at least one region of the vehicle underbody of the motor vehicle using a camera device; producing a three-dimensional depth image with the aid of the at least one recorded image of the at least one region of the vehicle underbody of the motor vehicle; and testing the at least one region of the vehicle underbody of the motor vehicle with the aid of the produced three-dimensional depth image of the vehicle underbody using optical image recognition.

公开(公告)号：US20170131092A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-11

申请号：US15413846

申请日：2017-01-24

申请人： SNAP-ON INCORPORATED

发明人： Steven W. ROGERS

IPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N7/18

CPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/14 ,  G01B2210/28 ,  G01B2210/30 ,  G06K9/00791 ,  H04N7/181 ,  H04N7/183

摘要： A hybrid wheel alignment system and methodology use passive targets for a first pair of wheels (e.g. front wheels) and active sensing heads for another pair of wheels (e.g. rear wheels). The active sensing heads combine image sensors for capturing images of the targets with at least one spatial relationship sensor for sensing a relationship between the active sensing heads. One or both of the active sensing heads may include inclinometers or the like, for sensing one or more tilt angles of the respective sensing head. Data from the active sensing heads may be sent to a host computer for processing to derive one or more vehicle measurements, for example, for measurement of parameters useful in wheel alignment applications.

公开(公告)号：US09644952B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-09

申请号：US13830867

申请日：2013-03-14

申请人： Hunter Engineering Company

发明人： Mark S. Shylanski ,  Daniel R. Dorrance ,  Bruce E. Bernard ,  Thomas J. Golab ,  Michael T. Stieff ,  James W. McClenahan ,  J. Kaleb Silver ,  Timothy A. Strege ,  Nicholas J. Colarelli, III

IPC分类号： G01B11/27 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G01B11/275

CPC分类号： G01B11/27 ,  G01B11/275 ,  G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/12 ,  G01B2210/143 ,  G01B2210/303 ,  G06T7/0004 ,  G06T7/0006 ,  G06T7/30 ,  G06T7/32 ,  G06T7/33 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/85 ,  G06T7/97 ,  G06T2207/10012 ,  G06T2207/30164

摘要： A process for calibrating and evaluating a machine-vision vehicle wheel alignment system having front and rear imaging components associated with each of the left and right sides of a vehicle support structure. Each pair of imaging components defines a front and rear field of view, with a common overlapping region associated with each respective side of the vehicle support structure. Optical targets disposed within each of the overlapping field of view regions are observed by the imaging components to establish performance ratings for the system as a whole, for groups of components within the system, and for individual components within the system.

公开(公告)号：US20170097229A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-06

申请号：US15287528

申请日：2016-10-06

申请人： SNAP-ON, Incorporated

发明人： Steven W. Rogers ,  David A. Jackson ,  Bradley Lewis ,  Adam C. Brown ,  Robert J. D'Agostino

IPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  H04N5/247 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  B60R11/04 ,  B60S5/00 ,  B62D17/00 ,  G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/12 ,  G01B2210/14 ,  G01B2210/26 ,  G01B2210/30 ,  G01M17/013 ,  G06K9/00624 ,  G06T7/0004 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/30164 ,  G08B5/22 ,  H04N5/247 ,  H04N7/181

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US09587934B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-07

申请号：US14543866

申请日：2014-11-17

申请人： SNAP-ON INCORPORATED

发明人： Steven W. Rogers

IPC分类号： G01B7/30 ,  G01B11/28 ,  G01B11/275 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N7/18

CPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/14 ,  G01B2210/28 ,  G01B2210/30 ,  G06K9/00791 ,  H04N7/181 ,  H04N7/183

摘要： A hybrid wheel alignment system and methodology use passive targets for a first pair of wheels (e.g. front wheels) and active sensing heads for another pair of wheels (e.g. rear wheels). The active sensing heads combine image sensors for capturing images of the targets with at least one spatial relationship sensor for sensing a relationship between the active sensing heads. One or both of the active sensing heads may include inclinometers or the like, for sensing one or more tilt angles of the respective sensing head. Data from the active sensing heads may be sent to a host computer for processing to derive one or more vehicle measurements, for example, for measurement of parameters useful in wheel alignment applications.

摘要翻译： 混合轮对准系统和方法使用用于另一对轮（例如后轮）的第一对轮（例如前轮）和主动感测头的被动目标。 主动感测头组合图像传感器，用于捕获目标的图像与至少一个空间关系传感器，用于感测主动感测头之间的关系。 主动感测头中的一个或两个可以包括倾斜计等，用于感测各个感测头的一个或多个倾斜角。 来自主动感测头的数据可以被发送到主计算机以进行处理以导出一个或多个车辆测量，例如用于测量在车轮对准应用中有用的参数。

公开(公告)号：US20170016716A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-19

申请号：US15124922

申请日：2015-01-26

申请人： Robert Bosch GmbH

发明人： Reinhold Fiess ,  Boris Riedel

IPC分类号： G01B11/275 ,  H04N5/247 ,  G06T7/00 ,  H04N17/00 ,  H04N9/04

CPC分类号： G01B11/2755 ,  G01B2210/143 ,  G02B27/1013 ,  G02B27/141 ,  H04N5/247 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H04N17/002

摘要： An image-recording device for aligning vehicles has at least one camera; at least one illumination device; and at least one color-selective beam splitter that is designed to channel light from different directions into the at least one camera and/or to color-selectively direct light from the at least one illumination device into different directions. The color-selective beam splitter has at least one optical marker that is able to be captured by a camera of another image-recording device, in order to determine the position of the color-selective beam splitter in relation to the camera of the other image-recording device.

摘要翻译： 用于对准车辆的图像记录装置具有至少一个照相机; 至少一个照明装置; 以及至少一个颜色选择性分束器，其被设计成将来自不同方向的光引导到所述至少一个照相机中和/或将来自所述至少一个照明装置的光以颜色选择性地引导到不同的方向。 颜色选择性分光器具有能够被另一图像记录装置的照相机捕获的至少一个光学标记，以便确定相对于另一图像的相机的选色分束器的位置 录音设备。