A system (100) for simultaneous measurement of wheel alignment angles and wheel runout of multi-axle vehicles (105) having a plurality of at least five or more axle wheels (110), said system (100) comprising:
- a plurality of at least ten or more wheel targets (115), wherein each of said plurality of at least ten or more wheel targets (115) is respectively mounted on said axle wheels (110);
- a first vertical column (120a) on a first side of a multi-axle vehicle (105),
- wherein the first vertical column (120a) comprises a first camera module (125a) and a second camera module (125b), which cover the first side of the multi-axle vehicle (105),
- the first camera module (125a) is positioned at a height lower than the second camera module (125b) in such a way that the first camera module (125a) is set to focus on at least two or more axle wheels (110) at a time, comprising at least one axle wheel (110) of a first axle and one axle wheel (110) of a second front axle, and the second camera module (125b) is set to focus on at least three or more axle wheels (110) at a time, comprising at least one axle wheel (110) of a first rear axle, one axle wheel (110) of a second rear axle, and one axle wheel (110) of a third rear axle,
- each of the first camera module (125a) and the second camera module (125b) includes a camera (127), and
- a second vertical column (120b) on a second side of a multi-axle vehicle (105),
- wherein the second vertical column (120b) comprises a first camera module (125a) and a second camera module (125b), which cover the second side of the multi-axle vehicle (105),
- the first camera module (125a) is positioned at a height lower than the second camera module (125b) in such a way that the first camera module (125a) is set to focus on at least two or more axle wheels (110) at a time, comprising at least one axle wheel (110) of a first axle and one axle wheel (110) of a second front axle, and the second camera module (125b) is set to focus on at least three or more axle wheels (110) at a time, comprising at least one axle wheel (110) of a first rear axle, one axle wheel (110) of a second rear axle, and one axle wheel (110) of a third rear axle,
- each of the first camera module (125a) and the second camera module (125b) includes a camera (127),
- wherein the distance between the first vertical column (120a) and the second vertical column (120b) is the width of the multi-axle vehicle (105),
- wherein simultaneously, the cameras (127) included in each of the first camera module (125a) and the second camera module (125b) mounted on both the first vertical column (120a) and the second vertical column (120b) are configured to capture images of said plurality of at least ten or more wheel targets (115);
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- an alignment control module (130) having a processor (140) co-operating with each of the first camera modules (125a) and the second camera modules (125b) and configured to analyze said captured images to simultaneously compute wheel alignment angles for each of said axle wheels (110) and also to simultaneously compute wheel runout for each of said axle wheels (110), said processor (140) further configured to compare said computed wheel alignment angles with a predetermined range of acceptable wheel alignment angles.