Method and device for wheel alignment measurement
AssigneeBeissbarth GmbH
InventorChristof Krueger
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Abstract
A device for wheel alignment measurement comprises at least two sensors which are configured to record each time at least two images of the front wheels and the rear wheels of a vehicle passing by; and an evaluation device which is configured to evaluate the images recorded by the sensors in order to determine whether the vehicle has traveled along a straight line. The sensors are arranged such that a vehicle to be measured can pass between the at least two sensors. The evaluation device is configured to determine the geometric travel axis of the vehicle and/or the individual tracks of the wheels on the front axle and/or the rear axle of the vehicle when the evaluation of the images recorded by the sensors reveals that the vehicle has traveled along a straight line.
Claims14
A method for wheel alignment measurement with two sensors, the method comprising:
- passing by, with a vehicle to be measured, between the two sensors, each of the sensors recording each time at least two images of a wheel mounted on a front axle of the vehicle and at least two images of a wheel mounted on a rear axle of the vehicle, respectively;
- evaluating the images recorded by the sensors to determine whether the vehicle has traveled along a straight line;
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- if the evaluation of the images recorded by the sensors reveals that the vehicle has traveled along the straight line, evaluating the images recorded by the sensors and determining a geometric travel axis of the vehicle from the images.
A device for wheel alignment measurement, comprising
- at least two sensors arranged such that a vehicle to be measured can pass between the at least two sensors, each of the sensors being configured to record at least two images of a wheel mounted on a front axle and at least two images of a wheel mounted on a rear axle of a passing by vehicle, respectively;
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- an evaluation device configured to:
- evaluate the at least two images of the wheel mounted on the front axle and the at least two images of the wheel mounted on the rear axle of the passing by vehicle recorded by the sensors in order to determine whether the vehicle has traveled along a straight line, and
- if the evaluation of the images recorded by the sensors reveals that the vehicle has traveled along the straight line, determine a geometric travel axis of the vehicle.
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