Vehicle wheel alignment measurement system camera and ADAS calibration support structure

A method for positioning a vehicle safety system sensor target carried by a support structure of a vehicle measurement system, comprising:

• acquiring images from at least one camera carried on said support structure, of surfaces and/or features associated with a vehicle disposed within a vehicle service area;
• processing, within a processing system, said acquired images to determine a set of measurements associated with said vehicle, said set of vehicle measurements including a plurality of wheel alignment angle measurements and at least one measurement of a spatial relationship between said support structure carrying said at least one camera and said vehicle;
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• responsive to said determined set of vehicle measurements, aligning said vehicle safety system sensor target to a feature or component of said vehicle by automatically altering, under control of said processing system, a position, an orientation, or both a position and orientation, of said vehicle safety system sensor target on said support structure.

A vehicle measurement system, comprising:

• a pair of laterally spaced camera modules secured to a support structure by an adjustment mechanism, each of said camera modules including at least one camera aligned such that associated fields of view are oriented in a forward direction towards a vehicle service area;
• a processing system operatively coupled to said cameras to receive data therefrom, said processing system having a processor configured with a set of instructions to evaluate said data to determine a set of measurements associated with a vehicle within said associated fields of view, said set of vehicle measurements including a plurality of wheel alignment measurements, together with at least one measurement of a spatial relationship between said support structure and said vehicle;
• at least one target structure secured to said support structure by said adjustment mechanism;
• wherein said processing system is operatively coupled to said adjustment mechanism and is further configured with a set of instructions to actuate said adjustment mechanism to alter said position, to alter said orientation, or to alter both said position and said orientation, of said target structure together with said pair of laterally spaced camera modules responsive to said determined set of vehicle measurements.

A vehicle measurement system, comprising:

• a support structure;
• a crossbeam coupled to said support structure by an adjustment mechanism configured to enable vertical position and/or rotational orientation adjustment of said crossbeam relative to said support structure;
• a pair of camera modules secured in a laterally spaced arrangement to said crossbeam, each of said camera modules including at least one camera aligned such that associated fields of view are oriented in a forward direction towards a vehicle service area;
• a processing system operatively coupled to said cameras to receive data therefrom, said processing system having a processor configured with a set of instructions to evaluate said data to determine a set of measurements associated with a vehicle within said associated fields of view, said set of vehicle measurements including a plurality of wheel alignment measurements, together with at least one measurement of a spatial relationship between said support structure and said vehicle;
• at least one target structure secured to said crossbeam by a mounting fixture;
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• wherein said processing system is operatively coupled to said adjustment mechanism and is further configured with a set of instructions to actuate said adjustment mechanism to alter said position and/or said rotation of said crossbeam to locate said target structure relative to said support structure in response to said measured spatial relationship between said support structure and said vehicle.