Tire scanning diagnostic apparatus and system

A device for data collection and analysis of a vehicle tire, comprising:

• a handle configured to support a camera and one or more illumination panels;
• an electronic touchscreen display panel;
• said camera and one or more illumination panels oriented to capture one or more images of a tire surface when the scan operation is initiated;
• said touchscreen display panel providing a view of the said one or more images of the tire surface captured as live images;
• said captured one or more images of a tire surface stored within an electronic storage element within said device and transmitted from said device to a data processor external to said device;
• said device in data communication with an application software module within said data processor controlling LED light assemblies, capturing said one or more images of a tire surface, analyzing said captured tire surface images, overlaying said analysis on said images as graphics and text information of tire surface metrics to create result images, and presenting said result images on said electronic touchscreen display panel;
• said captured one or more images of a tire surface and determined plurality of tire metrics displayed to a technician on said electronic touchscreen display panel.