Vehicle imaging station

A vehicle imaging station for capturing images of scratches and dents on a vehicle, the vehicle imaging station comprising:

• a tunnel having an entrance and an exit with one or more walls defining an enclosure between the entrance and exit to define a tunnel volume containing a vehicle pathway having a central axis;
• a structured light source arranged to direct structured light at the vehicle pathway for illuminating a vehicle on the pathway with a structured light image, wherein the structured light image is a repeating pattern, and wherein the structured light source is mounted within the tunnel;
• a first camera arranged with a field of view comprising a structured light portion of the tunnel volume in which the structured light image will be reflected to be visible to the first camera by a vehicle moving along the vehicle pathway;
• a second camera arranged with a field of view comprising a non-structured light portion of the tunnel volume in which the structured light image will not be reflected to be visible to the second camera when a vehicle moves along the vehicle pathway;
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• a non-reflective, non-illuminating surface within the tunnel volume on a same side of the central axis of the vehicle pathway as the second camera, at least some of the non-reflective, non-illuminating surface being visible to the second camera in reflection via the vehicle when the vehicle is within the non-structured light portion of the tunnel volume.