Device and method for inspecting a tire, in particular using an interferometric measuring method

A method for testing a tire, particularly by means of interferometric scanning comprising the following steps:

• positioning a scanning head by means of a positioning means in a viewing position and orienting it in a viewing direction;
• scanning the tire by means of the scanning head to produce a resulting scan;
• and
• controlling the positioning means and displaying the resulting scan by means of a control and display means in which in addition to displaying the resulting scan, the viewing position or the viewing direction of the scanning head with respect to the tire is symbolically displayed by means of at least one display field of the control and display means;
• wherein the spatial offset of the scanning head in the axial direction or the spatial offset of the scanning head in the radial direction or the angle of rotation of the scanning head relative to the tire or the angle of inclination of the scanning head prompted by a pivoting about the pivoting axis is entered by means of at least one user field of the control and display means.

A method for testing a tire, particularly by means of interferometric scanning comprising the following steps:

• positioning a scanning head by means of a positioning means in a viewing position and orienting it in a viewing direction;
• scanning the tire by means of the scanning head to produce a resulting scan;
• and
• controlling the positioning means and displaying the resulting scan by means of a control and display means
• in which in addition to displaying the resulting scan, the viewing position or the viewing direction of the scanning head with respect to the tire is symbolically displayed by means of at least one display field of the control and display means;
• wherein the spatial offset of the scanning head in the axial direction or the spatial offset of the scanning head in the radial direction of the angle of rotation of the scanning head relative to the tire or the angle of inclination of the scanning head prompted by a pivoting about the pivoting axis is entered by means of at least one user field of the control and display means.