公开(公告)号：US10692241B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US16423503

申请日：2019-05-28

申请人： SNAP-ON INCORPORATED

发明人： Joel A. Kunert ,  Darwin Y. Chen ,  George M. Gill ,  Brian K. Gray ,  Steven W. Rogers ,  Ronald D. Swayne ,  David A. Jackson ,  Rodney Harrell ,  Robert J. D'Agostino ,  Bryan C. Minor ,  Eric R. Sellers ,  Sean P. Lecrone ,  Larry D. Klotz ,  Jonathan A. Sperry

IPC分类号： H04N5/247 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G01B11/275 ,  G06T7/60

摘要： A wheel alignment system includes a side-to-side reference including an active reference pod and a passive reference pod disposed on opposite sides of the vehicle. The active reference pod includes a reference image sensor fixedly attached to a reference target, for mounting on a first side of the vehicle such that the reference image sensor produces image data including a perspective representation of the passive reference pod disposed on a second/opposite side of the vehicle. In operation, alignment cameras on the opposite sides of the vehicle capture perspective representations of targets mounted to vehicle wheels and of targets of the active and passive reference pods. A computer processes the image data to compute an alignment measurement of the vehicle based on a spatial relationship between the active reference pod and the passive reference pod determined according to the image data produced by the reference image sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20190279396A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US16423503

申请日：2019-05-28

申请人： SNAP-ON INCORPORATED

发明人： Joel A. Kunert ,  Darwin Y. Chen ,  George M. Gill ,  Brian K. Gray ,  Steven W. Rogers ,  Ronald D. Swayne ,  David A. Jackson ,  Rodney Harrell ,  Robert J. D'Agostino ,  Bryan C. Minor ,  Eric R. Sellers ,  Sean P. Lecrone ,  Larry D. Klotz ,  Jonathan A. Sperry

IPC分类号： G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G01B11/275 ,  H04N5/247

摘要： A wheel alignment system includes a side-to-side reference including an active reference pod and a passive reference pod disposed on opposite sides of the vehicle. The active reference pod includes a reference image sensor fixedly attached to a reference target, for mounting on a first side of the vehicle such that the reference image sensor produces image data including a perspective representation of the passive reference pod disposed on a second/opposite side of the vehicle. In operation, alignment cameras on the opposite sides of the vehicle capture perspective representations of targets mounted to vehicle wheels and of targets of the active and passive reference pods. A computer processes the image data to compute an alignment measurement of the vehicle based on a spatial relationship between the active reference pod and the passive reference pod determined according to the image data produced by the reference image sensor.

公开(公告)号：US10347006B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-09

申请号：US15678825

申请日：2017-08-16

申请人： SNAP-ON INCORPORATED

发明人： Joel A. Kunert ,  Darwin Y. Chen ,  George M. Gill ,  Brian K. Gray ,  Steven W. Rogers ,  Ronald D. Swayne ,  David A. Jackson ,  Rodney Harrell ,  Robert J. D'Agostino ,  Bryan C. Minor ,  Eric R. Sellers ,  Sean P. Lecrone ,  Larry D. Klotz ,  Jonathan A. Sperry

IPC分类号： H04N5/247 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G01B11/275 ,  G06T7/60

摘要： A wheel alignment system includes a side-to-side reference including an active reference pod and a passive reference pod disposed on opposite sides of the vehicle. The active reference pod includes a reference image sensor fixedly attached to a reference target, for mounting on a first side of the vehicle such that the reference image sensor produces image data including a perspective representation of the passive reference pod disposed on a second/opposite side of the vehicle. In operation, alignment cameras on the opposite sides of the vehicle capture perspective representations of targets mounted to vehicle wheels and of targets of the active and passive reference pods. A computer processes the image data to compute an alignment measurement of the vehicle based on a spatial relationship between the active reference pod and the passive reference pod determined according to the image data produced by the reference image sensor.