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8125630 |
Automatic tracking camera
A tracking system includes an emitter array configured to emit radiation around a subject to be tracked in at least one dimension wherein each emitter or group of emitters is modulated to permit...
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7982766 |
Method and device for determining the alignment of the wheels of a vehicle
Method for determining the angles and the characteristic parameters of the alignment of a vehicle situated at a measurement location comprising the following steps: equipping each of the wheels of...
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7808627 |
Method for directing a controlled movement of a vehicle component
Methods for facilitating controlled movement of at least one vehicle wheel. The methods include the step of presenting a display of information, such as by visual display or audible signals, to an...
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7746456 |
Apparatus for contactless 3D wheel alignment, system and method therefor
An alignment measuring apparatus for 3D contactless measuring alignment of a wheel of an automotive vehicle, a system formed by several apparatuses for a total wheel alignment of all wheels of an...
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7710555 |
Apparatus and method for determining the orientation of an object such as vehicle wheel alignment
An apparatus for determining wheel assembly alignment comprises a contact assembly, a light source, and a light beam receiving assembly. The contact assembly engages the wheel assembly to define a...
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7684027 |
Methods and systems for wheel balancer weight placement aid
Methods and systems for facilitating weight placement on a vehicle wheel assembly that includes a tire and a wheel are provided. The method includes determining an imbalance characteristic...
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7610126 |
Apparatus for determining the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle
An apparatus for determining the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle, which comprises sensing devices adapted to detect the coordinates, with respect to a same reference system, of at least...
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7570352 |
Laser scanning apparatus with improved optical features
Laser scanners are used for determining deformation in vehicle bodies and the like, using a laser scanning apparatus in conjunction with a plurality of coded targets suspended from (or in known...
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7548307 |
Apparatus and method for wheel alignment
A mounting fixture assembly allows the attachment of a laser light emitting device—in this case a laser level—used along with a light reception board to determine thrust, toe, and camber mea...
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7538864 |
Vehicle wheel alignment system scanned beam imaging sensor
A vehicle wheel alignment sensor for a machine-vision vehicle wheel alignment system comprising a scanned beam camera incorporating an illumination source, a means for deflecting light emitted by...
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7518714 |
Vehicle service system with variable-lens imaging sensors
A optical imaging sensor assembly for a machine-vision vehicle service system comprising a variable lens optical assembly. The variable lens optical assembly is controlled in response to direction...
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7382913 |
Method and apparatus for guiding placement of vehicle service fixtures
A machine vision system is configured to facilitate placement of a vehicle service apparatus relative to an associated vehicle. The machine vision system is configured to utilize images of optical...
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7369222 |
Wheel aligner measurement module attachment system
In a vehicle alignment system an optical sensing mechanism is structurally coupled to a vehicle supporting lift for movement in unison with the lift so that the field of view of the sensing...
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7352455 |
Laser scanner with parabolic collector
An improved laser scanning apparatus (46) for determining frame or unibody alignment or misalignment of a vehicle (40) is provided, which includes a laser assembly (54), a pair of rotatable mirror...
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7328124 |
Apparatus and method for measuring and compensating steering-angle sensitive alignment measurements
A method for measuring and compensating steered-angle sensitive wheel alignment angle and distance measurements for the effects of steering a wheel from a straight ahead position, thereby enabling...
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7298468 |
Method and measuring device for contactless measurement of angles or angle changes on objects
The invention relates to a method for the contactless measurement of angles or angle modifications, distances or lateral displacements in objects. According to said method, an aperture is...
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7295297 |
Image sensing wheel alignment system
An improved image sensing wheel alignment system for calculating vehicle wheel alignments having a detector array for receiving an input image containing vehicle wheel alignment information. An...
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7265821 |
Caster angle measurement system for vehicle wheels
An apparatus and method is provided for measuring the caster angle of a steerable wheel assembly without contact with the vehicle. An image capture device, preferably a CCD type video camera or...
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7121011 |
Camera technique for adaptive cruise control (ACC) sensor adjustment
An image processing type aligner enables proper set-up of one of two adjustment elements used to align an adaptive cruise control sensor or the like mounted on a vehicle. One element, such as a...
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7075635 |
Vehicle measuring system
An improved laser scanning apparatus (46) for determining frame or unibody alignment or misalignment of a vehicle (40) is provided, which includes a laser assembly (54), a pair of rotatable mirror...
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6973355 |
Accurate positioner suitable for sequential agile tuning of pulse burst and CW lasers
A positioning system including a sensor, a drive sequencer and an actuator. The sensor senses the actuator position and provides position signals to drive the sequencer which responsively computes...
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6968282 |
Self-calibrating, multi-camera machine vision measuring system
An apparatus and method for calibrating machine vision measuring systems that have more than one camera are disclosed. A first calibration target is mounted in a fixed relationship to a first...
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6925218 |
Control techniques and devices for an optical switch array
Techniques and systems for controlling an optical switch array based on local and global optical monitoring and feedback controls. Each optical switch element includes a local optical monitoring...
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6813015 |
Adjusting device with an optical regulating device having a reflector
The present invention relates to an adjusting apparatus having an optical aimer that includes a reflector for adjusting parts of a motor vehicle, in particular distance warning radar, headlights,...
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6799376 |
Method and apparatus for wheel alignment adjustment
A wheel alignment adjustment system includes sensing apparatus for sensing alignment characteristics of a vehicle to be aligned, and a memory for storing alignment specifications for a plurality of...
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6754562 |
Method and apparatus for wireless information transfer in vehicle service systems
A vehicle service system wherein a computer is configured for active wireless communication over a wireless micro-network with any of a variety of similarly configured external components and...
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6731382 |
Self-calibrating 3D machine measuring system useful in motor vehicle wheel alignment
Techniques are disclosed for providing a system that has a plurality of devices in which the position of a device of the plurality of devices relative to another device of the plurality of devices...
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6721629 |
Four wheel steering alignment process
Disclosed is a method for aligning a position sensor in a vehicle with steerable wheels comprising obtaining an absolute position value responsive to a position signal from a handwheel position...
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6657711 |
Vehicle wheel alignment measuring apparatus
An apparatus for measuring the dynamic characteristics of the vehicle wheel alignment in non-contact fashion with high accuracy is disclosed. A laser light source (4) emits a laser beam of a...
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6535281 |
Method and apparatus for optically scanning a vehicle wheel
A method and an apparatus for scanning a vehicle wheel, wherein a location on the wheel is sensed by means of a light beam emitted by a light source and is reflected to a position-sensitive...
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6526665 |
Glint-resistant position determination system
An improved position determination system that is resistant to interference caused by glint, such as from the Sun. The position determination system for determining positional parameters of an...
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6522400 |
Portable front wheel alignment apparatus and method
Apparatus to align the front wheels of a go-cart or other wheeled vehicle on which front wheel toe-in is adjustable. A laser disposed adjacent a horizontally disposed scale is selectively...
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6456372 |
Steering aligning apparatus and method
An apparatus and method are provided for aligning the steerable (front) wheels or hubs of a vehicle with the fixed (rear) wheels or hubs in substantially parallel longitudinal alignment. The...
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6397164 |
Device for determining the wheel and/or axle geometry of motor vehicles
A device for determining the wheel and/or axle geometry of motor vehicles in an inspection room using an optical measuring device having at least two image pick-up devices, which, from at least two...
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6323776 |
Method and apparatus of automatically identifying faults in a machine vision measuring system
An apparatus and method for automatically identifying faults in the operation of a machine vision measuring systems provides an improved self-diagnostic capability for machine vision based...
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6148528 |
Method and apparatus for determining the alignment of motor vehicle wheels
An apparatus for determining the position and/or alignment of objects such as motor vehicle wheels, and including targets for attachment to the objects, a pair of optical sensing means such as...
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6134792 |
Method and apparatus for determining wheel alignment optical target orientation parameters
An apparatus and method for determining the orientation parameters of a wheel-alignment optical target 10 affixed to a vehicle wheel 20 by a no-compensation wheel clamp 16. The wheel-alignment...
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6043875 |
Method and device for the measuring of wheel angles
Measuring system for the measuring of wheel angles comprising cameras (21) pivotable on rear wheel (22) fastenings and looking both on front wheel marker arrangements (24) and a marker device (25)...
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5969246 |
Apparatus and method for determining axial stability
An apparatus and method for determining axial stability compares measured wheel runout and axial instability parameters with prescribed tolerances to determine if the wheel suffers from excessive...
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5948024 |
Vehicle alignment condition measurement and display
An apparatus and methodology for diagnosing an alignment condition of a vehicle. The methodology includes determining an alignment condition of the vehicle using an apparatus set forth herein, and...
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5886782 |
Vehicle rear end alignment device
A device used to align the rear end of a vehicle that can be mounted on the axle of the vehicle and that generates a linear laser beam that is perpendicular to the axis of the axle so that...
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5852241 |
Method and device for feeding components for bone cement into a mixing vessel for these
The present invention relates to a measurement system for measuring wheel angles and determining the position of chassis units on a vehicle. The measurement system includes a measuring unit which...
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5815257 |
Portable optical wheel alignment apparatus and method for race cars
An optical wheel alignment apparatus intended for race cars and other high performance road vehicles which provides an extremely accurate, low-cost, light-weight, portable and non-electrical method...
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5809658 |
Method and apparatus for calibrating cameras used in the alignment of motor vehicle wheels
An apparatus for determining the position and/or alignment of objects such as motor vehicle wheels, and including targets for attachment to the objects, a pair of optical sensing means such as...
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5812256 |
Vision system for wheel alignment
A moving vision sensor scans the image of an object by moving the transducer to create a topographic image map of the object in three dimensions. In a preferred embodiment, the vision sensors are...
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5748301 |
Device and process for the geometric inspection of wheeled vehicles
The geometric inspection of wheeled vehicles is carried out by at least two casings facing each other and each comprising at least one light source and at least one optical receiver located behind...
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5675408 |
Device and method for the measuring of wheel angles
A method and apparatus for measuring the alignment of vehicle wheels includes a light source having two beams projecting on opposite directions. The source is mounted on the wheel approximately...
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5600893 |
Process and system for measuring alignment of automotive vehicle suspension
A method of aligning a suspension of an automotive vehicle, the vehicle having a chassis secured at a predetermined height above the ground, a steering shaft secured to prevent movement thereof,...
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5489983 |
Sensor for vehicle alignment system and apparatus using same
A system for measuring angular relationships of wheels of a vehicle includes a radiation source mounted with respect to a first wheel for providing a radiation signal, an image detector having an...
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5442549 |
Diagnostic vehicle alignment system
A diagnostic vehicle alignment system includes an electronic controller for guiding a user through a series of diagnostic steps to determine probable causes for particular vehicle symptoms. Vehicle...
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