Method for the determination of the axle geometry of a vehicle

US7907265B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Dürr Assembly Products GmbH · DE
• Visicon Automatisierungstechnik mit beschränkter Haftung · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Tentrup · Merzig, DE
• Wolfgang Brunk · Gleichen, DE
• Wiprecht Keller · Syke, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 3, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01B2210/286
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method is for determining the axle geometry of a vehicle, wherein light of a given structure is projected onto a vehicle wheel, and the diffusely reflected light can be analyzed in order to determine the orientation of the plane of the vehicle wheel. Several lines of a laser light generated by means of one or several laser light sources are projected on the wheel, and one or several of these lines fades in and/or out in temporal succession. The reflected light is captured by means of one or several cameras.