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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Hunter Engineering Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Bruce E. Bernard, St. Charles, MO (US);
Timothy A. Strege, Sunset Hills, MO (US);
Assignee:
Hunter Engineering Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/26 (2006.01); G01B 11/275 (2006.01); G01M 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/2755 (2013.01); G01M 17/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle measurement station utilizing an array of displacement sensors disposed on each opposite side of a sensing region of a vehicle inspection lane to acquire displacement measurement data and surface characteristic data, associated with the surfaces of a vehicle passing through the sensing region, from which vehicle components such as body panels, tire, and wheels can be identified, and from which vehicle parameters such as velocity, wheel assembly dimensions, and wheel assembly spatial orientations can be determined.