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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2015
Applicant:

Pirelli Tyre S.p.a., Milan, IT;

Inventors:

Vincenzo Boffa, Milan, IT;

Alessandro Held, Milan, IT;

Valeriano Ballardini, Imola, IT;

Giuseppe Casadio Tozzi, Imola, IT;

Assignee:

PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A., Milan, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/02 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01B 11/30 (2006.01); G01N 21/954 (2006.01); G01N 21/892 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01B 11/30 (2013.01); G01M 17/027 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G01N 21/954 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8838 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8924 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for checking tires described as a linear camera having an objective line lying on an optical plane; a first, a second and a third light source for emitting respectively a first, a second and a third light radiation; a command and control unit for selectively activating at least one from among the first, second and third light source and activating the linear camera in order to acquire a two-dimensional image of a linear surface portion of the tire synchronously with the activation of the first, second and third source. The first and second light source lie on opposite sides of the optical plane. Furthermore, the first, second and third light source include each one or more sub-sources each having a respective main extension direction parallel to the optical plane and the distance of the sub-sources of the third light source from the optical plane is less than the distance of the first and second light source from the optical plane.


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