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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Steven W. Rogers, Conway, AR (US);
David A. Jackson, Point Roberts, WA (US);
Adam C. Brown, Maumelle, AR (US);
Ronald D. Swayne, Sherwood, AR (US);
Brian K. Gray, Conway, AR (US);
Bryan C. Minor, Conway, AR (US);
James Rodney Harrell, Greenbrier, AR (US);
Snap-On Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
A portable vehicle alignment system has a vertical central column with a carriage movable along its length, and a pair of camera arms pivotably attached to the carriage, each with a camera pod. The camera pods each have a camera for capturing image data of a respective vehicle-mounted target. One pod also has a calibration target disposed in a known relationship to its camera, and the other pod has a calibration camera disposed in a known relationship to its camera for capturing images of the calibration target. The camera arms pivot between an extended position where the cameras are disposed to capture image data of the vehicle targets and the calibration camera is disposed to capture images of the calibration target, and a folded position where the aligner has a width smaller than the width between the camera pods.