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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2020
Pirelli Tyre S.p.a., Milan, IT;
Vincenzo Boffa, Milan, IT;
Alessandro Held, Milan, IT;
Fabio Regoli, Milan, IT;
Valeriano Ballardini, Imola, IT;
Giuseppe Casadio Tozzi, Imola, IT;
PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
Apparatus () for checking tyres, comprising: a support frame (); a flange (); and an acquisition system () of three-dimensional images of a surface of a tyre, the acquisition system being mounted on the support frame and comprising: a matrix camera (), a linear laser source (), and a reflecting surface () which intersects the propagation axis () of the linear laser beam and the optical axis () of the matrix camera (), wherein a first angle () formed between a first section () and a second section () of the optical axis () mutually symmetrical with respect to a normal to the reflecting surface in the respective point of incidence to the reflecting surface, is obtuse, and wherein a second angle () formed between a first section () and a second section () of the propagation axis () mutually symmetrical with respect to a normal to the reflecting surface in the respective point of incidence to the reflecting surface, is obtuse.