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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2003
Frank Forster, Munich, DE;
Lars Jahn, Nuremberg, DE;
Claudio Laloni, Taufkirchen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
Method for determining an axle geometry by recording and evaluating a topographical image of a face () of a wheel () fitted to an axle (), and a sensor () for execution of the method. The method includes projecting light with a coding onto an area on the face () of the wheel () from a projecting direction; recording the light reflected from the area on the face () of the wheel () with an image converter (), from a direction other than the light projecting direction; determining three-dimensional surface coordinates for the topographical image of the face () of the wheel () from the recorded light; and evaluating the topographical image in relation to a reference system.