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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Leigh R. Burns, Jr., Troy, IL (US);
Daniel R. Dorrance, Ballwin, MO (US);
Nicholas J. Colarelli, Iii, St. Louis, MO (US);
Timothy A. Strege, Sunset Hills, MO (US);
Gerald E. Friton, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Mark S. Shylanski, University City, MO (US);
David A. Voeller, St. Louis, MO (US);
Leigh R. Burns, Jr., Troy, IL (US);
Daniel R. Dorrance, Ballwin, MO (US);
Nicholas J. Colarelli, III, St. Louis, MO (US);
Timothy A. Strege, Sunset Hills, MO (US);
Gerald E. Friton, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Mark S. Shylanski, University City, MO (US);
David A. Voeller, St. Louis, MO (US);
Hunter Engineering Company, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Abstract
A machine vision vehicle wheel alignment system configured with at least one cameras for acquiring images of the wheels of a vehicle, and an associated light projectors configured to project a pattern image onto the surfaces of vehicle components such as vehicle wheel assemblies. Images of the projected patterns acquired by the camera, are processed by the vehicle wheel alignment system to facilitate a determination of the relative orientation and position of the surfaces such as wheel assemblies in three dimensional space, from which vehicle parameters such as wheel alignment measurements can be subsequently determined.