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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas Tentrup, Mechern, DE;
Wolfgang Brunk, Gleichen, DE;
Wiprecht Keller, Syke, DE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Dürr Assembly Products GmbH, Püttlingen, DE;
Visicon Automatisierungstechnik mit beschränkter Haftung, Gleichen-Wöllmarshausen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/275 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is for determining the axle geometry of a vehicle, wherein light of a given structure is projected onto a vehicle wheel, and the diffusely reflected light can be analyzed in order to determine the orientation of the plane of the vehicle wheel. Several lines of a laser light generated by means of one or several laser light sources are projected on the wheel, and one or several of these lines fades in and/or out in temporal succession. The reflected light is captured by means of one or several cameras.