Apparatus and method for capturing and displaying images of the undercarriage of vehicles including one or more scene cameras

Abstract

A portable undercarriage vehicle inspection system (UVIS) () uses an under vehicle imaging (UVI) module () to capture an image of the undercarriage of a vehicle. The UVIS also includes multiple scene cameras () that capture the associated vehicle scene images. The scene cameras are easy to view and manipulate. The undercarriage image and the associated vehicle scene images are provided to a power and communications unit (PCU) () through a network () such as Ethernet. These images may be stored in a database repository connected to the network. A notebook computer will serve as an operator workstation () for display of real-time, as well as historical, vehicular records. An operator viewing the images can enter additional information related to the images, such as comments and remarks, and archive all of the information for future reference and comparisons.