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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2010
Donald A. Healy, Conway, AR (US);
Carl W. Pruitt, Conway, AR (US);
Donald A. Healy, Conway, AR (US);
Carl W. Pruitt, Conway, AR (US);
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for guiding a vehicle onto a service lift having a pair of runways for receiving the wheels of the vehicle. In one embodiment, a machine vision wheel alignment system including an image sensor, a processor, and a display provides a visual display of the vehicle and the runways to guide an operator of the vehicle to drive the vehicle wheels onto the runways. In other embodiments, a pair of runway targets and a vehicle target are viewed by a pair of image sensors of a machine vision wheel alignment system. Image signals from the image sensors are processed to determine respective positions of the runways and to monitor a position of the vehicle relative to the runways, and a visual reference is displayed to guide an operator of the vehicle.