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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Andrew Pryce, Bicester, GB;
Björn Åke Gustafsson, Oxford, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew Pryce, Bicester, GB;
Björn Åke Gustafsson, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
Sigmavision Limited, Oxfordshire, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/245 (2006.01); G01B 11/275 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus measures the tread of a tire on a vehicle, in which a laser line generator () generates an elongate pattern of light. Mirrors () are arranged to reflect light from the laser line generator () onto the rolling surface of the tire. Mirrors () are arranged to reflect light from different regions of the rolling surface of the tire towards a camera (). The camera images the regions of the rolling surface of the tire. The apparatus may be hand-held or arranged such that a tire to be aged is driven onto or over it.