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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventor:
Ulrich Bichlmeier, Muehldorf, DE;
Assignee:
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01B 11/26 (2006.01); G01B 11/275 (2006.01); G01B 21/26 (2006.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/26 (2013.01); G01B 11/14 (2013.01); G01B 11/275 (2013.01); G01B 21/26 (2013.01); G01B 2210/12 (2013.01); G01B 2210/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a device for determining the orientation of at least one rail of a measuring station of a chassis measuring device or a motor vehicle test line. The device has at least one sensing device, the at least one sensing device has at least one camera and at least one illumination unit. The at least one illumination unit illuminates at least one section of the rail using structured or unstructured light and the at least one camera records the light reflected by the rail.