US 11,692,818 B2
Vehicle wheel alignment measurement system camera and ADAS calibration support structure
Brian M. Cejka, Fenton, MO (US); Nicholas J. Colarelli, III, Frontenac, MO (US); and Michael T. Stieff, Epworth, GA (US)
Assigned to HUNTER ENGINEERING COMPANY, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Hunter Engineering Company, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,865.
Application 17/649,865 is a continuation of application No. 17/220,268, filed on Apr. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,287,251.
Application 17/220,268 is a continuation of application No. 16/813,329, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 10,996,053, issued on May 4, 2021.
Application 16/813,329 is a continuation of application No. 16/338,647, granted, now 10,634,488, issued on Apr. 28, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2017/053692, filed on Sep. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/406,659, filed on Oct. 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/403,783, filed on Oct. 4, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0155063 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01B 11/275 (2006.01); G01B 11/27 (2006.01); G01S 7/40 (2006.01); G01M 17/06 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 11/2755 (2013.01) [G01B 11/272 (2013.01); G01M 17/06 (2013.01); G01S 7/4026 (2013.01); G01S 7/4972 (2013.01); G01B 2210/12 (2013.01); G01B 2210/143 (2013.01); G01B 2210/283 (2013.01); G01S 7/4086 (2021.05)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle measurement system, comprising:
a pair of laterally spaced camera modules, each of said camera modules including at least one camera aligned such that associated fields of view are oriented in a forward direction towards a vehicle service area;
a processing system operatively coupled to said cameras to receive data therefrom, said processing system having a processor configured with a set of instructions to evaluate said data to determine a set of measurements associated with a vehicle within said associated fields of view, said set of vehicle measurements including a plurality of wheel alignment measurements, together with at least one measurement of a spatial relationship between a support structure and said vehicle;
a mounting fixture secured to said support structure by an adjustment mechanism, said mounting fixture carrying said pair of laterally spaced camera modules together with at least one vehicle safety system sensor alignment and/or calibration assistance structure
wherein said adjustment mechanism is configured to position and/or orient said mounting fixture relative to said support structure; and
wherein said processing system is operatively coupled to said adjustment mechanism and is further configured with a set of instructions to actuate said adjustment mechanism to alter said position, to alter said orientation, or to alter both said position and said orientation, of said mounting fixture relative to said support structure to change a pose of said at least one vehicle safety system sensor alignment and/or calibration assistance structure responsive to said determined set of vehicle measurements without moving said support structure.