US 12,293,499 B2
Vehicle imaging station
Daniel Gould, Exeter (GB)
Assigned to DEGOULD LIMITED, Exeter (GB)
Appl. No. 17/763,491
Filed by Degould Limited, Exeter (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/052287
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/064351, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1914317 (GB), filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0375059 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/586 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/0002 (2013.01) [G06T 7/586 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle imaging station for capturing images of scratches on a vehicle, the vehicle imaging station comprising:
a tunnel having an entrance and an exit with one or more walls defining an enclosure between the entrance and exit to define a tunnel volume containing a vehicle pathway having a central axis;
a first relatively bright reflection surface;
a relatively dark reflection surface; and
a camera array comprising one or more cameras arranged with:
a first field of view comprising a first portion of the tunnel volume in which a relatively bright image defined by the first relatively bright reflection surface will be reflected to be visible to the camera array by a vehicle moving along the vehicle pathway; and
a second field of view comprising a second portion of the tunnel volume in which a relatively dark image defined by the relatively dark reflection surface will be reflected to be visible to the camera array by a vehicle moving along the vehicle pathway,
wherein at least one of the relatively dark reflection surface or the first relatively bright reflection surface comprises a non-reflective, non-illuminating and non-patterned surface.