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SCANNER SYSTEM FOR GARAGE EQUIPMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE GARAGES

  • US 20110204880A1
  • Filed: 02/22/2011
  • Published: 08/25/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A scanner system for a vehicle service machine, especially a tyre changer or a wheel balancer or a wheel alignment system or a roller test bench, for scanning the surface of an object, especially a vehicle wheel, comprising:

  • a mobile scanner including at least one sensor adapted to sense at least one position on the surface of the object, anda reference system to which the sensor is sensitively adapted to provide at least one sensor signal corresponding the at least one sensed position on the surface with respect to the reference system,characterized in thatthe reference system is designed to provide a magnetic field having at least one orientation andthe sensor is a magnetic sensor to be positioned within said magnetic field in proximity of or on the surface to be scanned.

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