METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING WHEEL AND BODY MOTIONS OF A VEHICLE
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A method for determining wheel and body motions of a vehicle having a body and at least one wheel includes inducing a motion of the vehicle, recording an image sequence of the moving vehicle, determining the optical flow from the recorded image sequence, and determining the position of at least one wheel center, the motion of the body and/or a damping ratio of the vehicle from the optical flow.
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11. A method for determining wheel and body motions of a vehicle having a body and at least one wheel, the method comprising:
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inducing a motion of the vehicle; recording a sequence of images of the moving vehicle; determining an optical flow from the recorded images of the image sequence; and determining from the optical flow, at least one of;
i) a position of at least one wheel center, ii) a motion of the body, and iii) a damping ratio of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A measuring device for determining wheel and body motions of a vehicle, which has a body and at least one wheel, the measuring device comprising:
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at least one camera configured to record a sequence of images of the vehicle; a computation device configured to calculate an optical flow from the recorded image sequence; and an evaluation device configured to determine from the optical flow at least one of;
i) the position of at least one wheel center, ii) a motion of the body, and iii) a damping ratio. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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