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Machine vision vehicle wheel alignment image processing methods

  • US 7,583,372 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2006
  • Issued: 09/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining at least one pose component associated with a vehicle wheel assembly, comprising:

  • acquiring at least two images of at least a portion of the vehicle wheel assembly surface;

    identifying a corresponding area of interest on the vehicle wheel assembly surface in each of said images;

    generating multi-dimensional data representative of each of said identified corresponding areas of interest;

    correlating said multi-dimensional data to a surface of a multi-dimensional mathematical model; and

    wherein said mathematical model represents at least one pose component of a surface having symmetry about an axis.

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