Visual display of vehicle wheel assembly for vehicle wheel service system
First Claim
1. A method for presenting in a vehicle wheel assembly service system, a visual display of information associated with a vehicle wheel assembly secured to the vehicle wheel assembly service system, the wheel assembly consisting of a wheel rim and a tire optionally mounted there upon, comprising:
- measuring one or more parameters associated with the wheel assembly secured to the vehicle wheel assembly service system;
rendering a virtual model of at least the vehicle wheel assembly for visual display to an operator, said virtual model consisting of a plurality of discrete components which are interactively configured together and rendered for display in response to said one or more measured parameters associated with the wheel assembly, and in response to operator input;
altering a relative rotational position between discrete components representing a tire within said virtual model and discrete components representing a wheel rim within said virtual model, without actually altering a relative rotational position between said tire and said wheel rim of said vehicle wheel assembly secured to the vehicle wheel assembly service system;
presenting said rendered virtual model in a visual display to said operator to illustrate said one or more measured parameters and said altered relative rotational position of said wheel rim and tire discrete component representations; and
wherein said one or more measured parameters include at least one parameter selected from a set of parameters including wheel spoke data, wheel assembly runout, wheel rim runout, tire runout, wheel rim imbalance forces, tire imbalance forces, imbalance correction weight placement locations on said wheel assembly, imbalance correction weight amounts, non-uniformity vibrations, and tire stiffness.
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Abstract
A vehicle wheel service system configured to present an operator with an interactive visual display of vehicle service system components and a virtual model of the actual wheel assembly undergoing service. The interactive visual display includes representations of various parameters associated with the wheel assembly and vehicle service system and enables virtual manipulation of the positional relationship of components such as imbalance correction weights and the tire relative to the vehicle wheel rim, providing a visual representation of the resulting effects on the parameters of the vehicle wheel assembly, and enables viewing of various real-time operations from a safe location away from moving components, as well as visualization of operations prior to implementation.
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1. A method for presenting in a vehicle wheel assembly service system, a visual display of information associated with a vehicle wheel assembly secured to the vehicle wheel assembly service system, the wheel assembly consisting of a wheel rim and a tire optionally mounted there upon, comprising:
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measuring one or more parameters associated with the wheel assembly secured to the vehicle wheel assembly service system; rendering a virtual model of at least the vehicle wheel assembly for visual display to an operator, said virtual model consisting of a plurality of discrete components which are interactively configured together and rendered for display in response to said one or more measured parameters associated with the wheel assembly, and in response to operator input; altering a relative rotational position between discrete components representing a tire within said virtual model and discrete components representing a wheel rim within said virtual model, without actually altering a relative rotational position between said tire and said wheel rim of said vehicle wheel assembly secured to the vehicle wheel assembly service system; presenting said rendered virtual model in a visual display to said operator to illustrate said one or more measured parameters and said altered relative rotational position of said wheel rim and tire discrete component representations; and wherein said one or more measured parameters include at least one parameter selected from a set of parameters including wheel spoke data, wheel assembly runout, wheel rim runout, tire runout, wheel rim imbalance forces, tire imbalance forces, imbalance correction weight placement locations on said wheel assembly, imbalance correction weight amounts, non-uniformity vibrations, and tire stiffness.
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2. An improved vehicle wheel service system comprising:
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a computer configured to render a virtual model which is representative of a plurality of measured parameters associated with components of an actual vehicle wheel assembly undergoing a service procedure; a load roller under control of said computer to selectively apply radial loads to said vehicle wheel assembly; wherein the computer is further configured to present on a display device, a visual display of information associated with the actual vehicle wheel assembly using the virtual model of the vehicle wheel assembly, said visual display of said virtual model including a representation of said plurality of measured parameters; wherein said plurality of measured parameters include at least a measure of tire stiffness and a measure of rim runout; and wherein said virtual model includes a representation of said tire stiffness in relation to said rim runout for said vehicle wheel assembly by incorporating a visual representation of said tire stiffness into a tire component of said virtual model and a visual representation of said rim runout into a rim component of said virtual model. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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