Vehicle Lamp Inspection Equipment and Inspection Method
First Claim
1. A vehicle lamp inspecting apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle position recognizing unit for detecting arrival of a vehicle at a prescribed inspection position;
a terminal unit connected to an electronic control unit mounted on said vehicle, for sending an operation signal to the electronic control unit to turn on or blink lamps;
image capturing devices for capturing images of the lamps on the vehicle that has reached said inspection position; and
an inspection unit connected to said vehicle position recognizing unit and said terminal unit, for acquiring image data from said image capturing devices;
wherein when said inspection unit detects the arrival of said vehicle at said inspection position based on a signal from said vehicle position recognizing unit, said inspection unit controls said terminal unit and said electronic control unit to turn on or blink said lamps, acquires the image data from said image capturing devices, and inspects said lamps based on said image data.
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp inspection equipment comprises a vehicle position recognizing section for detecting arrival of a vehicle at an inspection position, a terminal to be connected with an ECU mounted on the vehicle, cameras for imaging the lamp of the vehicle which has arrived at the inspection position from the right and left front, cameras for imaging from the right and left rear, spot lights for illuminating the right and left wheels and long fluorescent lights for illuminating the right and left rear wheels. When the vehicle has arrived at the inspection position, a main processing section turns on or flashes the lamp through the terminal and the ECU and acquires image data from the cameras, thereby checking the lamp.
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1. A vehicle lamp inspecting apparatus comprising:
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a vehicle position recognizing unit for detecting arrival of a vehicle at a prescribed inspection position;
a terminal unit connected to an electronic control unit mounted on said vehicle, for sending an operation signal to the electronic control unit to turn on or blink lamps;
image capturing devices for capturing images of the lamps on the vehicle that has reached said inspection position; and
an inspection unit connected to said vehicle position recognizing unit and said terminal unit, for acquiring image data from said image capturing devices;
wherein when said inspection unit detects the arrival of said vehicle at said inspection position based on a signal from said vehicle position recognizing unit, said inspection unit controls said terminal unit and said electronic control unit to turn on or blink said lamps, acquires the image data from said image capturing devices, and inspects said lamps based on said image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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- 4. A method of inspecting lamps of a vehicle with image capturing devices and an inspection unit connected to a terminal unit having a communication function, comprising connecting said terminal unit to an electronic control unit mounted on said vehicle, sending an operation signal from said inspection unit through the terminal unit to said electronic control unit to turn on or blink the lamps of said vehicle when said inspection unit detects the arrival of said vehicle at a prescribed inspection position, acquiring image data by capturing images of said lamps with said image capturing devices, and processing said image data to inspect said lamps.
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