Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-calibrating multi-camera alignment system
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Application No.: US14463604Application Date: 2014-08-19
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Publication No.: US10298814B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Rodney Harrell , Brian K. Gray , David A. Jackson , Ronald D. Swayne , Darwin Y. Chen , Bryan C. Minor
- Applicant: SNAP-ON Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US WI Kenosha
- Assignee: SNAP-ON Incorporated
- Current Assignee: SNAP-ON Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Kenosha
- Agency: Miles & Stockbridge PC
- Main IPC: H04N5/20
- IPC: H04N5/20 ; H04N5/225 ; G01B11/275 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N17/00 ; F16M11/04 ; F16M11/18 ; F16M11/20 ; F16M11/38

Abstract:
A portable vehicle alignment system is provided having two base tower assemblies, each having a pedestal, a columnar tower removably attachable to the top of the pedestal, and a camera pod movable along a length of the tower; and a data processor with a wireless communication device for processing image data from the camera pods. Each camera pod includes a camera for capturing image data of a target mounted on a vehicle, and a communication device for wirelessly communicating with the data processor. One pod has a calibration target and the other pod has a calibration camera for capturing images of the calibration target. The pedestals each have a manually-operated clamp for removably fixedly attaching the tower to the pedestal in one of a plurality of positions such that the orientation of the camera pod to the pedestal is angularly adjustable, allowing horizontal rotation of the camera pod.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150049188A1 SELF-CALIBRATING MULTI-CAMERA ALIGNMENT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-02-19
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