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| 20080250842 | Method for Optical Chassis Measurement - For optical chassis measurement of motor vehicles at a testing site that has at least one measuring unit having at least two imaging devices associated with one another in position and location, the measuring units are oriented with respect to the testing site with reference characteristics located fixedly at the testing site, evaluation in an evaluation device is effected on a basis orientation data and associated data obtained, for determining chassis data of a motor vehicle, in addition to the reference characteristics located fixedly at the testing site, at least one reference device is positioned which is usable in mobile fashion at the testing site with reference characteristics, and with a totality of reference characteristics in the evaluation device, the orientation data and the association data of the measuring units are obtained, and thus a common measuring station coordinate system is defined. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080319706 | Method for the Determination of the Wheel Geometry and/or Axle Geometry of Motor Vehicles - The invention relates to a method for determining the wheel geometry and/or axle geometry of motor vehicles by means of an optical measuring apparatus. According to said method, at least two recording points are assigned to each other and are referenced in relation to the measuring space with the aid of an image recording system, optionally taking into account reference characteristics and vehicle body characteristics, an object segment ( | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090312966 | Method for testing a vibration damper of a motor vehicle in the installed state, and vibration damper-test system for a motor vehicle - A method for checking a vibration damper of a motor vehicle in the installed state includes setting start values of the damping constant kA, the spring rate cA, and the body mass mA for a wheel of a motor vehicle; inducing a vertical vibration of the motor vehicle with the aid of a defined excitation sR | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100060885 | Method and device for performing optical suspension measurement - The invention relates to a method for optically measuring an undercarriage and/or for dynamically testing undercarriage components of a motor vehicle ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110050855 | OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE WITH TWO CAMERA UNITS - The invention relates to an optical measurement device with an image acquisition unit, which has at least two camera units ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110052041 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ROTATIONAL AXIS AND THE CENTER OF ROTATION OF A VEHICLE WHEEL - The invention relates to a method for determining the rotational axis and the rotating center of a vehicle wheel by means of at least two image capture units assigned to each other in position and situation during the journey of the vehicle, and by means of an analysis unit arranged downstream of said units, processing the recorded image information, taking into account multiple wheel features ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110058581 | Measuring station for measuring vehicles - A measuring station for measuring vehicles has at least one laser source, which emits laser radiation ( | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110100107 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WHEEL SUSPENSION ALIGNMENT - A method according for wheel suspension alignment includes the following: providing a wheel suspension alignment system having four measuring heads situated in a known position with respect to one another, of which each has a monocular picture recording device; recording at least three geometrical details of one wheel, respectively, of a vehicle standing in an initial position, using each of the four measuring heads; carrying out a relative motion between the vehicle, on the one hand, and the measuring heads, on the other hand, from the initial position (A) into at least one further position (E), the relative position of the measuring heads with respect to one another being known; recording at least three geometrical details of one wheel, respectively, of the vehicle standing in the further position (E), using each of the four measuring heads; carrying out local 3D reconstructions for determining the translation vectors, the rotation vectors and the wheel rotational angles between the at least two positions, as well as of the wheel rotational centers and the wheel rotational axes of the wheels from the recorded geometrical details; determining a global scale for the measuring heads by scaling the translation vectors of the wheels, so that the translation vectors have the same length; and determining the camber, the single toe and/or the total toe of the vehicle. | 05-05-2011 |
