Patent ID: 11872685
Assignee: AUTOMATED TIRE, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one vision system is coupled to the controller, the method further comprising, with the vision system, one or more of:
identifying a location and orientation of one or more of the wheel and tire;
reading tire sidewall information of the tire mounted to the wheel to identify tire information with the wheel mounted in situ on the vehicle;
identifying a make and model of the vehicle to effect retrieval of original equipment tire information for the vehicle from a memory accessible by the controller;
inspecting the wheel for one or more of damage and corrosion with the wheel mounted in situ on the vehicle;
reading tire sidewall information of a replacement or new tire to verify the replacement or new tire is a correct size based on one or more of the identified tire information and the original equipment tire information;
reading tire sidewall information of a replacement or new tire to verify department of transportation codes or information, where the department of transportation codes or information is stored in a database or memory in association with identifying information of the vehicle; and
reading tire sidewall information of a replacement or new tire to verify a rotation direction of the replacement or new tire.