Patent ID: 11928841
Assignee: RAVAGLIOLI S.P.A.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An optical scanning system for measuring and/or controlling a vehicle and/or parts of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is arranged on a control station, the optical scanning system comprises:
at least two optical reader apparatuses which are arranged on a plane (P) of said control station, on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis (A) of said vehicle, in order to be facing to the opposite lateral sides of the vehicle,
the two optical reader apparatuses are provided with respective optical image capturing devices configured to provide respective data/signals encoding one or more images at least partially containing said opposite sides of the vehicle,
an electronic processing and control system which is configured to process said data/signals in order to determine and construct one or more three-dimensional images relative to said vehicle and/or to parts of the vehicle,
said optical reader apparatuses each comprise:
a calibration target which is a fixed reference positioned adjacent to the optical image capturing device of the relative optical reader apparatus at a pre-established distance from the same,
said optical image capturing device is configured to capture one or more images of said adjacent fixed target in order to provide respective data/signals encoding the image of the target itself,
said electronic processing and control system is configured to calibrate said optical reader apparatuses based on the images of the respective fixed targets,, said optical scanning system is characterized in that
said optical image capturing reader apparatus comprises:
a plate-shaped element which extends along a longitudinal axis (C) transversal to said longitudinal axis (A) and is fixed on said plane (P) in a position approximately adjacent to a side of the vehicle, said plate-shaped element has an upper surface on which said fixed target is placed,
a column which is coupled to the plate-shaped element so that its longitudinal axis (B) is approximately orthogonal to the longitudinal axis (C) of said plate-shaped element and so that the relative optical image capturing device is arranged at said pre-established distance from said fixed target,
said optical image capturing device is firmly coupled in said column and is configured so as to capture/acquire the image of the fixed target present on the underlying plate-shaped element.