Patent ID: 9612106
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B60R,G01B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for measuring a running gear of a motor vehicle, comprising: a left measuring unit positioned on a left side of the motor vehicle, in such a way that a measurement target on a left front wheel and a measurement target on a left rear wheel of the motor vehicle are sensed from the left measuring unit; a right measuring unit positioned on a right side of the vehicle, in such a way that a measurement target on a right front wheel and a measurement target on a right rear wheel of the motor vehicle are sensed from the right measuring unit; and an evaluation device configured to identify vehicle geometry data by comparing images of the measurement targets on the front wheels and images of the measurement targets on the rear wheels with reference images of the measurement targets; wherein each of the left and right measuring units includes: a reference target visible from the respective other measuring unit; an image acquisition unit sensing (i) an image of the respective measurement target on the respective front wheel, (ii) an image of the respective measurement target on the respective rear wheel, and (iii) an image of the reference target; and an optical device disposed and configured to direct the image of the respective measurement target on the respective front wheel, the image of the respective measurement target on the respective rear wheel, and the image of the reference target to the image acquisition unit; and wherein the evaluation device is configured to identify relative positions of the reference targets, wherein: