Patent ID: 9587934
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G01B,G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. A wheel alignment system, comprising: a first passive head, comprised of a first target, for mounting in association with a wheel of a vehicle for use in measuring an alignment of the wheel by operation of the wheel alignment system; a second passive head, comprised of a second target, for mounting in association with a vehicle support surface for use in measuring a characteristic of the vehicle support surface by operation of the wheel alignment system; and at least one active sensing head comprised of a two dimensional image sensor for producing image data including a representation of a perspective image of at least one of the first and second targets, wherein a processor of the active sensing head is configured to receive the image data from the at least one active sensing head, and to calculate alignment values indicative of the alignment of the wheel based on the received image data.