Patent ID: 7518714
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: G01B,G02B

Abstract:
1. An improved vehicle service system having a processing system and at least one imaging sensor operatively coupled to the processing system for acquiring images associated with a vehicle component, the improvement comprising: wherein the at least one imaging sensor includes at least one variable lens assembly having at least one selectively alterable optical characteristic; wherein said at least one imaging sensor is configured to acquire, through said at least one variable lens assembly, a first image associated with a field of view during a vehicle service procedure; wherein said at least one imaging sensor is configured to alter said optical characteristic of said at least one variable lens assembly during said vehicle service procedure; and wherein said at least one imaging sensor is configured to acquire, through said at least one variable lens assembly having an altered optical characteristic, at least a second image, said second image associated with an altered field of view.