Patent Publication Number: US-9424455-B2

Title: Vehicle information inspecting apparatus

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2014-0126182 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Sep. 22, 2014, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND 
     (a) Technical Field 
     The present disclosure relates to a vehicle information inspecting apparatus. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a vehicle information inspecting apparatus that can capture a photograph and accurately inspect information of a moving vehicle body using a vehicle identification number (VIN) or a barcode of the vehicle body, regardless of the position thereof, while the vehicle is in motion. 
     (b) Description of the Related Art 
     In general, a vehicle maker manufactures vehicles via several processes for assembling approximately twenty thousand to thirty thousand components. In particular, a vehicle body is formed as a first step of a vehicle manufacturing process by manufacturing a vehicle body panel in a press process, moving the vehicle body panel to a vehicle body factory, and then assembling components of the vehicle body to complete the vehicle body in a white body state. 
     Every vehicle body is constructed with its own respective vehicle identification number (VIN). In this regard, vehicle bodies are assigned VINs according to the type of vehicle body that enters the build process, a corresponding VIN is carved on a portion of the vehicle body so as to convey the vehicle type, and a barcode is attached. 
     A vehicle body is completed by moving the vehicle body carved with the VIN and with a barcode attached thereto over to a design process where the vehicle body can be moved along an assembly line in order to mount a side, a roof, a rear panel, etc. on the vehicle body, perform a painting operation, and then assemble and mount various convenience equipment, as well as an engine, a transmission, and interior and exterior materials. Here, the VIN or barcode carved with the moved vehicle body is recognized, and components corresponding to the corresponding vehicle type are mounted according to information obtained from the VIN and the barcode. In this case, in order to recognize the VIN or the barcode, a vehicle information inspecting apparatus using a general camera can be used. 
     Notably, the aforementioned conventional vehicle information inspecting apparatus is configured to inspect only a one-direction VIN or barcode. However, in order to inspect VINs that are positioned at different positions according to vehicle type, problems arise in that inspecting apparatuses need to be separately installed for respective vehicle types. Thus, it is difficult to commonly apply the vehicle information inspecting apparatus to various vehicles, and installation costs can increase. 
     In addition, during inspection of a VIN or a barcode, an image captured by a camera may be distorted by lighting installed on a moving line, making it difficult to accurately inspect a VIN of a vehicle body. Furthermore, after inspection, the captured result is checked via a closed circuit television (CCTV) to which the image is transmitted through a camera, and then an operator directly inputs the image, often causing input errors. Even further, repetition of checking production and inputting of the inspection result may increase fatigue of the operator, thereby reducing productivity and increasing labor costs. 
     The above information disclosed in this Background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the disclosure, and therefore it may contain information that does not form the related art that is already known in this country to a person of ordinary skill in the art. 
     SUMMARY 
     The present disclosure has been made in an effort to provide a vehicle information inspecting apparatus having advantages of accurately recognizing a vehicle identification number (VIN) carved on a vehicle body moved along a vehicle body moving line irrespective of the position of the VIN or the barcode, accurately inspecting information of the vehicle body, and automatically inputting the information so as to be commonly applied to various types of vehicles, thereby reducing installation costs. 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a vehicle information inspecting apparatus installed on a vehicle body moving line for moving a vehicle body on which a vehicle identification number (VIN) is carved and a barcode is attached, and for recognizing and inspecting the barcode and the VIN, including: an installation frame installed on the vehicle body moving line in a workplace, a first moving unit installed in an upper portion of the installation frame and allowing a moving block to move in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, a second moving unit installed at one side of the moving block and allowing a moving rod to move in upward and downward directions on the installation frame, and a measure module photographing and recognizing the barcode or the VIN and installed on a lower end of the moving rod so as to transmit the recognized VIN or the recognized barcode to a controller. 
     The first moving unit may include a lead screw rotatably installed in a length direction of the installation frame in an upper portion of the installation frame toward the vehicle body and screwed to the moving block, and a first drive motor installed on an upper portion of the installation frame to correspond to the lead screw and having a rotational axis connected to the lead screw. 
     The first drive motor may be electrically connected to the controller and may include a servo motor, a rotating direction and a rotation speed of which are adjustable according to a control signal of the controller. 
     The moving block may have an upper surface connected to a railblock sliding on a guide rail formed in a length direction on an upper internal side surface of the installation frame. 
     The second moving unit may include a gear box installed at one side of the moving block, a second drive motor installed at an external portion of the gear box and having a rotation shaft inserted into the gear box, a guide housing installed in the gear box at an opposite side of the moving block and having both end portions of the moving rod protruding into the guide housing so as to be moveable in upward and downward directions, a drive gear installed at a rotation shaft of the second drive motor in the gear box, and a rack gear formed on one surface of the moving rod so as to engage with the drive gear. 
     The second drive motor may be electrically connected to the controller and may include a servo motor, a rotating direction and a rotation speed of which are adjustable according to a control signal of the controller. 
     The measure module may include a coupling plate installed at a lower end of the moving rod, a housing installed on a lower portion of the coupling plate through an inclination adjusting unit and having an open lower portion, a camera installed in an inner central portion of the housing, an installation plate installed on the opened lower surface of the housing and having a through hole formed in a central portion thereof to correspond to the camera, and at least one lighting assembly installed to be spaced apart from the through hole at a predetermined angle on a lower surface of the installation plate. 
     The inclination adjusting unit may include an operation cylinder including an operation rod having a front end hinged to one side of the housing, wherein the operating rod is installed downwardly at an opposite side of the vehicle body below the coupling plate, and a coupling link having one end mounted on the coupling plate at an opposite side of the operation cylinder toward the vehicle body and the other end hinged to the other side of the housing. 
     The at least one lighting assembly may include a first lighting source installed to be spaced apart from the through hole at a predetermined interval on a lower surface of the installation plate and installed to emit light toward a lower portion of the housing, a second lighting source installed to be spaced apart from the through hole at a predetermined angle on the lower surface of the installation plate in an opposite direction of the first lighting and disposed to be inclined at a set angle toward the lower portion of the housing so as to adjust an inclination angle, a third lighting source installed on the lower surface of the installation plate at a position spaced apart from the second lighting at a predetermined angle and disposed to be inclined at the set angle toward the lower portion of the housing, and a fourth lighting source installed on the lower surface of the installation plate at a portion spaced apart from the third lighting source at a predetermined angle and disposed to be inclined at the set angle toward the lower portion of the housing. 
     The first lighting source and the second lighting source may emit red light. 
     The second lighting source may be installed on an installation bracket that is installed on the installation plate through a rotation rod and is rotated on the installation bracket according to a selective operation of an operation motor, a rotation shaft of which is connected to one end of the rotation rod, at one side of the installation bracket. 
     The second, third, and fourth lighting sources may be disposed in a substantially triangular shape to be spaced apart from the camera at an angle of approximately 120 degrees. 
     The third lighting source may emit green light. 
     The fourth lighting source may emit blue light. 
     The second lighting source may emit light in the same state where the third lighting source or the fourth lighting source is inclined at the same inclination angle, and the first lighting source may be OFF, when the camera photographs the vehicle body substantially close to the measure module. 
     The second lighting source may emit light together with the first lighting source while being rotated toward a lower surface of the housing, and the third lighting source and the fourth lighting source may be OFF, when the camera photographs the vehicle body spaced apart from the measure module by a predetermined distance or more. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of a vehicle information inspecting apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view taken along a line A-A of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 3  is an enlarged view of a portion B of  FIG. 1  and a front view of a measure module applied to a vehicle information inspecting apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is an operational state diagram of a measure module according to embodiments of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a bottom view of a measure module of a vehicle information inspecting apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is an operational state diagram of lighting sources applied to a measure module of a vehicle information inspecting apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
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                 C: controller 
                 100: vehicle information inspecting apparatus 
               
               
                 103: installation frame 
                 110: first moving unit 
               
               
                 111: moving block 
                 113: lead screw 
               
               
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                 117: guide rail 
               
               
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                 130: measure module 
                 131: coupling plate 
               
               
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                 135: camera 
               
               
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     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure will hereinafter be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. 
     It is understood that the term “vehicle” or “vehicular” or other similar term as used herein is inclusive of motor vehicles in general such as passenger automobiles including sports utility vehicles (SUV), buses, trucks, various commercial vehicles, watercraft including a variety of boats and ships, aircraft, and the like, and includes hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, hydrogen-powered vehicles and other alternative fuel vehicles (e.g., fuels derived from resources other than petroleum). As referred to herein, a hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that has two or more sources of power, for example both gasoline-powered and electric-powered vehicles. 
     Additionally, it is understood that one or more of the below methods, or aspects thereof, may be executed by at least one controller. The term “controller” may refer to a hardware device that includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store program instructions, and the processor is configured to execute the program instructions to perform one or more processes which are described further below. Moreover, it is understood that the below methods may be executed by an apparatus comprising the controller, whereby the apparatus is known in the art to be suitable for vehicle information inspection. 
     Furthermore, the controller of the present disclosure may be embodied as non-transitory computer readable media on a computer readable medium containing executable program instructions executed by a processor, controller or the like. Examples of the computer readable mediums include, but are not limited to, ROM, RAM, compact disc (CD)-ROMs, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, flash drives, smart cards and optical data storage devices. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed in network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable media is stored and executed in a distributed fashion, e.g., by a telematics server or a Controller Area Network (CAN). 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 to 5 , a vehicle information inspecting apparatus  100  according to embodiments of the present disclosure accurately recognizes a vehicle identification number (VIN) or a barcode carved on a vehicle body  5  that is moved along a vehicle body moving line  3  irrespective of a position of the VIN or the barcode, accurately inspects information of the vehicle body  5 , and automatically inputs the information, and thus the vehicle information inspecting apparatus  100  may be commonly applied to various vehicle types, thereby reducing installation costs. 
     To this end, as shown in  FIG. 1 , the vehicle information inspecting apparatus  100  according to embodiments of the present disclosure is installed on the vehicle body moving line  3  for moving the vehicle body  5  on which a VIN is carved and a barcode is attached, recognizes and inspects the VIN carved on the vehicle body  5 , and includes an installation frame  103 , first and second moving units  110  and  120 , and a measure module  130 . 
     First, an installation frame  103  is installed on the vehicle body moving line  3  in a workplace. The installation frame  103  may have a “U” shape by vertically bending both end portions based on a central portion that is positioned upward and fixing the flame on a bottom of the workplace. 
     According to the present embodiments, the first moving unit  110  is installed to be downwardly spaced apart from an upper internal surface of the installation frame  103  by a predetermined interval and allows a moving block  111  to move in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle body  5 . 
     The first moving unit  110  may further include a lead screw  113  and a first drive motor  115  in addition to the moving block  111 . First, the lead screw  113  is spaced apart from the upper internal surface of the installation frame  103  toward the vehicle body  5  by a predetermined interval and is rotatably installed in a length direction of the installation frame  103 . Thus, the moving block  111  is screwed to the lead screw  113  and is rotated on the lead screw  113  in a width direction of the vehicle body  5  according to rotation of the lead screw  113  in a forward direction or an opposite direction. 
     In addition, the first drive motor  115  is installed on an upper portion of the installation frame  103  to correspond to the lead screw  113 , and a rotational axis of the first drive motor  115  is connected to one end of the lead screw  113 . The first drive motor  115  may be electrically connected to a controller C and may include a servo motor, a rotating direction and a rotation speed of which are adjustable according to a control signal of the controller C. An upper surface of the moving block  111  may be connected to a railblock  119  that slides on a guide rail  117  formed in a length direction on the upper internal surface of the installation frame  103 . Thus, the moving block  111  may be stably moved by the railblock  119  that slides along the guide rail  117  while being prevented from being rotated together with the lead screw  113  during rotation of the lead screw  113  by the railblock  119  connected to the guide rail  117 . 
     When the vehicle body  5  enters the vehicle body moving line  3 , the aforementioned configured first moving unit  110  may operate the first drive motor  115  according to a control signal of the controller C in order to rotate the lead screw  113  in a forward direction or an opposite direction. Then, the moving block  111  is moved according to a position of a barcode or a VIN carved in the vehicle body  5  having various shapes and sizes, and an operation of the first drive motor  115  is stopped when the moving block  111  is at a home position. When the vehicle information inspecting apparatus  100  completely inspects a VIN or a barcode of the vehicle body  5  through the measure module  130 , the first moving block  111  may be restored to an initial position in order to prevent the moved vehicle body  5  and the measure module  130  from interfering with each other. 
     In the present embodiments, the second moving unit  120  is installed at one side of the moving block  111  in a moving direction of the vehicle body  5  and allows a moving rod  121  to move in upward and downward directions on the installation frame  103 . The second moving unit  120  includes a gear box  123 , a second drive motor  125 , a guide housing  127 , a drive gear G 1 , and a rack gear G 2 , in addition to the moving rod  121 . 
     First, the gear box  123  is installed at one side of the moving block  111  in a moving direction toward a front side of the vehicle body  5 . The second drive motor  125  is installed at an external portion of the gear box  123  in a width direction of the vehicle body  5 , and a rotation shaft of the second driving motor  125  is inserted into the gear box  123 . The second drive motor  125  may be electrically connected to the controller C and may include a servo motor, a rotating direction and a rotation speed of which are adjustable according to a control signal of the controller C. 
     The guide housing  127  is installed in a gear box  123  at an opposite side of the moving block  111 , and a portion of both ends of the moving rod  121  is inserted to protrude into the guide housing  127  and to be moveable in upward and downward directions. As shown in  FIG. 2 , a portion of the guide housing  127 , installed on the gear box  123 , is opened to be connected to an internal portion of the gear box  123 . 
     In the present embodiments, the drive gear G 1  may be installed at a rotation shaft of the second drive motor  125  in the gear box  123  and a gear tooth may be partially inserted into the opened portion of the guide housing  127 . The rack gear G 2  is formed on one surface of the moving rod  121  to correspond to the drive gear G 1  and engages with the drive gear G 1 , the gear tooth of which is partially inserted to the opened portion of the guide housing  127 . 
     When the moving block  111  of the aforementioned configured second moving unit  120  is moved via an operation of the first moving unit  110 , and the measure module  130  is at a home position of a VIN and barcode of the vehicle body  5 , the second drive motor  125  is rotated in a forward direction according to a control signal of the controller C. Then, the drive gear G 1  may be rotated in a forward direction while being engaged with the rack gear G 2  formed on one surface of the moving rod  121  to lower the moving rod  121  toward a lower portion of the vehicle body  5 . When the moving rod  121  is elevated, the controller C rotates a rotation shaft of the second drive motor  125  in an opposite direction to rotate the drive gear G 1  in an opposite direction. Thus, the moving rod  121  is elevated by the drive gear G 1  that is rotated in an opposite direction while being engaged with the rack gear G 2 . 
     In the present embodiments, the measure module  130  photographs and recognizes the barcode or the VIN carved on the vehicle body  5  and is installed on a lower end of the moving rod  121 , so as to transmit the recognized VIN or barcode to the controller C. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 3 and 5 , the measure module  130  includes a coupling plate  131 , a housing  133 , a camera  135 , an installation plate  137 , and a lighting assembly  139 . First, the coupling plate  131  is installed to a lower end of the moving rod  121  and installed so as to partially protrude from a lower end of the guide housing  127 . The housing  133  is installed on a lower portion of the coupling plate  131  through an inclination adjusting unit  150 , and a lower surface of the housing  133  is opened. The housing  133  may have a closed upper surface and may have a cylinder shape having a space formed therein. 
     The inclination adjusting unit  150  includes an operation cylinder  151  and a coupling link  153 . First, the operation cylinder  151  includes an operating rod R, and the operating rod R is installed downwardly at one side toward an opposite side of the vehicle body  5  below the coupling plate  131 . A front end of the operating rod R of the operation cylinder  151  is hinged to one upper side of the housing  133 . In addition, one end of the coupling link  153  may be fixedly mounted on a lower portion of the coupling plate  131  at an opposite side of the operation cylinder  151  toward the vehicle body  5 , while the other end of the coupling link  153  may be hinged to the other upper side of the housing  133 . 
     As shown in S 1  of  FIG. 4 , when a position of the barcode or VIN carved on the vehicle body  5  is perpendicular to the measure module  130 , the aforementioned configured inclination adjusting unit  150  maintains an initial state in which the operation cylinder  151  does not operate to maintain a straight line of the housing  133  and the moving rod  121 . 
     On the other hand, when the position of the barcode or VIN carved on the vehicle body  5  is not perpendicular to the measure module  130 , the inclination adjusting unit  150  may operate the operation cylinder  151  so as to correspond to the position of the barcode or the VIN to progress the operating rod R. Then, as shown in S 2  of  FIG. 4 , the housing  133  maintains a state in which the housing  133  is rotated at a predetermined angle toward the vehicle body  5  based on one end of the coupling link  153 . 
     In the present embodiments, the camera  135  is installed in an inner central portion of the housing  133 , is electrically connected to the controller C, and outputs a photographed image of the VIN or the barcode. Here, the controller C recognizes the VIN or barcode of the moved vehicle body  5  from the photographed VIN or the barcode output from the camera  135  and automatically inputs information of the moved vehicle body  5 . The installation plate  137  is installed on the opened lower surface of the housing  133 , and a through hole H is formed on a central portion to correspond to the camera  135 . Thus, the camera  135  may smoothly photograph the barcode or VIN carved on the vehicle body  5  through the through hole H. 
     As shown in  FIG. 5 , the lighting assembly  139  is configured as at least one lighting source to emit different color light beams and is installed to be spaced apart from the through hole H at a predetermined angle on a lower surface of the installation plate  137 . The lighting assembly  139  includes first, second, third, and fourth lighting sources  139   a ,  139   b ,  139   c , and  139   d.    
     First, the first lighting source  139   a  is installed to be spaced apart from the through hole H at a predetermined interval on the lower surface of the installation plate  137  and is installed to emit light toward a lower portion of the housing  133 . The second lighting source  139   b  is installed to be spaced apart from the center of the through hole H at a predetermined angle on the lower surface of the installation plate  137  in an opposite direction of the first lighting source  139   a  and is disposed to be inclined at a set angle toward a lower portion of the housing  133  so as to adjust an inclination angle. The second lighting source  139   b  may be installed on an installation bracket  141  installed on the installation plate  137  through a rotation rod  143  and rotated on the installation bracket  141  according to a selective operation of an operation motor  145 , a rotation shaft of which is connected to one end of the rotation rod  143 , at one side of the installation bracket  141 . The operation motor  145  may include a servo motor, rotating direction and rotation speed of which is adjustable according to a control signal of the controller C. The first lighting source  139   a  and the second lighting source  139   b  may be controlled to turn ON or OFF according to the control signal of the controller C and may emit red light. 
     In the present embodiments, the third lighting source  139   c  is installed on a lower surface of the installation plate  137  at a position spaced apart from the second lighting source  139   b  at a predetermined angle and is disposed to be inclined at a set angle toward a lower portion of the housing  133 . The third lighting source is controlled to turn ON or OFF according to the control signal of the controller C and may emit green light. 
     In addition, the fourth lighting source  139   d  is installed on the lower surface of the installation plate  137  at a portion spaced apart from the third lighting source  139   c  at a predetermined angle and is disposed to be inclined at a set angle toward the lower portion of the housing  133 . The fourth lighting source  139   d  is controlled to turn ON or OFF according to the control signal of the controller C and may emit blue light. 
     In the present embodiments, the second, third, and fourth lighting sources  139   b ,  139   c , and  139   d  may be disposed in a substantially triangular shape to be spaced apart from the camera  135  at an angle of approximately 120° and may be positioned to be inclined at degrees of about 15° to about 20° toward the vehicle body  5  from the lower portion of the installation plate  137 . 
     An operation of the aforementioned configured lighting assembly  139  will be described with reference to  FIG. 6 . 
       FIG. 6  is an operational state diagram of lighting sources applied to a measure module of a vehicle information inspecting apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure. 
     In the present embodiments, when the VIN of the vehicle body  5  closed to the measure module  130  is photographed through the camera  135  (e.g., in the case of photograph of a VIN), the second lighting source  139   b  may be ON and emit light according to the control signal of the controller C, and the first lighting source  139   a  may be OFF, while the third lighting source  139   c  and the fourth lighting source  139   d  are inclined at the same inclination angle, as shown in S 10  of  FIG. 6 . That is, when the second, third, and fourth lighting sources  139   b ,  139   c , and  139   d  become substantially close to the VIN carved on the vehicle body  5 , the second, third, and fourth lighting sources  139   b ,  139   c , and  139   d  emit different color beams toward the Vin and emit light via an indirect lighting irradiating method. 
     In this case, the camera  135  may be disposed to be close to the vehicle body  5  and may be barely affected by movement of the vehicle body  5 , and thus, may capture photographs via progressive scanning. Therefore, the camera  135  may more accurately photograph the VIN carved on the vehicle body  5  via operations of the second, third, fourth lighting sources  139   b ,  139   c , and  139   d  that emit light via an indirect lighting irradiating method. 
     In the present embodiments, the case in which the camera  135  performs photograph via progressive scanning when the measure module  130  and the vehicle body  5  are close to each other has been described hereinabove. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto and photograph may be performed via interlaced scanning. 
     For the purposes of the present disclosure, the progressive scanning refers to a method for sequentially displaying an image from start to end of content to be displayed on a screen, and the interlaced scanning refers to a method for alternately displaying an image that is divided in odd and even horizontal lines. 
     On the other hand, when the vehicle body  5  spaced apart from the measure module  130  by a predetermined distance or more is photographed via the camera  135  (e.g., in the case of barcode photograph), the second lighting source  139   b  is rotated together with the rotation rod  143 , which is rotated by the operation motor  145 , toward a lower surface of the housing  133 , which corresponds to the same direction as the first lighting source  139   a , as shown in S 20  of  FIG. 6 . 
     In this state, the second lighting source  139   b  is ON and emits light together with the first lighting source  139   a , while the third lighting source  139   c  and the fourth lighting source  139   d  are OFF. That is, when the first and second lighting sources  139   a  and  139   b  are relatively far from the vehicle body  5 , the first and second lighting sources  139   a  and  139   b  emit the same color light, i.e., red light, toward the barcode attached to the vehicle body  5  via a direct lighting irradiating method. 
     In this case, the camera  135  may be disposed to be far from the vehicle body  5  and may be largely affected by movement of the vehicle body  5  that is moved along the vehicle body moving line  3  and thus may perform photograph via interlaced scanning. Thus, the camera  135  may more accurately photograph the barcode attached on the vehicle body  5  via operations of the first and second lighting sources  139   a  and  139   b  that emit light via direct light method. That is, as described above, the vehicle information inspecting apparatus  100  according to embodiments of the present disclosure moves the measure module  130  to corresponds to a position of the barcode or the VIN carved on the vehicle body  5  that is moved along the vehicle body moving line  3  via operations of the first and second moving units  110  and  120 . 
     Then, when the measure module  130  selectively operates the lighting assembly  139  according to a distance from the vehicle body  5  to emit light via indirect or direct lighting irradiating method, the camera  135  photographs the VIN or the barcode and outputs a captured image to the controller C. The controller C may then recognize the VIN or the barcode of the corresponding vehicle body  5  that is moved along the vehicle body moving line  3  from the captured image transmitted from the camera  135  and automatically inputs and inspects vehicle information. Thus, when the aforementioned configured vehicle information inspecting apparatus  100  according to embodiments of the present disclosure is utilized, the vehicle information inspecting apparatus  100  may photograph and accurately inspect information of the vehicle body  5  irrespective of a position of the barcode or the VIN carved on various types of vehicle bodies  5  that are moved along the vehicle body moving line  3 . That is, the techniques disclosed herein may be applied to any vehicle, regardless of the particular positioning of the vehicle&#39;s VIN and/or barcode. 
     In addition, one apparatus may be commonly applied to various vehicle types irrespective of the vehicle body  5  with various shapes and sizes according to vehicle type, thereby reducing installation costs. While photographing the VIN or the barcode, the vehicle information inspecting apparatus  100  may be configured to change an irradiating method of the lighting assembly  139  included in the measure module  130  according to a distance from the vehicle body  5  into a direct or indirect lighting irradiating method so as to prevent an image captured by the camera  135  from being distorted in advance to perform accurate inspection. In addition, the barcode or the VIN inspected from the captured image may be automatically input. Thus, a conventional operation in which an operator inspects the barcode or the VIN through a CCTV and then manually inputs the barcode or the VIN may be omitted, improving productivity and reducing labor costs. 
     The vehicle information inspecting apparatus  100  according to embodiments of the present disclosure photographs and inspects a barcode or a VIN carved on a vehicle body  5  that is moved along a vehicle body moving line  3 , as has been described hereinabove. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto and may be applied to various codes (e.g., a QR code, etc.) for identifying information of the vehicle body  5  including a VIN and a barcode. 
     While this disclosure has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical embodiments, it is to be understood that the disclosure is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.