Method for checking a tyre for vehicle wheels, comprising: - determining whether the tyre is made according to a known model among a plurality of known models or to an unknown model; - if the tyre is made according to a known model, inspecting said tyre to search for any manufacturing defects, acquiring data representative of at least part of the surface of the tyre through a set of image acquisition devices set according to a setting associated with the known model of the tyre; - if the tyre is made according to an unknown model, carrying out in succession: • acquiring a first profile of the tyre, wherein the acquisition of said first profile includes acquiring at least a first part (301, 302) of the first profile through first profile-acquisition devices arranged according to predetermined positions, independent of the tyre profile; • determining a setting for second profile-acquisition devices based on the first profile acquired; • acquiring a second profile of the tyre through the second profile-acquisition devices set according to the respective determined setting; • determining a setting for said set of image acquisition devices based on the second profile acquired; • cataloguing said unknown model as a known model and adding it to said plurality of known models, associating the setting thus determined therewith. - determining whether the tyre is made according to a known model among a plurality of known models or to an unknown model; - if the tyre is made according to a known model, inspecting said tyre to search for any manufacturing defects, acquiring data representative of at least part of the surface of the tyre through a set of image acquisition devices set according to a setting associated with the known model of the tyre; - if the tyre is made according to an unknown model, carrying out in succession: • acquiring a first profile of the tyre, wherein the acquisition of said first profile includes acquiring at least a first part (301, 302) of the first profile through first profile-acquisition devices arranged according to predetermined positions, independent of the tyre profile; • determining a setting for second profile-acquisition devices based on the first profile acquired; • acquiring a second profile of the tyre through the second profile-acquisition devices set according to the respective determined setting; • determining a setting for said set of image acquisition devices based on the second profile acquired; • cataloguing said unknown model as a known model and adding it to said plurality of known models, associating the setting thus determined therewith. • acquiring a first profile of the tyre, wherein the acquisition of said first profile includes acquiring at least a first part (301, 302) of the first profile through first profile-acquisition devices arranged according to predetermined positions, independent of the tyre profile; • determining a setting for second profile-acquisition devices based on the first profile acquired; • acquiring a second profile of the tyre through the second profile-acquisition devices set according to the respective determined setting; • determining a setting for said set of image acquisition devices based on the second profile acquired; • cataloguing said unknown model as a known model and adding it to said plurality of known models, associating the setting thus determined therewith.