Patent ID: 8830321

Claim:
An apparatus for producing images of the commonly viewed exterior surfaces of a vehicle, while maintaining the same background view for multiple images of the vehicle, comprising: an imaging device mounted on a first support having wheels which rest on a support surface, and a display on one surface of a second support having wheels which rest on the support surface, and wherein the wheels on the first and second supports rotate on an axis such that the arc the first and second supports follow as they move on the support surface can be altered; and where the first and second supports are opposed and their only physical linkage is by arms which run between and join the ends of the first and second supports together, wherein the arms are positioned high enough relative to the support surface such that the vehicle can pass underneath the arms, and wherein the vehicle is in a fixed position between the first and second supports and resting on the support surface, such that the imaging device is revolved around the vehicle so as to capture multiple images of the vehicle during each revolution, and the display is also revolved around the vehicle because of the physical linkage of the first and second supports with the arms such that the display is also captured in each of said images, and wherein said images are sufficiently pixilated such that damage to the vehicle exterior surface can be viewed when the images are displayed.