Patent ID: 8113049

Claim:
A method for balancing a vehicle wheel using at least one weight ( 18 ), comprising the steps of: using a video camera ( 5 , 6 , 206 ) to frame a portion of a surface of a hub ( 101 ) of the wheel on which the at least one weight ( 18 ) is to be applied; locating, in images of the hub ( 101 ) taken by the camera ( 5 , 6 , 206 ), at least one balancing plane (E 1 , E 2 ) which is perpendicular to a rotation axis (A) of the wheel, piloting at least one pick-up device ( 8 , 9 , 209 ) such as to direct the at least one pick-up device ( 8 , 9 , 209 ) onto a point (P 1 , P 2 ) of the hub ( 101 ) which belongs to the at least one balancing plane (E 1 , E 2 ), detecting, by means of the at least one pick-up device ( 8 , 9 , 209 ) characteristic geometric parameters of the hub ( 101 ) at the at least one balancing plane (E 1 , E 2 ), measuring an imbalance of the wheel, calculating, by means of an electronic calculator ( 4 , 204 ), an entity of at least one weight ( 18 ) to be applied to the hub ( 101 ) at the at least one balancing plane (E 1 , E 2 ), and an angular position (T 1 , T 2 ) of the at least one weight ( 18 ) in the at least one balancing plane (E 1 , E 2 ), characterized in that the step of locating the at least one balancing plane (E 1 , E 2 ) includes: identifying, in the images of the hub ( 101 ) taken by the camera ( 206 ), at least one reference line (C) corresponding to a circumference of the surface of the hub ( 101 ).