Method for determining parameters of a rotating object within a projected pattern

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9665793
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14209552

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A method for contactless measurements of a vehicle wheel assembly by acquiring a sequence of images as the vehicle wheel assembly moves within a projected pattern of light. Images of the vehicle wheel assembly are acquired and processed to identify the portions of the images corresponding to the wheel assembly, such as by recognition of the wheel rim edge. The identified portion of each image is cropped and a resulting point cloud of data rotational aligned by an optimization procedure to remove the effect of wheel translation and rotation between each image, as well as to identify a center of rotation and amount of rotation for each image which yields a best-fit result. Superimposing the resulting point clouds produces a generated image with a high density of data points on the optimally fit surfaces of the wheel assembly, which can be used to further refine the axis of rotation determination.

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HUNTER ENGINEERING COMPANY11250 HUNTER DRIVE BRIDGETON MO 63044

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Dorrance, Daniel R Ballwin, US 45 683
Shylanski, Mark S University City, US 27 530

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