System for measuring points on a vehicle during damage repair

Details System for measuring points on a vehicle during damage repair System for measuring points on a vehicle during damage repair

2008-05-20

2008-05-20

Keith, Jack W. (Department: 3663)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication

C701S029000, C701S049000, C033S288000, C702S159000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10980369

ABSTRACT:
A carriage moves back and forth under a vehicle and three cameras or laser fixed along one axis pivot in a common plane, utilizing two cameras at time to locate a target fixed to a reference point on the undercarriage of the vehicle. Triangulation calculations, combined with the location of the cameras provide the location of the reference point in space in a three-dimensional coordinate system and compare that location with a stored designed location of the reference point prior to the crash, allowing the vehicle structure to be returned to its designed shape by other equipment.

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