KR101541030B1 - A measurement target for wheel alignment to prevent disturbance, a measurement system using the target and measuring method of the same - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a target for measuring wheel alignment for disturbance exclusion, a measurement system using the target, and a method of measuring the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a target for wheel alignment measurement, The present invention relates to a target for measuring a wheel alignment, a measurement system using the same, and a measurement method thereof, which are used as a reference for distinguishing disturbance patterns captured outside a pattern measurement area in alignment measurement.
The vehicle wheel is installed on the axle at a specific angle geometrically, taking into account the drivability, safety, and maneuverability. The geometric relationship with the position of the wheel is thus referred to as a wheel alignment element.
The wheel alignment elements include various types of toe, camber, caster, etc., and each element is adjusted to a predetermined value according to the vehicle type.
The camber is the angle between the center line of the wheel and the vertical line. It is an element that affects tire wear and steering effort. It makes the tire contact point close to the load point and makes it easy to load by allowing the load to be loaded on the internal wheel bearings and spindles. Camber also has a direct relationship with tire wear. When an excessive camber is given, the inner and outer diameters of the tire change. When traveling in this state, the small diameter side slides on the road to become equal to the rotation speed on the large diameter side, and the wear of the tire increases.
The toe is the difference in distance between the left and right wheels measured at the front and rear ends of the tire centerline when the wheel is viewed from above. Since the camber angles are symmetrical with the wheels aligned, the toe is also set to offset the forces that the wheels will roll to the side by gathering the left and right wheels forward at the same angle.
The caster is the angle at which the steering shaft of the front wheel moves forward or backward with respect to the vertical line of the ground when the wheel is viewed from the side. When the caster is enlarged, the straight stability is improved during high-speed travel. However, when the caster is large, the reaction force against the direction change becomes large, resulting in delayed response, heavy steering operation, and vibration due to impact on the road surface. Conversely, if the caster is too small, it is possible to change the direction sensitively when turning, but when traveling at high speed, the straightness and stability will be reduced and the running will become unstable.
Conventionally, a method using a CCD image sensor has been used to measure a wheel alignment element that has a great influence on the driving performance and safety. However, in the case of a CCD image sensor, the price is high and the accurate measurement of the wheel alignment element There was a difficulty.
In order to solve this problem, a three-dimensional camera method for measuring wheel alignment elements has been recently used. In this method, the target is mounted on the front wheel and the rear wheel, and then the target is photographed by the camera. Then, the pattern of the target captured by the computer is analyzed to obtain the three-dimensional position information of the wheel.
However, when the target is measured by such a three-dimensional camera method, not only the normal pattern but also the pattern due to the disturbance are also picked up due to the interference by light and the body reflection, and it is difficult to measure the accurate wheel alignment element.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the problems described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a target for wheel alignment measurement in which a reference pattern is formed on the boundary line of a pattern measurement area of a target for wheel alignment measurement and a measurement error due to the captured disturbance pattern is reduced .
It is another object of the present invention to provide a disturbance pattern and a reference pattern shape that can be easily distinguished, thereby improving the accuracy of wheel alignment measurement.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a wheel alignment measurement method using a disturbance prevention target.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a criterion for optimum design of a disturbance prevention pattern and to facilitate detailed design of a target design parameter.
In order to solve the above problem, the target for measuring wheel alignment for disturbance elimination according to the present invention is a
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Further, the target is mounted on the left and right front wheels and the right and left rear wheels, respectively, and the target mounted on the rear wheel is larger than the target mounted on the front wheels
Further, the blob pattern is a circular shape.
Further, the number of the blobs, the diameter of the blobs, and the distances between the centers of neighboring blobs are set so that the captured neighboring blob patterns do not overlap.
Further, the present invention is a wheel alignment measurement system including the target for wheel alignment measurement, comprising: a camera; A light emitter for providing a light source to the camera; A clamp for fixing the target to the wheel; A transmission module for transmitting wheel alignment measurement data photographed by the camera; A receiving module for receiving wheel alignment data transmitted from the transmitting module; Further comprising a calculation module for receiving wheel alignment data from the reception module and calculating a wheel alignment element of a tow, a camber, and the like.
The wheel alignment measurement method using the target for wheel alignment measurement may further comprise: recognizing a reference pattern from the photographed image of the target; Defining a pattern measurement area from the recognized reference pattern; Recognizing a blob pattern imaged within a boundary of the pattern measurement area and inside the pattern measurement area; Calculating a center for each of the recognized plurality of blob patterns; Calculating a center of the target from the center of the calculated plurality of blobs; And calculating a wheel alignment element from the center coordinates of the target mounted on the right and left front wheels and the left and right rear wheels and the reference coordinates of the camera.
Further, the present invention is characterized in that the step of calculating the center of the blob pattern shows a rectangle surrounding the elliptical shape, which is an image of the blob pattern, and calculating the coordinates of a point where the bisector of each side intersects to obtain the center of the blob pattern .
The present invention has the effect of reducing the measurement error due to the captured disturbance pattern by forming the reference pattern (10) on the pattern measurement area boundary line of the target for wheel alignment measurement.
Further, the present invention provides a shape of the
Further, the present invention provides a wheel alignment measurement method using a disturbance prevention target, and has an effect of reducing a measurement error due to a disturbance pattern in wheel alignment measurement.
Further, the present invention has the effect of facilitating the detailed design of the design parameters of the target by presenting the criteria for the optimum design of the disturbance preventing pattern.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.
1 is a block diagram of a wheel alignment measurement system according to the present invention;
2 is a perspective view of a target according to the present invention.
3 is a plan view of a front wheel target pattern according to the present invention.
4 is a plan view of a rear wheel target pattern according to the present invention.
5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating blob center measurement according to the present invention.
6 is a view showing the center of a blob and a front wheel target pattern for wheel alignment measurement according to the present invention
7 is a view showing an actual measurement screen and measurement values using the wheel alignment measurement system according to the present invention.
8 is a flowchart of a wheel alignment measurement method using a disturbance prevention target according to the present invention.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, It is provided to inform.
1 is a block diagram of a wheel alignment measurement system according to the present invention. The wheel alignment measurement system according to the present invention comprises a camera (50); A
For the measurement of wheel alignment, the vehicle is typically placed on a test bed of the lift. The
The
The wheel alignment element is calculated from the reference coordinates of the
When the
2 is a target perspective view of the present invention. A
Here, the
3 is a plan view of the
By doing so, it is possible to eliminate the influence of disturbance due to reflection by the body of the vehicle, interference by light, and the like.
The number of the
3, 4, and 6, the
The
In this case, the camera recognizes the donut-shaped figure as a reference, connects the recognized reference line by a straight line to form a rectangular shape, and recognizes the figure outside the rectangle as a disturbance.
The
The
Thus, a plurality of
Design variables for designing the
In the embodiment according to the present invention, the
Each pattern is formed in a garden shape. The diameter is 20 mm, the distance from the center of the pattern is 32 mm, the distance between the center of the outermost pattern and the tip of the target is 25 mm, and the reference pattern is different from the blob pattern Color, or the same color as the target background.
Referring to FIG. 4, the
Each of the patterns is formed in a garden shape. The diameter is 25 mm, the distance from the center of the pattern is 40 mm, the distance between the center of the outermost pattern and the tip of the target is 40 mm, and the reference pattern is different from the blob pattern Color, or the same color as the target background.
A wheel alignment measurement method for preventing disturbance using the
A method for measuring wheel alignment for disturbance prevention according to the present invention includes: recognizing (S10) a reference pattern (10) from a photographed image of the target (40); Defining (S20) a pattern measurement area (30) from the recognized reference pattern (10); Obtaining a center C1 of the defined pattern measurement area (S30); Recognizing the
In the step S10 of recognizing the
In the step S20 of defining the
In the step S30 of obtaining the center C1 of the pattern measurement area defined above, the center C1 of the defined pattern measurement area on the square is obtained.
In step S40 of recognizing the
In step S50 of calculating the center BC for each of the recognized plurality of
Referring to FIG. 6, in step S40 of calculating the center of the blob pattern, a rectangle surrounding the elliptical shape is shown when the captured image of the
In step S60 of determining the center C2 of the
In the embodiment of the present invention, the number of
Here, obtaining the center C2 of the
This makes it possible to compare the center (C2) coordinates of each blob with the center (C1) coordinates of the pattern measurement area.
Here, the number of recognized blobs may be 33 or more because of the number of blobs recognized due to disturbance or the like. Therefore, the number of recognized blobs is not within the predetermined number range, or 33 centers (C2) When the center of the predetermined number is not within the error range after the comparison, the position of the target is adjusted without comparing with the center C1 of the pattern measurement area, and then the process proceeds from the step of recognizing the
The center C2 of the
The wheel alignment element is calculated from the reference coordinates of the
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the scope of the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It is obvious that a transformation can be made. Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the effects of the present invention are not explicitly described and described, but it is needless to say that the effects that can be predicted by the configurations should also be recognized.
10: Reference pattern
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50: Camera
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80: Transmission module
90: Receiving module
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A donut-shaped reference pattern 10 formed on the target 40 to be photographed and defining a pattern measurement area 30 for providing data on the wheel alignment element;
And a blob pattern 20 (blob pattern) formed on the boundary and inside the rectangular pattern measurement area 30 defined by the reference pattern 10 to provide three-dimensional position information of the target 40 However,
When the centers of the three donut-shaped reference patterns 10 are linearly connected to each other, the reference pattern 10 is positioned so that a right triangle is formed,
The center of the blob pattern 20 at the boundary of the pattern measurement area 30 is located coaxially with the center of the reference pattern 10,
The pattern measurement area 30 on the quadrangle forms a straight line L from the center of each reference pattern 10 via the center of the coaxial blob pattern 20 and each straight line L intersects with each other And recognizes the generated rectangular shape as a pattern measurement area,
Wherein the reference pattern (10) is a reference for distinguishing a disturbance pattern captured outside the pattern measurement area (30) in wheel alignment measurement. The wheel alignment measurement target
The target (40) is mounted on the left and right front wheels and the left and right rear wheels, and the target (40) mounted on the rear wheel is larger than the target (40) mounted on the front wheel.
Characterized in that the blob pattern (20) has a circular shape. The wheel alignment measurement target
Characterized in that the number of the blobs, the diameter of the blobs, and the distance between the centers of neighboring blobs are set such that the captured neighboring blob patterns (20) do not overlap.
A camera 50;
A light emitter 60 for providing a light source to the camera 50;
A clamp (70) for securing the target (40) to the wheel;
A transmission module (80) for transmitting an image of the target (40) photographed by the camera (50);
A receiving module (90) for receiving the image of the target (40) transmitted from the transmitting module (80);
A calculation module 100 for receiving an image of the target 40 from the reception module 90 and computing a wheel alignment element such as a tow, a camber, and the like;
And a display module (110) for displaying wheel alignment elements such as tow, camber, etc., coordinates of each target (40) calculated by the calculation module (100) system
Recognizing a reference pattern (10) from a photographed image of the target (40);
Defining a pattern measurement area (30) from the recognized reference pattern (10);
Recognizing a blob pattern (20) imaged within a boundary and within the pattern measurement area (30);
Calculating a center for each of the recognized plurality of blob patterns (20);
Calculating a center of the target (40) from a center of the calculated plurality of blobs;
And calculating a wheel alignment element from the center coordinates of the target (40) mounted on the right and left front wheels and the left and right rear wheels and the reference coordinates of the camera (50)
The step of calculating the center of the blob pattern 20 shows a rectangle surrounding the elliptical shape which is the image of the blob pattern 20 and the coordinates of the intersection of the bisector of each side are calculated to calculate the center of the blob pattern 20 A wheel alignment measurement method for preventing disturbance
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