TWI620675B - Automatic car wash system with tire tread detection - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic car wash system with tire tread detection for cleaning a tire, and then obtaining a tire tread of the vehicle through an automatic tire washing process through a tire tread sampling element for optical automatic detection of the tread depth of the tire, thereby achieving precision And the technical effect of automatic detection of tire tread depth.

Description

Automatic car wash system with tire tread detection

A detection system, in particular, an automatic car wash system with tire tread detection, which is obtained by cleaning the tire and then acquiring the tire tread of the vehicle for optical automatic detection of the tread depth of the tire.

There are many ways to detect the tread depth of existing vehicle tires, for example, by directly detecting the tire tread depth of the tire through the detecting device, and detecting the depth information of the tire tread by the spectrum of the laser light, and detecting the depth information of the tire tread. The conductive material is added to the surface area to make the detection circuit change from conduction to non-conduction to detect the tread depth of the tire, or to increase the color layer in the surface layer of the tire after the wear, the color layer disappears to detect the tread depth... The way to wait.

The above-mentioned method for detecting the tread depth of a tire of a vehicle tire still has various problems. For example, if the tire tread depth is directly detected by the detecting device, there may be a problem of inaccurate detection; for example, by transmitting laser light. The spectrum is irradiated and converted to the depth information of the tire tread. It may cause a huge detection error due to the presence of dirt or debris on the tire; for example, the conductive material is added to the surface layer of the tire after being worn. The detection loop changes from conducting to non-conducting for tire tread depth detection, which requires the cooperation of the tire manufacturer and can result in tire manufacturing. The increase in manufacturing costs and the complexity of the process; or the addition of color layers in the surface layer of the tire after the wear of the color layer disappears for the detection of tire tread depth, also requires the cooperation of the tire manufacturer, and will cause tire manufacturing The increase in manufacturing costs and the complexity of the process.

In summary, it has been known in the prior art that there has been a long-standing problem that the tire tread detection is prone to detection errors and the tire manufacturer needs to cooperate to cause an increase in manufacturing cost and a complicated process. Therefore, it is necessary to propose an improved technical means. Solve this problem.

In view of the prior art, there is a problem that the tire tread detection is prone to detection errors and the tire manufacturer is required to cooperate to cause an increase in manufacturing cost and an excessively complicated process. The present invention discloses an automatic car wash system with tire tread detection, wherein: The invention discloses an automatic car wash system with tire tread detection, comprising: a vehicle detection frame, an optical detection device and an automatic car wash frame, wherein the vehicle detection frame is used for providing tread detection of four tires of the vehicle, and the vehicle detection frame has four The tire cleaning detecting mechanism and the tire cleaning detecting mechanism further include: a tire fixing component, a tire cleaning component, and a tire tread sampling component.

Wherein, the tire fixing component of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism is a tire fixing component that rises to fix the tire of the vehicle when the tire of the vehicle moves to the tire position range of the vehicle detecting frame; the tire cleaning component of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism is fixed in the tire After the assembly fixes the tire of the vehicle, the tire cleaning element is lowered to provide the tire bottom cleaning of the vehicle; the tire tread sampling element of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism, after the tire cleaning element cleans the tire bottom of the vehicle, the tire tread sampling element moves through After the mechanism and the tire cleaning component move and switch, the tire tread sampling element is attached to the bottom of the tire of the vehicle to obtain the tire tread of the vehicle during the automatic car wash process.

The optical detecting device moves the four tire treads of the vehicle to the optical detecting device for optical detection of the tire tread after the tire tread sampling element obtains the four tire treads of the vehicle in the automatic car washing process, when the vehicle is When the tire tread depth is lower than the preset value, a tire change message is generated and the tire change message is displayed.

Automatic car wash frame, automatic car wash frame moves back and forth relative to the vehicle detection frame to provide automatic car wash.

The system disclosed in the present invention is different from the prior art in that the present invention obtains the tire of the vehicle during the automatic car wash process by performing the optical automatic detection of the tread depth of the tire, through the cleaning of the tire, and through the tire tread sampling element. The optical automatic detection of the tread depth of the tire can avoid the problems of detection error, manufacturing cost and complicated process of the prior art, and achieve the technical effect of accurately and automatically detecting the tread depth of the tire.

Through the above technical means, the present invention can achieve the technical effect of accurately and automatically detecting the depth of the tire tread.

10‧‧‧Vehicle inspection rack

20‧‧‧ Tire cleaning testing agency

21‧‧‧ Tire fixing components

211‧‧‧First tire fixing element

212‧‧‧Second tire fixing element

22‧‧‧ Tire cleaning components

23‧‧‧ Tire tread sampling element

30‧‧‧Optical inspection device

40‧‧‧Automatic car wash rack

50‧‧‧ Vehicles

51‧‧‧ tires

52‧‧‧ tire tread

53‧‧‧Preset value

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system of an automatic car wash system with tire tread detection according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the structure of an automatic car wash system with tire tread detection according to the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a schematic view showing the first perspective tire fixing component of the automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention.

FIG. 3B is a schematic view showing the second perspective tire fixing assembly of the automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention.

FIG. 4A is a schematic view showing the tire fixing of the first embodiment of the tire fixing assembly for automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention.

FIG. 4B is a schematic view showing the second embodiment of the tire fixing assembly of the automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention.

FIG. 4C is a schematic view showing the tire fixing of the third embodiment of the tire fixing assembly of the automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the operation of the tire cleaning component of the automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the operation of the tire tread sampling element of the automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the sampling result of the tire tread of the automatic car wash with the tire tread detection of the present invention.

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and embodiments, so that the application of the technical means to solve the technical problems and achieve the technical effects can be fully understood and implemented.

Hereinafter, the operation system of the present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment, and reference is also made to "1" and "2", and "1" is an automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention. System block diagram of the system; "Fig. 2" is a schematic view showing the structure of the automatic car wash system with tire tread detection according to the present invention.

The automatic car wash system with tire tread detection disclosed in the present invention comprises: a vehicle detection frame 10, an optical detection device 30 and an automatic car wash frame 40 for providing tread detection of four tires of the vehicle 50. The vehicle detection frame 10 has four tire cleaning detecting mechanisms 20, and the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 further includes a tire fixing assembly 21, a tire cleaning member 22, and a tire tread sampling member 23.

The automatic car wash frame 40 is moved back and forth with respect to the vehicle detection frame 10 to provide automatic washing of the vehicle 50 parked on the vehicle detection frame 10.

Next, please refer to "3A", "3B" and "4A", and "3A" is a schematic view of the first perspective tire fixing assembly of the automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention. FIG. 3B is a schematic view showing a second perspective tire fixing assembly of the automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention; FIG. 4A is a tire fixing assembly for automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention; A schematic view of the first embodiment of the tire fixing.

The tire fixing assembly 21 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 further includes a first tire fixing member 211 and a second tire fixing member 212 (in the embodiment, only a single tire fixing member 21 is used as an explanation, and in fact, four tire fixing members 21 should be provided. The operation of each tire fixing component 21 is the same. When the tire of the vehicle 50 (including the two front wheels and the two rear wheels) is moved to the tire position range of the vehicle detection frame 10 (the tire position range is four, respectively corresponding to When the two front wheels and the two rear wheels are provided, the tire fixing assembly 21 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 is lifted up to fix the tire 51 of the vehicle 50.

In the first embodiment, the first tire fixing member 211 of the tire fixing assembly 21 and the second tire fixing member 212 of the tire fixing assembly 21 are simultaneously movable back and forth, and cooperate with the neutral position of the vehicle 50 (generally N gear), by which the tire 51 of the vehicle 50 is fixed, as shown in "Fig. 4A".

Next, please refer to "3A", "3B" and "4B", and "4B" is a second embodiment of the tire fixing assembly for automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention. A schematic diagram of the fixed tire.

In the second embodiment, the first tire fixing member 211 of the tire fixing assembly 21 is fixed, moved forward and backward through the second tire fixing member 212 of the tire fixing assembly 21, and cooperates with the neutral position of the vehicle 50 (generally That is, the N position), whereby the tire 51 of the vehicle 50 is fixed, as shown in "Fig. 4B".

Next, please refer to "3A", "3B" and "4C", and "4C" is a third embodiment of the tire fixing assembly for automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention. A schematic diagram of the fixed tire.

In the third embodiment, the second tire fixing member 212 of the tire fixing assembly 21 is fixed, moved forward and backward through the first tire fixing member 211 of the tire fixing assembly 21, and cooperates with the neutral position of the vehicle 50 (generally That is, the N position), whereby the tire 51 of the vehicle 50 is fixed, as shown in "FIG. 4C".

Next, please refer to "figure 5", and "figure 5" is a schematic view showing the operation of the tire washing element of the automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention.

The tire cleaning member 22 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 is such that after the tire fixing unit 21 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 fixes the tire 51 of the vehicle 50, the tire cleaning member 22 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 is lowered to the high-pressure water column cleaning vehicle 50. The bottom of the tire 51 can avoid the problem of tire tread sampling distortion caused by the influence of dirt, debris, etc. during subsequent tire tread sampling.

Next, please refer to "Figure 6" and "Figure 7", and "Figure 6" is a schematic view showing the operation of the tire tread sampling element of the automatic car wash with tire tread detection according to the present invention; "Fig. 7" The figure shows the sampling result of the tire tread of the automatic car wash with the tire tread detection of the invention.

The tire tread sampling element 23 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 is after the tire cleaning element 22 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 cleans the bottom of the tire 51 of the vehicle 50, and the tire tread sampling element 23 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 transmits the moving mechanism and the tire. After the tire cleaning element 22 of the cleaning detecting mechanism 20 is switched, the tire tread sampling element 23 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 is attached to the bottom of the tire 51 of the vehicle 50 to provide the automatic washing process of the vehicle 50 for the automatic washing frame 40. The tire tread 52 of the vehicle 50.

The tire tread sampling element 23 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 is heated by a thermoplastic and then raised to the bottom of the tire 51 of the vehicle 50 to provide the vehicle 50 with automatic washing process. The vehicle 50 is obtained after the thermoplastic is heated. The tire tread 52, and through the thermoplastic, the tire tread sampling element 23 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 can be repeatedly used, and the thermoplastic comprises polyethylene (Polyethylene, PE), polypropylene (PP), Polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (Polycarbonate, PC), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), etc., are merely illustrative here, and are not intended to limit the scope of application of the present invention.

After the tire tread sampling element 23 of the tire cleaning detecting mechanism 20 respectively obtains the tire tread 52 of the vehicle 50 in the automatic car washing process, the tire tread 52 of the vehicle 50 can be further moved to the optical detecting device 30 to perform the tire of the vehicle 50. For the optical detection of the tread 52, it is worth noting that the optical detecting device 30 can manually or automatically set a corresponding preset value according to different tire brands and tire models.

The optical detecting device 30 generates a tire changing message after the tire tread 52 of the vehicle 50 is optically detected, and generates a tire changing message when the tire tread 52 depth of the vehicle 50 is lower than a preset value 53, and the optical detecting device 30 displays the tire changing message. The tire changing message is a replacement message for the specified tire. Specifically, if the tire tread 52 depth of the left front wheel of the vehicle 50 is lower than the preset value 53, the tire changing information generated by the optical detecting device 30 is "the left front wheel needs If the tire tread 52 depth of the right rear wheel of the vehicle 50 is lower than the preset value 53, the tire replacement message generated by the optical detecting device 30 is “the right rear wheel needs to be replaced”, which is merely an example. Therefore, it is not limited to the application scope of the present invention, thereby providing a reminder for driver tire replacement.

In summary, it can be seen that the difference between the present invention and the prior art is that the present invention obtains the tire of the vehicle during the automatic car wash process by performing the optical automatic detection of the tread depth of the tire, through the cleaning of the tire, and through the tire tread sampling element. The optical automatic detection of the tread depth of the tire can avoid the problems of detection error, manufacturing cost and complicated process of the prior art, and achieve the technical effect of accurately and automatically detecting the tread depth of the tire.

By this technical means, the existing problems existing in the prior art for the detection of tire tread detection are easy to occur, and the tire manufacturer is required to cooperate to cause an increase in manufacturing cost and an excessively complicated process, thereby achieving accurate and automatic detection of the tread depth of the tire. Technical efficacy.

While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above description is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Any changes in the form and details of the embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of the invention is to be determined by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (9)

An automatic car wash system with tire tread detection, comprising: a vehicle detection frame for providing tread detection of four tires of a vehicle, the vehicle detection frame having four tire cleaning detection mechanisms The tire cleaning detecting mechanism further includes: a tire fixing assembly, the tire fixing assembly is raised upward to fix the tire of the vehicle when the tire of the vehicle moves to a tire position range of the vehicle detecting frame; a tire cleaning member, after the tire fixing assembly fixes a tire of the vehicle, the tire cleaning member is lowered to provide a tire bottom cleaning of the vehicle; and a tire tread sampling member at the tire cleaning member After cleaning the bottom of the tire of the vehicle, after the tire tread sampling element is switched by the moving mechanism and the tire cleaning element, the tire tread sampling element is raised to fit to the bottom of the tire of the vehicle. Automatic car wash process to obtain tire tread of the vehicle; an optical detecting device for automatically washing the tire tread sampling element After obtaining the four tire treads of the vehicle, respectively, moving the tire tread of the vehicle to the optical detecting device for optical detection of the tire tread, when the tire tread depth of the vehicle is lower than one a preset value, a change message is generated, and the change message is displayed; and An automatic car wash frame that moves back and forth relative to the vehicle detection frame to provide automatic car wash. The automatic car wash system with tire tread detection according to claim 1, wherein the tire fixing assembly further comprises a first tire fixing component and a second tire fixing component, the first tire fixing component and The second tire fixing member is moved forward and backward to fix the tire of the vehicle. The automatic car wash system with tire tread detection according to claim 1, wherein the tire fixing assembly further comprises a first tire fixing component and a second tire fixing component, wherein the second tire fixing component is fixed Not moving and the first tire fixing member is moved back and forth to fix the tire of the vehicle. The automatic car wash system with tire tread detection according to claim 1, wherein the tire fixing assembly further comprises a first tire fixing component and a second tire fixing component, wherein the first tire fixing component is fixed Not moving and the second tire fixing member is moved back and forth to fix the tire of the vehicle. The automatic car wash system with tire tread detection according to claim 1, wherein the tire cleaning element cleans the tire bottom of the vehicle in a high pressure water column manner. The automatic car wash system with tire tread detection according to claim 1, wherein the tire tread sampling element is heated by a thermoplastic and then raised to fit the bottom of the tire of the vehicle for automatic car wash. The process cools the thermoplastic to obtain the tire tread of the vehicle. The automatic car wash system with tire tread detection according to claim 6, wherein the thermoplastic comprises polyethylene (Polyethylene, PE), polypropylene (Polypropylene, PP), polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (Polycarbonate, PC), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The automatic car wash system with tire tread detection according to claim 1, wherein the optical detecting device sets the corresponding preset value according to different tire brands and tire models. An automatic car wash system with tire tread detection as described in claim 1, wherein the tire change message is a replacement message for a designated tire.