Patents Assigned to SPACE S.r.l. con Unico Socio
  • Patent number: 9453724
    Abstract: A detection device for determining the orientation of a first and a second wheel of a vehicle, the wheels being arranged on a first side of the vehicle with respect to a longitudinal axis thereof. The device is set laterally with respect to the vehicle on the first side, between the first and second wheels, and has a first and a second image-acquisition elements located on a base support having a respective viewing area for acquiring images of a first and a second target coupled to the first and second wheels. A displacement unit is operatively coupled to the first and second image acquisition elements for rotating them simultaneously through the same angle of rotation so as to adapt their viewing area to the position of the first and second targets. The detection device comprises additional alignment sensors located on the base support for measuring calibration parameters of the base support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: SPACE S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventors: Piero Cerruti, Fausto Manganelli
  • Patent number: 9300864
    Abstract: A system for determining the orientation of at least one first wheel of a vehicle and provided with: at least one first target integrally coupled to the first wheel, an image-capturing device that acquires a first two-dimensional image of the first target and a processing device, operatively connected to the image-capturing device and processing the first two-dimensional image. The first target has a three-dimensional shape suitable for defining geometric quantities arranged according to a known three-dimensional arrangement; the processing device processes the first two-dimensional image to identify the projections of the geometric quantities and determine a spatial arrangement of the first target with respect to a reference system based on the geometrical characteristics of the projections, to determine the orientation characteristics of the first wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SPACE S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
    Inventors: Piero Cerruti, Fausto Manganelli
  • Publication number: 20140002638
    Abstract: A detection device (7a) for determining the orientation of a first and a second wheel (2) of a vehicle (3), the wheels being arranged on a first side of the vehicle (3) with respect to a longitudinal axis thereof (A). The device is set laterally with respect to the vehicle (3) on the first side, between the first and second wheels, and has a first (8) and a second image—acquisition elements (8?) located on a base support (16) having a respective viewing area (V) for acquiring images of a first and a second target (5) coupled to the first and second wheels, respectively. A displacement unit (10) is operatively coupled to the first (8) and second (8?) image-acquisition elements for rotating them simultaneously through one and the same angle of rotation so as to adapt their viewing area to the position of the first and second targets (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SPACE S.r.l. con Unico Socio
    Inventors: Piero Cerruti, Fausto Manganelli