Abstract: A device for detecting the profile of a tread includes a light source, a mask configured for receiving a light emission of the light source and permeable to the light emission in correspondence of a slit provided therein. The slit is configured for generating, when traversed by the light emission, a light curtain. At least one image-acquisition device is configured for acquiring a projection of the light curtain on a tread, and a data-processing unit is operatively connected to the image-acquisition device for reception of image data acquired thereby.

Abstract: A device for detecting the profile of a tread includes a light source, a mask configured for receiving a light emission of the light source and permeable to the light emission in correspondence of a slit provided therein. The slit is configured for generating, when traversed by the light emission, a light curtain. At least one image-acquisition device is configured for acquiring a projection of the light curtain on a tread, and a data-processing unit is operatively connected to the image-acquisition device for reception of image data acquired thereby.

Abstract: A device for detecting the profile of the rolling surface of a rolling body, in particular a tread of a tire for a vehicle includes a light source and an optical assembly configured for processing a first light beam emitted by the light source. The first light beam is a planar light beam having a divergent course, and the light source is configured for the emission of the first light beam towards the optical assembly. The optical assembly includes at least one first refractive member configured for collimating at least one portion of the first light beam incident thereon into a measurement beam that is directed towards a measurement section of the device to impinge upon the rolling surface.

Abstract: A tire code reader scans an automobile tire to capture an image of the tire code molded on the tire sidewall and associates it with the vehicle identification number (VIN) read by a bar code scanner also on the reader. Both tire code and VIN are uploaded to a control server and then to a cloud-based server that is programmed with optical character recognition software for reading the tire code and for accessing databases for information about that tire, such as re-call information, and the make, model and year of the automobile. The cloud-based server transmits a report back to the control server for printing a full report by a printer and to the tire code reader for display of the tire code.

Abstract: A device for detecting the profile of the rolling surface of a rolling body, in particular a tread of a tire for a vehicle includes a light source and an optical assembly configured for processing a first light beam emitted by the light source. The first light beam is a planar light beam having a divergent course, and the light source is configured for the emission of the first light beam towards the optical assembly. The optical assembly includes at least one first refractive member configured for collimating at least one portion of the first light beam incident thereon into a measurement beam that is directed towards a measurement section of the device to impinge upon the rolling surface.

Abstract: A detecting system for rail vehicles having at least one sprung rigid structure, for instance a bogie frame, and two axles, comprises photosensor position-detecting means applied to the structure and adapted to detect typical geometrical characteristics of the track and the relative position between the axles and the rails when the vehicle is running along the track and to supply electrical signals which are indicative of such geometrical characteristics and such relative position, and displacement detecting means also applied to the structure and adapted to detect relative displacements between the structure and the axles and to supply electrical signals indicative of these displacements. Electronic acquisition and processing means of these electrical signals provide a monitoring related to the configuration of the track and to the dynamic attitude of the structure and of the two axles.