Patents by Inventor Thijs Pirmez

Thijs Pirmez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vehicle alignment and sensor calibration system
    Patent number: 11243074
    Abstract: A system and method for aligning a target to a vehicle for calibration of a sensor equipped on the vehicle includes multiple non-contact wheel alignment sensors configured for use in determining the orientation of tire and wheel assemblies of the vehicle. A target adjustment frame includes a target mount moveably mounted on a base frame, and includes multiple actuators configured to selectively move the target mount relative to the base frame, where the base frame is in a known orientation to the non-contact wheel alignment sensors. A computer system selectively actuates the actuators to position a target relative to the vehicle, with the target mount being moveable about a plurality of axes based on the determination of the orientation of the vehicle relative to the target adjustment frame to position the target relative to a sensor of the vehicle whereby the sensor is able to be calibrated using the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: BPG Sales and Technology Investments, LLC
    Inventors: David M. DeBoer, Brecht Desmet, Ryan M. Jefferies, Jon D. Lawrence, Thijs Pirmez, Ward Van de Walle, Fredriek Vanneste, Ben Wahlstrom, Nicholas R. Nelson
  • VEHICLE ALIGNMENT AND SENSOR CALIBRATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200348129
    Abstract: A system and method for aligning a target to a vehicle for calibration of a sensor equipped on the vehicle includes multiple non-contact wheel alignment sensors configured for use in determining the orientation of tire and wheel assemblies of the vehicle. A target adjustment frame includes a target mount moveably mounted on a base frame, and includes multiple actuators configured to selectively move the target mount relative to the base frame, where the base frame is in a known orientation to the non-contact wheel alignment sensors. A computer system selectively actuates the actuators to position a target relative to the vehicle, with the target mount being moveable about a plurality of axes based on the determination of the orientation of the vehicle relative to the target adjustment frame to position the target relative to a sensor of the vehicle whereby the sensor is able to be calibrated using the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: David M. DeBoer, Brecht Desmet, Ryan M. Jefferies, Jon D. Lawrence, Thijs Pirmez, Ward Van de Walle, Fredriek Vanneste, Ben Wahlstrom, Nicholas R. Nelson