CN205485232U - A camera subassembly and four -wheel aligner for four -wheel aligner - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a camera assembly for a four-wheel aligner, comprising: a camera housing; a camera board accommodated in the camera housing, which has opposite first and second surfaces; A light-emitting diode on one surface, the light-emitting diode emits light to the target disk of the four-wheel aligner; and a status indicator light arranged on the second surface, the status indicator light is used to indicate the camera board status. The utility model also provides a four-wheel aligner comprising the above-mentioned camera assembly.

Description

Camera assembly for four-wheel aligner and four-wheel aligner

technical field

The utility model relates to a camera assembly for a four-wheel aligner and a four-wheel aligner including the camera assembly.

Background technique

The four-wheel aligner is a mechatronic precision measuring instrument used to detect the alignment parameters of automobile wheels. It mainly includes a camera assembly intended to be defined in front of the target vehicle and a camera support assembly for supporting the camera assembly. A wheel clamp assembly on the rim of the tire, and a target disk assembly fixedly installed on the wheel clamp assembly, and the like. In addition, the four-wheel aligner can also include a turntable, a steering wheel fixing frame and a brake plate fixing frame, etc.

The camera assembly mainly includes a camera case and a camera board accommodated in the camera case and carrying a plurality of electronic components and connecting circuits. Primarily, the camera board carries LEDs that emit light to the target disk assembly, and status lights that indicate the status of the camera board and information codes.

However, the above-mentioned LEDs and status indicator lights are usually arranged on the same surface of the conventional structure camera board, and the light emitted from the LEDs will interfere with the light emitted from the status indicators, thereby creating unnecessary shadows and contaminating the image of the target disk , And then affect the accuracy and reliability of the four-wheel aligner.

It is hoped that the above problems can be solved.

Utility model content

The purpose of this utility model is to avoid interference between the light emitted from the light-emitting diode emitting light to the target disk assembly and the light emitted from the status indicator light indicating the state of the camera board and the information code, thereby improving the accuracy and reliability of the four-wheel aligner sex.

For this purpose, according to a preferred embodiment, there is provided a camera assembly for a wheel aligner, comprising: a camera housing; a camera board accommodated in the camera housing, which has opposite first surfaces and second surface; a light-emitting diode arranged on the first surface, and the light-emitting diode is intended to emit light to the target disk of the four-wheel aligner; and a status indicator light arranged on the second surface, the status Lights are used to indicate the status of the camera board.

According to a feasible implementation manner, the state represents a working state including a normal working state and a fault state, or represents a power-on state and a power-off state.

According to a feasible implementation manner, the camera housing is provided with an opening to enable the status indicator light to be observed from the outside of the camera assembly.

According to a feasible implementation manner, the status indicator light is arranged near the edge of the camera board.

According to a feasible implementation manner, the camera housing includes a first housing wall close to the first surface of the camera board and a second housing wall connected to the first housing wall, and the opening is disposed on the second housing wall .

According to a feasible implementation manner, at least one of the lower edge of the camera board close to the ground and the two side edges connected to the lower edge is provided with the status indicator light.

According to a feasible implementation manner, both side edges of the camera board are provided with status indicator lights.

According to one possible embodiment, said opening is provided with a transparent cover.

According to another aspect of the present utility model, there is also provided a four-wheel aligner, which includes: the above-mentioned camera assembly; a camera support assembly for supporting the camera assembly, and two sides of the camera support assembly are respectively provided with a camera assembly; and a target disk assembly for receiving the light emitted by the light emitting diode of the camera assembly and reflecting the light.

According to a feasible implementation manner, the camera boards of the two camera assemblies have the same structure.

According to the utility model, the light-emitting diodes used to emit light to the target disc of the four-wheel aligner and the status indicator lights used to indicate the state of the electronic components on the camera board are respectively arranged on the opposite surfaces of the camera board, which solves the problem of light emitting diodes emitting light. The problem of interference between the light of the light and the light emitted by the status indicator light improves the accuracy and reliability of the four-wheel aligner. Furthermore, according to the present invention, at least one opening is provided on the camera housing to make the status indicator light visible, so that the operator can directly observe the status indicator light without removing the camera housing.

Description of drawings

The above and other features and advantages of the present application can be better understood from the following preferred embodiments of the present application described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a part of the camera support assembly and the camera assembly of the four-wheel aligner according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic perspective view of the camera board of the camera assembly of the four-wheel aligner according to the present invention, showing the first surface of the camera board;

Fig. 3 is another schematic perspective view of the camera board of the camera assembly of the four-wheel aligner according to the present invention, showing the second surface of the camera board;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a camera housing.

detailed description

The four-wheel aligner according to the utility model may mainly include a camera assembly intended to be positioned in front of the target vehicle, a camera support assembly for supporting the camera assembly, a wheel intended to be fixed to each tire of the target vehicle clamp assembly, and a target disk assembly intended to be mounted to each wheel clamp assembly.

According to the utility model, the four-wheel aligner may include two camera assemblies, which are respectively located directly in front of one side of the target vehicle, and are used to illuminate the front target disk assembly and the rear target disk assembly on the side.

The camera support assembly may be any suitable type of support structure known in the art. For example, Figure 1 shows a portion of a camera support assembly and a camera assembly. The camera support assembly may mainly include a vertical support (not shown), a horizontal support at the top of the vertical support, such as a horizontal support 12, and camera assemblies respectively located at opposite ends of the horizontal support (Fig. Only one camera assembly 20 is shown in .

The camera assembly 20 mainly includes a camera housing 30 and a camera board 40 ( FIGS. 2 and 3 ) accommodated in the camera housing. The camera board 40 carries a plurality of required electronic components and connection circuits between the electronic components, such as integrated circuits. . Wherein, the electronic components mainly include, but are not limited to, light-emitting diodes 52 (FIG. 2) for emitting light to the front and rear target disk assemblies on the corresponding sides and status indicator lights 54 (shown in FIG. 3) for indicating the status of the camera board 40. sex is shown).

According to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 , the camera board 40 includes opposite first surfaces 42 and second surfaces 44 , and light-emitting diodes 52 for emitting light to the front and rear target disk assemblies on the corresponding sides are arranged on the first surface. 42, a status indicator light 54 is disposed on the opposite second surface 44 on a side close to the camera support assembly and a side away from the camera support assembly (FIG. 3). In the illustrated embodiment, two status indicator lights 54 are provided on each side. This arrangement of the utility model effectively solves the interference problem between the light emitted by the status indicator light and the light emitted by the above-mentioned light-emitting diodes.

It should be noted here that the drawings are not drawn to scale and are for illustration and illustration purposes only. In addition to the components specifically mentioned herein, other schematic block diagrams on the camera board 40 (including the circles, squares, cylinders, etc. shown on the first surface 42 and the second surface 44 of the camera board 40) only represent Other components are mounted on the camera board 40 , without specifying or limiting the type, quantity or location of electronic components.

According to the present invention, the status indicator lights 54 of the camera board 40 can be provided with any suitable type or number according to needs. The status indicator light 54 can be used to indicate the status of the camera board 40, for example, it can be used to indicate the status of the above-mentioned light emitting diodes, and of course it can also indicate the status of other electronic components. The state may be a working state, including but not limited to a normal working state and a fault state; it may be a power-on or power-off state.

The status indicator light 54 can be configured as an indicator light with a changeable color, which indicates the change of the state of the electronic component through the change of color, for example, green indicates a normal working state, and red indicates a fault state. Optionally, the status indicator light 54 can be configured as an indicator light with a constant on state and a blinking state, for example, the indicator light is always on to indicate a normal working state, and the indicator light is blinking to indicate a fault state. Optionally, the status indicator light 54 can be configured to be on to indicate a normal working state or a power-on state, and to be off to represent a fault state or a power-off state. The status indicator lights 54 may be incandescent lights, or may also be configured as light emitting diodes or any other suitable type of indicator lights.

As mentioned above, the camera board 40 is arranged in the camera housing 30, and the camera housing 30 includes a first housing wall 32 close to the first surface 42 of the camera board 40 and a second housing connected to the first housing wall 32. Wall 34 , the second housing wall 34 is located on the side of the camera housing 30 close to the camera supporting assembly. An opening 62 is provided on the first housing wall 32 to expose the light-emitting diode 52 so that the light emitted can illuminate the target disk of the four-wheel aligner, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 .

In order to allow the operator to see the status indicator light 54, as described above, the status indicator light 54 is disposed near the two opposite edges of the camera board 40 toward and away from the camera support assembly, and correspondingly, the camera housing 30 is also provided An opening 64 extending through the second housing wall 34 of the camera housing 30 is included to enable an operator to see the status light 54 . Optionally, a transparent cover covering the opening 64 may be provided.

According to the present invention, it is also possible to provide a status indicator light on only one side of the camera board 40, which is sufficient for the operator to observe the status of the camera board. In a preferred embodiment, for a wheel aligner in which a camera assembly is respectively arranged at opposite ends of the camera support assembly, the status indicator lamps 54 of the two camera assemblies can be respectively arranged on the sides of the two camera housings. The operator can observe the status indicators of the two camera boards from the front or middle of the four-wheel aligner at the same time. In another preferred embodiment, for each camera assembly of the above-mentioned four-wheel aligner, the status indicator light 54 can be arranged on the lower side edge of each camera board close to the ground, so that the operator can directly observe from the bottom of the camera assembly. to the status indicator to judge the status of the camera board. Optionally, setting the status indicator light 54 on the side of the camera board 40 facing away from the camera support assembly enables the operator to observe the status indicator light from the outside of the four-wheel aligner.

According to the principle of the present invention, the number of status indicator lights 54 can be set as required, and can be one, two or more.

According to the camera assembly of the present invention, the light-emitting diodes for emitting light to the target disc of the four-wheel aligner and the status indicator lights for indicating the status of the electronic components on the camera board are respectively arranged on the opposite surfaces of the camera board, which solves the problem of The problem of interference between the light emitted by the light-emitting diode and the light emitted by the status indicator improves the accuracy and reliability of the four-wheel aligner, and also enables the operator to visually observe the status indicator without removing the camera case , to determine the state of the camera board.

The utility model also provides a four-wheel aligner comprising the above-mentioned camera assembly, a camera assembly is provided on both sides of the camera support assembly of the four-wheel aligner, and the camera board structures of the two camera assemblies can be the same, and as above Build as described.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments described above and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Features described with respect to one embodiment are also applicable to other embodiments of the present utility model, and features of different embodiments can be combined with each other to form new embodiments. Various modifications and variations to the above-described embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope defined by the following claims.

Claims (10)

1. the photomoduel for four-wheel position finder, it is characterised in that described photomoduel includes:

Camera shell；

Being contained in the camera board in described camera shell, it has contrary first surface and second surface；

Being arranged at the light emitting diode on described first surface, described light emitting diode is fixed to described four-wheel The destination disk of position instrument launches light；And

Being arranged at the status indicator lamp on described second surface, described status indicator lamp is used for indicating described The state of camera board.

Photomoduel the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that

Described state representation comprises the duty of normal operating conditions and malfunction, or represents "on" position and off-position.

Photomoduel the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that

Described camera shell is provided with and enables described status indicator lamp to be observed outside photomoduel Opening.

Photomoduel the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described status indicator lamp leans on The edge of nearly camera board is arranged.

5. according to described photomoduel arbitrary in claim 3, it is characterised in that described camera shell Including near first shell wall of first surface of described camera board and the second shell of being connected with the first shell wall Wall, described opening is arranged on described second shell wall.

Photomoduel the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described camera board close At least one place at two lateral edges being connected at the lower edge on ground and with described lower edge It is provided with described status indicator lamp.

Photomoduel the most according to claim 6, it is characterised in that two of described camera board Status indicator lamp it is equipped with at lateral edges.

Photomoduel the most according to claim 3, it is characterised in that described opening is provided with Transparency cover.

9. a four-wheel position finder, it is characterised in that described four-wheel position finder includes:

According to the photomoduel described in claim 1-8；

For supporting the camera support assembly of described photomoduel, the both sides of camera support assembly are respectively provided with One photomoduel；With

For receiving the light that the light emitting diode of described photomoduel sends and the target reflecting light Dish assembly.

Four-wheel position finder the most according to claim 9, it is characterised in that described two photomoduels Camera board structure identical.