STATION AND METHOD OF MONITORING TIRES Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC G01M17/02 

FIELD: transport machine building.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method for controlling automobile tires. Tire control station comprises device (1) comprising: support frame (2); flange (3) for attachment of support frame to element (102) for movement; image acquisition system (4) for obtaining digital images of tire surface (101) mounted on support frame (2) and comprising: linear camera (5) having a first optical axis (7), optical plane (15), focal plane (6) and lens line (16) belonging to the focal plane and the optical plane, and lighting system (8) for illuminating lens line (16), comprising light source (20) and an optical lens system (21) having a second optical axis (22), wherein the optical lens system (21) comprises a first converging lens (30) and a second converging lens (31), located on the side opposite to the light source in relation to the first lens, wherein the light source, the first lens and the second lens are coaxial with respect to the second optical axis (22), wherein first lens (30) has a numerical aperture which is greater than or equal to 0.5, wherein the aperture of the second lens is greater than the aperture of the first lens.

EFFECT: technical result is improved quality of tire control.

31 cl, 6 dwg