Automated Tire Dressing via Imaging-Based Parameter Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Car wash systems face challenges in accurately applying tire dressing to vehicle tires while minimizing application on the body or rims, which can attract dirt and affect the finish.
Innovation Solution
An automated tire dressing system that uses an imaging device to capture images of tires, determine tire parameters such as width and radius, and configure application devices to apply dressing only within the tire sidewall boundaries, reducing overspray onto the vehicle body or rims.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If tire dressing is applied broadly to ensure complete tire coverage, then tire protection and appearance are improved, but overspray onto the vehicle body and rims increases causing dirt attraction and finish damage
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies tire dressing with spatially varying characteristics by configuring application devices based on detected tire parameters. The dressing application is localized to specific regions (tire sidewalls) with controlled spray patterns, concentrations, and angles that differ from one location to another, ensuring complete tire coverage while preventing overspray onto the vehicle body and rims.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection of tire parameters (width, height, radius, position) using imaging devices before the tire dressing application. This advance information allows the system to pre-configure the application devices with appropriate spray parameters, ensuring that dressing is applied precisely to the tire boundaries without overspray onto surrounding surfaces.
2Manufacturing precision
If the application device is configured for a specific tire size, then precise application to that tire is achieved, but the system cannot accommodate tires of different sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts the configuration of application devices based on real-time detection of tire parameters. The spray patterns, application positions, and device settings are adjusted dynamically according to the detected tire width, height, radius, and position, allowing precise dressing application for tires of varying sizes without requiring manual reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs a universal application device configuration that can handle multiple tire sizes and vehicle types. By using imaging devices to detect tire parameters and automatically configuring the application devices accordingly, the system achieves multi-functionality, accommodating various tire dimensions while maintaining precise dressing application for each specific tire.
3Manufacturing precision
If manual configuration of application devices is used for each tire size, then precise application is achieved, but the process becomes time-consuming and labor-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-configuration by automatically detecting tire parameters using imaging devices and using this information to configure the application devices without human intervention. The system independently determines the appropriate spray patterns, positions, and settings based on the detected tire characteristics, eliminating the need for manual configuration while maintaining precise dressing application.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from imaging devices that detect tire parameters (width, height, radius, position) to automatically adjust the configuration of application devices. This closed-loop control ensures precise dressing application by continuously monitoring tire characteristics and adjusting application parameters accordingly, eliminating manual configuration time while maintaining high precision.
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AI summary
A tire dressing system includes an imaging device that captures an image of a vehicle tire or portion thereof and at least one application device that applies tire dressing to the tire based on the captured image. The system determines one or more tire parameters based on the captured image. The tire dressing system configures the at least one application device based on the tire parameter(s) such that the application device substantially restricts application of tire dressing to within the boundaries of the tire sidewalls. By determining the tire parameters, the tire dressing system may apply the tire dressing to the tire sidewalls while reducing or minimizing application of tire dressing to the body or rims of the vehicle.