Vehicle dragging system and vehicle inspection system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9783366-B2
Application number	US-201414582087-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2014
Priority date	Aug 22, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

The present invention discloses A vehicle dragging system, comprising a first dragging means and a second dragging means, which are sequentially arranged along a vehicle dragging direction, wherein in the vehicle dragging direction, the first dragging means is arranged at the upstream of the second dragging means, and a separating section is arranged between the first dragging means and the second dragging means, so that the first dragging means is separated from the second dragging means by a preset distance in the vehicle dragging direction, wherein the first dragging means comprises a first supporting plate, a first elongated traction element and a first pushing element connected with the first elongated traction element, and the first pushing element is adapted to move around the first supporting plate for pushing wheels to move along the first supporting plate, in order to drive a vehicle to advance; the second dragging means comprises a second supporting plate, a second elongated traction element and a second pushing element connected with the second elongated traction element, and the second pushing element is adapted to move along the second supporting plate for pushing wheels to move along the second supporting plate, in order to drive the vehicle to advance.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle dragging system, comprising:
a first dragging means and a second dragging means, which are sequentially arranged along a vehicle dragging direction, wherein in the vehicle dragging direction, the first dragging means is arranged at the upstream of the second dragging means, and a separating section is arranged between the first dragging means and the second dragging means, so that the first dragging means is separated from the second dragging means by a preset distance in the vehicle dragging direction,
wherein the first dragging means comprises a first supporting plate, a first elongated traction element and a first pushing element connected with the first elongated traction element, and the first pushing element for moving around the first supporting plate for pushing wheels to move along the first supporting plate, in order to drive a vehicle to advance;
the second dragging means comprises a second supporting plate, a second elongated traction element and a second pushing element connected with the second elongated traction element, and the second pushing element for moving along the second supporting plate for pushing wheels to move along the second supporting plate, in order to drive the vehicle to advance;
a controller, for controlling the first pushing element to push a first wheel of the vehicle at a first speed, when a second wheel of the vehicle arrives at a preset position of the second dragging means away from the separating section at a preset distance, the second elongated traction element is driven to move, thus the second pushing element at the lower side of the second supporting plate moves to contact the second wheel of the vehicle at a second speed and pushes the second wheel of the vehicle, in order to keep the moving state of the vehicle, and in the vehicle dragging direction, the second wheel is located at the downstream side of the first wheel;
wherein the second speed is larger than or equal to the first speed, and the second speed and the first speed are substantially constant;
wherein before the first pushing element is separated from the first wheel, the second pushing element contacts the second wheel; and
a distance acquiring apparatus for measuring the distance between the second wheel of the vehicle and the second pushing element, when the second wheel of the vehicle arrives at the preset position of the second dragging means away from the separating section at the preset distance, the distance acquiring apparatus acquires the distance between the second wheel and the second pushing element to serve as the chasing distance necessary for the second pushing element to catch up with the second wheel and contact the second wheel.

2. The vehicle dragging system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor used for sending a signal when the second wheel of the vehicle arrives at the preset position, after receiving the signal of the sensor, the controller allows the second elongated traction element to perform accelerated motion, in order to drive the second pushing element located at the lower side of the second supporting plate to move for a preset time, and contact the second wheel of the vehicle at the second speed and push the second wheel of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle dragging system of claim 2 , wherein the sensor is a pressure sensor, which is arranged at the preset position of the second dragging means.

4. The vehicle dragging system of claim 2 , wherein after receiving the signal of the sensor, the controller allows the second elongated traction element to perform accelerated motion and then perform decelerated motion to the second speed.

5. The vehicle dragging system of claim 2 , wherein the sensor is an optical transceiver arranged at the preset position on one side of the second dragging means and for emitting a light beam towards the second dragging means and for determining that the second pushing element arrives at the preset position when the optical transceiver receives the light beam reflected by a reflector at the end of the second pushing element.

6. The vehicle dragging system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a wheel diameter acquiring means for measuring the diameter of the second wheel of the vehicle, and a calculating means, wherein the calculating means is adapted to calculate a necessary chasing distance of the second pushing element for catching up with the second wheel and contacting the second wheel, according to the diameter of the second wheel acquired by the vehicle diameter acquiring means and the position of the second pushing element located at the lower side of the second supporting plate.

7. The vehicle dragging system of claim 6 , wherein
the wheel diameter acquiring means comprises an image acquiring means, which for moving acquire two images including the second wheel at a preset time interval, and the diameter of the second wheel of the vehicle is calculated according to the vehicle displacement distance in the two images, the first speed of the vehicle, the diameters of the second wheel of the vehicle in the images and the time interval.

8. The vehicle dragging system of claim 7 , wherein the image acquiring means is a camera or a vidicon and arranged at a preset position of the first dragging means away from the separating section at a preset distance, and is located at one side of the first dragging means.

9. The vehicle dragging system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second sensor for sending a signal when the second wheel of the vehicle arrives at the preset position of the second dragging means away from the separating section at the preset distance, after receiving the signal of the second sensor, the controller operates the distance acquiring apparatus to acquire the distance between the second wheel and the second pushing element.

10. The vehicle dragging system of claim 1 , wherein,
the distance acquiring apparatus comprises an image acquiring means for acquiring two images including the second wheel and the second pushing element at a preset time interval, and the distance between the second wheel and the second pushing element is calculated according to the vehicle displacement distances in the two images, the distances between the second wheel and the second pushing element in the images, the first speed of the vehicle and the time interval.

11. The vehicle dragging system of claim 10 , wherein when the second wheel of the vehicle arrives at the preset position of the second dragging means away from the separating section at the preset distance, the image acquiring means acquires an image including the second wheel and the second pushing element, and when the pushing element arrives at the preset position of the second dragging means, the image acquiring means acquires another image including the second wheel and the second pushing element.

12. The vehicle dragging system of claim 10 , wherein the image acquiring means is a camera or a vidicon, and is arranged at the preset position of the second dragging means away from the separating section at the preset distance, and is located at one side of the second dragging means.

13. The vehicle dragging system of claim 1 , further including a third dragging means substantially parallel to the first dragging means, so that the first dragging means and the third dragging means for respectively driving the left and right wheels of the vehicle.

14. A vehicle inspection system, comprising:
an inspection passage;
the vehicle dragging system of claim 1 , wherein the first dragging means and the second dragging means are arranged in the inspection passage;
a radiographic inspec

Assignees

• Univ Tsinghua
• Nuctech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Jianmin
• Li Mingliang
• Li Yuanjing
• Li Yulan
• Li Ying
• Song Tao

Classifications

• B65G15/58

  with means for holding or retaining the loads in fixed position, e.g. magnetic · CPC title

• G01V5/0008

  Physics · mapped topic

• B65G2203/0233

  Position of the article · CPC title

• B65G2203/0291

  Speed of the load carrier · CPC title

• B65G19/02 Primary

  for articles, e.g. for containers · CPC title