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The system includes camber and toe sensing apparatus, a memory for storing camber and toe specifications for a plurality of vehicles, and a computer. The computer compares sensed camber and toe with corresponding specification of camber and toe, selects a shim from a plurality of standard shims and

The system includes camber and toe sensing apparatus, a memory for storing camber and toe specifications for a plurality of vehicles, and a computer. The computer compares sensed camber and toe with corresponding specification of camber and toe, selects a shim from a plurality of standard shims and a shim orientation to attempt to correct both camber and toe in accordance with a preset priority, and determines residual camber error and residual toe error that would result from installation of the shim at the selected orientation. The user may select another orientation that attempts to correct both camber and toe in accordance with the manually requested desired priority. The user works with the system interactively, and can request various error priorities or allocation on the fly. The residual errors resulting from the selected priorities are displayed in substantially real time to provide visual feedback. The display includes a graphical representation of the shim to be inserted, shown in the installation orientation. The size of the representation of the shim may be made the same as the actual size of the shim. The user then places the actual shim up to the display and marks it appropriately for installation. This is especially useful for two piece shims which have parts movable with respect to each other to set shim taper. The actual size representation on the display facilitates orienting both parts of two part shims properly.

대표청구항 ▼

A shim adjustment facilitating system for wheel alignment apparatus comprising: camber and toe sensing apparatus for sensing the camber and toe of a wheel on a vehicle to be aligned; a memory for storing camber and toe specification for a plurality of vehicles; a computer for comparing the sensed ca

A shim adjustment facilitating system for wheel alignment apparatus comprising: camber and toe sensing apparatus for sensing the camber and toe of a wheel on a vehicle to be aligned; a memory for storing camber and toe specification for a plurality of vehicles; a computer for comparing the sensed camber and toe with the corresponding specification of camber and toe for the wheel of the vehicle to be aligned, for selecting a shim from a plurality of standard shims and an orientation for said shim to attempt to correct both camber and toe in accordance with a preset priority, and for determining residual camber error and residual toe error which would result from installation of said shim at said orientation; at least one manually operable input device operable by a user for selecting a different desired priority of residual camber error and residual toe error, the computer being responsive to the manually operable input device for selecting another orientation which attempts to correct both camber and toe in accordance with said different desired priority; and a display for visually displaying residual camber error and residual toe error, whereby the user can see the change in the residual errors resulting from the user\s selection of a desired priority.