VEHICLE TIRE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM

摘要

An illumination system 12 periodically directs a short burst of bright light onto rotating indicia which makes the indicia appear to be stationary. The exact location of the sidewall of the vehicle 10 tire 14 is determined by an emitter and sensor during each revolution of the tire 14, and a short burst of bright light is then directed onto the indicia which makes the indicia appear to be stationary and therefore discernable. Repeating design features of a vehicle 10 wheel 14 may also be sensed with an accompanying short burst of bright light which makes the wheel 14 appear to be stationary.