Apparatus and method for recognizing markings on the vehicle tire

A device for detecting the marking (10) on the edge of a tire (4) comprises a track plane (12), at least one directed light source (61, 62, 63; 71, 72) which is formed around the tire (4) to illuminate; at least one camera (8) which is adapted to receive a plurality of images of an edge of on the road plane (12) rolling tire (4); and an evaluation device (20) which is adapted to synthesize the plurality of captured images an image of the flank of the tire (4) and to evaluate the synthesized image with a text recognition method.