Tread wear monitoring system and method

    公开(公告)号:US11458776B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-04

    申请号:US17252015

    申请日:2019-06-11

    Abstract: The invention concerns a tread wear monitoring method comprising a tread wear model calibration step (1) and a tread wear monitoring step (2), wherein the tread wear model calibration step (1) includes determining (13) a calibrated tread wear model based on tread-wear-related quantities and first frictional-energy-related quantities. The tread wear monitoring step (2) includes: acquiring (21), from a vehicle bus (40) of a motor vehicle (4) equipped with two or more wheels fitted, each, with a tire, driving-related quantities related to driving of the motor vehicle (4); computing (22) second frictional-energy-related quantities related to frictional energy experienced, during driving, by a given tire of the motor vehicle (4) by providing a predefined vehicle dynamics model that mathematically relates the acquired driving-related quantities to the second frictional-energy-related quantities, and computing the second frictional-energy-related quantities by inputting the acquired driving-related quantities into the predefined vehicle dynamics model; and performing a tread wear estimation (23) and a remaining tread material prediction (24) based on the second frictional-energy-related quantities computed and the calibrated tread wear model. The tread wear model calibration step (1) further includes: performing (11) tread wear tests on one or more tires; and measuring (12) tread-wear-related quantities indicative of tread depth reductions resulting from the performed tread wear tests, and first frictional-energy-related quantities related to frictional energy which the tested tire(s) is/are subject to during the performed tread wear tests. Determining (13) a calibrated tread wear model includes: providing a predefined reference tread wear model that mathematically relates frictional energy experienced by a tire along a driving route to tread wear caused by said frictional energy through given parameters; computing calibration values of the given parameters by inputting the measured tread-wear-related and first frictional-energy-related quantities into the predefined reference tread wear model; and determining the calibrated tread wear model by applying the computed calibration values in the predefined reference tread wear model.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND LOCATING OBSTACLES/ELEMENTS ON ROAD PAVEMENT THAT ARE DANGEROUS OR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO TIRE AND/OR VEHICLE INTEGRITY

    公开(公告)号:US20240308526A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18580216

    申请日:2022-07-15

    Abstract: The invention concerns a method (1) for detecting and locating obstacles/elements on road pavement, including: acquiring (11) wheel speed values related to a wheel of a motor vehicle driven on a road, and georeferencing data associated with the wheel speed values and indicative of corresponding positions of the motor vehicle; detecting (12) an obstacle/element present on the road based on the acquired wheel speed values by identifying an entry time instant at which the wheel meets the obstacle/element, and an exit time instant at which the wheel has gone beyond said obstacle/element, and by computing a normalized peak-to-peak value related to the obstacle/element based on a maximum value and a minimum value of the acquired wheel speed values related to impact-related time instants comprised between the entry and exit time instants, and an average value of the acquired wheel speed values related to first impact-freetime instants immediately before the entry time instant; determining (13) a severity degree associated with the obstacle/element based on the normalized peak-to-peak value; determining (14) a position of the obstacle/element based on the acquired georeferencing data associated with one or more of the acquired wheel speed values related to the impact-related time instants and/or to the first impact-free time instants and/or to second impact-free time instants 39 immediately after the exit time instant; and storing (15) the position of the obstacle/element along with the severity degree associated therewith.

    APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING AND/OR MONITORING A TIRE WEAR RATE OF A TIRE

    公开(公告)号:US20250052567A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18719405

    申请日:2022-12-12

    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for calculating a tire wear rate of a vehicle, the method comprising obtaining technical data of at least one tire of a vehicle obtaining technical data of the vehicle, obtaining data of at least one in-operational measurement of at least one property of at least one tire of the vehicle; and calculating a tire wear rate based at least in part on the obtained technical data of the at least one tire of the vehicle, the obtained technical data of the vehicle and the obtained data of the at least one in-operational measurement of at least one property of the at least one tire of the vehicle according to a self-tuning mathematical tire wear model.

    TREAD WEAR MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210245554A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-12

    申请号:US17252015

    申请日:2019-06-11

    Abstract: The invention concerns a tread wear monitoring method comprising a tread wear model calibration step (1) and a tread wear monitoring step (2), wherein the tread wear model calibration step (1) includes determining (13) a calibrated tread wear model based on tread-wear-related quantities and first frictional-energy-related quantities. The tread wear monitoring step (2) includes: acquiring (21), from a vehicle bus (40) of a motor vehicle (4) equipped with two or more wheels fitted, each, with a tire, driving-related quantities related to driving of the motor vehicle (4); computing (22) second frictional-energy-related quantities related to frictional energy experienced, during driving, by a given tire of the motor vehicle (4) by providing a predefined vehicle dynamics model that mathematically relates the acquired driving-related quantities to the second frictional-energy-related quantities, and computing the second frictional-energy-related quantities by inputting the acquired driving-related quantities into the predefined vehicle dynamics model; and performing a tread wear estimation (23) and a remaining tread material prediction (24) based on the second frictional-energy-related quantities computed and the calibrated tread wear model. The tread wear model calibration step (1) further includes: performing (11) tread wear tests on one or more tires; and measuring (12) tread-wear-related quantities indicative of tread depth reductions resulting from the performed tread wear tests, and first frictional-energy-related quantities related to frictional energy which the tested tire(s) is/are subject to during the performed tread wear tests. Determining (13) a calibrated tread wear model includes: providing a predefined reference tread wear model that mathematically relates frictional energy experienced by a tire along a driving route to tread wear caused by said frictional energy through given parameters; computing calibration values of the given parameters by inputting the measured tread-wear-related and first frictional-energy-related quantities into the predefined reference tread wear model; and determining the calibrated tread wear model by applying the computed calibration values in the predefined reference tread wear model.

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