Vehicle weight distribution determination

A system for autonomous vehicle operation comprising a computer that comprises a processor, configured to implement a method which causes the processor to:

• receive, from a first set of sensors coupled to axles of a vehicle, a first set of values that indicate weights or pressures applied on the axles of the vehicle;
• receive, from a second set of sensors coupled to tires or wheels of tires of the vehicle, a second set of values that indicate pressures in the tires of the vehicle;
• generate a first set of filtered values from the first set of values and a second set of filtered values from the second set of values by performing an error detection and removal operation on the first set of values and the second set of values, respectively;
• determine, for each axle of the axles of the vehicle, one or more values that describe weight or pressure applied on the respective axle to obtain a weight distribution of the vehicle,
• wherein the one or more values for the respective axle are based on at least one value from the first set of filtered values which corresponds to the respective axle or at least two values from the second set of filtered values which corresponds to at least two tires coupled to the respective axle;
• and
• determine a driving-related operation of the vehicle based on the determined one or more values for each axle that describe the weight distribution of the vehicle and execute the driving-related operation to control autonomous driving of the vehicle.

A non-transitory computer-readable program storage medium having code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement a method comprising:

• receiving, from a first set of sensors coupled to axles of a vehicle, a first set of values that indicate weights or pressures applied on the axles of the vehicle;
• receiving, from a second set of sensors coupled to tires or wheels of tires of the vehicle, a second set of values that indicate pressures in the tires of the vehicle;
• generating a first set of filtered values from the first set of values and a second set of filtered values from the second set of values by performing an error detection and removal operation on the first set of values and the second set of values, respectively;
• determining, for each axle of the axles of the vehicle, one or more values that describe weight or pressure applied on the respective axle to obtain a weight distribution of the vehicle,
• wherein the one or more values for the respective axle are based on at least one value from the first set of filtered values which corresponds to the respective axle or at least two values from the second set of filtered values which corresponds to at least two tires coupled to the respective axle;
• and
• determining a driving-related operation of the vehicle based on the determined one or more values for each axle that describe the weight distribution of the vehicle and executing the driving-related operation to control autonomous driving of the vehicle.