Loose sensor detection
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsJeffrey McKay West, Michel Marguerite Walther Ghislain Constant, Peter Jung-min Suh, Dorian Boluix, Oliviero Truffo
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Abstract
Disclosed are examples for detecting a displacement of a sensor within a tire. A baseline signal strength is compared to a measured signal strength. When a calculated comparison value (e.g., delta standard deviation) meets or exceeds a threshold value, the sensor is determined to be displaced from the expected location in the tire. When a sensor is determined to be displaced or otherwise loose from the expected location within the tire, an alert can be generated to provide notice to the vehicle driver or other entity of the issue so that the issue can then be remedied.
Claims11
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one computing device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the at least one computing device is remote from a vehicle;
- and
- at least one application executable on the at least one computing device, wherein when executed, the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least:
- determine a measured signal strength associated with a sensor unit of a tire on the vehicle;
- compare the measured signal strength with a baseline signal strength;
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- determine that the sensor unit is detached from an expected location on an innerliner of the tire based at least in part on the comparison of the measured signal strength and the baseline signal strength;
- receive sensor unit parameters from a receiver device mounted on the vehicle, the sensor unit parameters collected by the sensor unit;
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- determine the measured signal strength based at least in part on an analysis of the sensor unit parameters.
A loose sensor detection system for identifying a loose sensor within a tire, the loose sensor detection system comprising:
- a sensor unit disposed within an inner surface of the tire;
- at least one computing device in data communication with the sensor unit;
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- at least one application executable by the at least one computing device, wherein, when executed, the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least:
- obtain sensor parameter data collected from the sensor unit;
- measure a signal strength associated with the sensor unit based at least in part on an analysis of the sensor parameter data;
- compare the measured signal strength with a baseline signal strength;
- obtain previously collected sensor parameter data from a data storage based at least in part on an identifier associated with the tire;
- determine the baseline signal strength based at least in part on the previously collected sensor parameter data;
- detect an issue with a placement of the sensor unit within the inner surface of the tire based at least in part on the comparison of the measured signal strength and the baseline signal strength;
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- generate an alert indicating the issue with the placement of the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.