Slow leak detection systems and methods
OwnerVivekanandh Elangovan, Keith Weston +3inventors
InventorsVivekanandh Elangovan, Keith Weston, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Joshua Wheeler, Sai Prasanth Velusamy
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Abstract
A system communicatively coupled with a vehicle is disclosed. The system may include a detection unit configured to measure sound in proximity to a vehicle tire, and a processor communicatively coupled with the detection unit. The processor may be configured to obtain inputs from the detection unit, and identify a slow leakage in the vehicle tire based on the inputs. The processor may be further configured to output a notification responsive to a slow leakage identification. The system may be a part of the vehicle or may be part of a user device communicatively coupled to the vehicle.
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A system communicatively coupled with a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a detection unit configured to measure, in proximity to a vehicle tire, a sound pressure level associated with a leakage and a sound pressure level associated with ambient background noise, and wherein the system is communicatively coupled with the vehicle;
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- a processor communicatively coupled with the detection unit, wherein the processor is configured to:
- determine that the system that is communicatively coupled with the vehicle is in proximity to the vehicle;
- in response to determining that the system is proximity to the vehicle, activate the detection unit;
- obtain sound pressure level inputs from the detection unit of the system;
- identify the leakage in the vehicle tire based on the sound pressure level inputs;
- compare the detected sound pressure level associated with the leakage to the sound pressure level associated with the ambient background noise;
- determine a leakage type for the leakage based on the comparison;
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- output a notification responsive to a leakage identification, wherein the notification comprises information associated with the determined leakage type;
- wherein the system is part of at least one of a mobile device or a smart watch and the detection unit comprises built-in ultrasonic sensors in the mobile device or the smart watch.
A method to detect leakage in a vehicle tire, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor of a system, that the system that is communicatively coupled with a vehicle is in proximity to the vehicle;
- in response to determining that the system is proximity to the vehicle, activating, by the processor, a detection unit;
- obtaining, by the processor, sound pressure level inputs from the detection unit of the system, wherein the detection unit is configured to measure, in proximity to the vehicle tire, a sound pressure level associated with the leakage and a sound pressure level associated with ambient background noise, and wherein the system is communicatively coupled with the vehicle;
- identifying, by the processor, the leakage in the vehicle tire based on the sound pressure level inputs;
- comparing, by the processor, the detected sound pressure level associated with the leakage to the sound pressure level associated with the ambient background noise;
- determining, by the processor, a leakage type for the leakage based on the comparison;
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- outputting, by the processor, a notification responsive to a leakage identification, wherein the notification comprises information associated with the determined leakage type.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in a distributed computing system, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- determine that a system that is communicatively coupled with a vehicle is in proximity to the vehicle;
- in response to determining that the system is proximity to the vehicle, activate a detection unit;
- obtain sound pressure level inputs from the detection unit of the system, wherein the detection unit is configured to measure, in proximity to a vehicle tire, a sound pressure level associated with a leakage and a sound pressure level associated with ambient background noise, and wherein the system is communicatively coupled with the vehicle and the detection unit comprises built-in ultrasonic sensors in the vehicle;
- identify the leakage in the vehicle tire based on the sound pressure level inputs;
- compare the detected sound pressure level associated with the leakage to the sound pressure level associated with the ambient background noise;
- determine a leakage type for the leakage based on the comparison;
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- output a notification responsive to a leakage identification, wherein the notification comprises information associated with the determined leakage type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.