Device and method for detecting a tire of a vehicle
AssigneeSick AG
InventorsThomas SEITEL, Andreas TARNOKI
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Abstract
The invention concerns a device and a method for detecting a tire on a vehicle to determine whether there is a single or twin tire on an axle. The device has an optical sensor for this purpose, the sensor detecting at least one region of a rim on which a tire to be determined is mounted. An evaluation unit is also provided which is designed to determine a shape of the area of the rim from the sensor signals and to generate a signal from the shape which represents the type of tire.
Claims10
Device for detecting a tire of a vehicle (12) for determining whether single or twin tires are present on an axle (36, 38, 40), having an optical sensor (20, 24), characterized in that the sensor (20, 24) detects at least one region of a rim (46, 48), on which a tire to be determined is mounted, and in that an evaluation unit (26) is provided which is designed to determine a shape of the region of the rim (46, 48) from the sensor signals and, as a function of the determined shape, generates a signal which represents the type of tire.
Method for detecting a tire of a vehicle for determining whether there is a single or twin tire on an axle, comprising the steps:
- providing an optical sensor,
- detecting with the sensor at least one region of a rim, on which a tire to be determined is mounted, and generating corresponding sensor data,
- determining a shape of the at least one region of the rim from the sensor data,
- determining of the tires from the shape of the area of the rim,
- outputting of a signal to indicate whether single or twin tires are fitted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.