Thermal monitoring system for trailer wheel area
AssigneeHyundai Translead
InventorsJong Seog Lee, James Sangyoung Oh
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Abstract
Monitoring critical areas of a trailer for thermal events, including: a plurality of sensors placed at or near the critical areas of the trailer, the plurality of sensors to sense the thermal events at the critical areas as sensor data, wherein the critical areas include at least tire, brake, and wheel end; a main controller to receive and monitor the sensor data measured by the plurality of sensors, the main controller to trigger at least one of alerts and warnings; an indicator light to activate the alerts; and an alarm to sound the warnings.
Claims15
A system to monitor critical areas of a trailer for thermal events, the system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors placed at or near the critical areas of the trailer, the plurality of sensors to sense the thermal events at the critical areas as sensor data,
- wherein the critical areas include at least tire, brake, and wheel end;
- a main controller to receive and monitor the sensor data measured by the plurality of sensors, the main controller to trigger at least one of alerts and warnings;
- an indicator light to activate the alerts;
- and
- an alarm to sound the warnings.
A method for monitoring critical areas of a trailer for thermal events, the method comprising:
- receiving sensor data measured by a plurality of sensors located at the critical areas of the trailer including at least tire, brake, and wheel end;
- monitoring the sensor data for temperature changes;
- triggering alerts and warnings when the temperature changes are detected to be above pre-defined thresholds;
- turning on indicator lights and alarm sounds to a driver;
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- transmitting the sensor data and the alerts and warnings to a headquarter.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program to monitor critical areas of a trailer for thermal events, the computer program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to:
- receive sensor data measured by a plurality of sensors located at the critical areas of the trailer including at least tire, brake, and wheel end;
- monitor the sensor data for temperature changes;
- trigger alerts and warnings when the temperature changes are detected to be above pre-defined thresholds;
- turn on indicator lights and alarm to a driver;
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- transmit the sensor data and the alerts and warnings to a headquarter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.