Slow leak detection systems and methods
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
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.
Claims20
A system communicatively coupled with a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a detection unit configured to measure sound in proximity to a vehicle tire;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled with the detection unit, wherein the processor is configured to:
- obtain inputs from the detection unit;
- identify a slow leakage in the vehicle tire based on the inputs;
- and
- output a notification responsive to a slow leakage identification.
A method to detect slow leakage in a vehicle tire, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processor of a system, inputs from a detection unit of the system, wherein the detection unit is configured to measure sound in proximity to the vehicle tire, and wherein the system is communicatively coupled with a vehicle;
- identifying, by the processor, a slow leakage in the vehicle tire based on the inputs;
- and
- outputting, by the processor, a notification responsive to a slow leakage identification.
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:
- obtain inputs from a detection unit of a system, wherein the detection unit is configured to measure sound in proximity to a vehicle tire, and wherein the system is communicatively coupled with a vehicle;
- identify a slow leakage in the vehicle tire based on the inputs;
- and
- output a notification responsive to a slow leakage identification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.