System and method for detecting vehicle mechanical loading
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorMarcus Rothoff
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Abstract
A system for detecting the loading of a vehicle including at least one accelerometer in a first position and arranged in gravitational acceleration in the preferred direction may be used as a reference value for the accelerometer. The accelerometer related to detect the deviation of acceleration relative to said reference value, and said deviation is related to the loading of the vehicle.
Claims16
A system for detecting the loading of a vehicle, comprising at least one accelerometer disposed in a first position and arranged in a predefined direction on said vehicle such that acceleration of gravity in the predefined direction is used as a reference value for said accelerometer, said accelerometer being arranged for detecting deviation of vertical acceleration relative to the reference value, the deviation being related to the loading of the vehicle, and a system of level detectors arranged on the vehicle.
A method for detecting the loading of a vehicle, comprising:
- arranging at least one accelerometer in a first position and in a predefined direction on the vehicle;
- using the acceleration of gravity in the predefined direction as a reference value for the accelerometer;
- using the accelerometer to detect the deviation of vertical acceleration relative to the reference value, the deviation being related to the loading of said vehicle as a function of loading on a camber of a hub of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.