# US 7,609,151 B2 · Apparatus, method and program for alarming abnormality in tire air-pressure

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- Number: US 7,609,151 B2
- Document ID: US7609151B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/600,177
- Filed: 2006-11-16
- Published: 2007-06-14
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2005-12-09
- Assignees: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Inventors: Yuji Oshiro
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7609151B2

## CPC

- B60C 23/061: {by monitoring wheel speed (measuring distance traversed on the ground by vehicles G01C22/00)}
- B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES

## Abstract

The present invention provides an apparatus, method and program for alarming abnormality in tire air-pressure which detects abnormality of a tire even under unusual conditions such as offset load on a vehicle or providing a snow chain on one wheel. The apparatus, method and program for alarming abnormality in tire air-pressure include means of comparing rotational wheel velocities of respective tires provided on a vehicle and detecting whether or not rotational wheel velocity of one wheel is slower than those of other wheels by comparing rotational wheel velocities of respective tires provided on a vehicle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for determining abnormality in tire pressure, comprising:
means for detecting rotational wheel velocities;
means for comparing detected rotational wheel velocities of respective tires provided on a vehicle and detecting whether or not rotational wheel velocity of one wheel is slower than those of other wheels; and
means for judging whether or not there is a decrease in air pressure, said means for judging preventing judgment of the air pressure of the tires or only judging whether or not there is a decrease in air pressure in a tire that is located diagonally from the one wheel having the slower velocity, when the rotational wheel velocity of the one wheel is slower than those of the other wheels.

### Claim 2

A method for determining abnormality in tire air pressure, comprising steps of:
using a control unit to perform the following steps:
detecting rotational wheel velocities;
comparing rotational wheel velocities of respective tires provided on a vehicle;
detecting whether or not rotational wheel velocity of one wheel is slower than those of other wheels; and
preventing judgment of the air pressure of the tires or only judging whether or not there is a decrease in air pressure in a tire that is located diagonally from the one wheel having the slower velocity, when the rotational wheel velocity of the one wheel is slower than those of the other wheels.

### Claim 3

A program embodied in a computer readable storage medium for determining abnormality in tire air pressure, by making a computer execute the procedure of:
detecting rotational wheel velocities;
comparing detected rotational wheel velocities of respective tires provided on a vehicle;
detecting whether or not rotational wheel velocity of one wheel is slower than those of other wheels, and
preventing judgment of the air pressure of the tires or only judging whether or not there is a decrease in air pressure in a tire that is located diagonally from the one wheel having the slower velocity, when the rotational wheel velocity of the one wheel is slower than those of the other wheels.