Method and system for determining a pressure deviation between a setpoint tire pressure and an actual tire pressure for a tire of a vehicle as well as for determining a wheel load

• US 10,391,823 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2014
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Steinmeyer, Simon, Meinecke, Marc-Michael, Degerman, Par, Deeg, Carsten
• Primary Examiner(s): Garber, Charles D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sabur, Alia
• Application Number:
  US14/909,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20160200155A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,866 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0486 comprising additional sensors in the wheel or tyre mounted monitoring device, e.g. movement sensors, microphones or earth magnetic field sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/06 Signalling devices actuated by deformation of the tyre , e.g. tyre mounted deformation sensors or indirect determination of tyre deformation based on wheel speed, wheel-centre to ground distance or inclination of wheel axle
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/061 by monitoring wheel speed measuring distance traversed on the ground by vehicles G01C22/00

Abstract

A pressure deviation between a setpoint tire pressure and an actual tire pressure for a tire of a vehicle is determined by the following steps:

• Ascertaining a wheel load for the tire.
• Ascertaining a dynamic tire radius of the tire.
• Determining the pressure deviation as a function of the wheel load and the dynamic tire radius.

Claims

1. A method for indicating a vehicle tire pressure, the vehicle including a control device, a force sensor, wheel sensor, and a display, the method comprising:

ascertaining, by the force sensor, a wheel load for the tire;

ascertaining, by the wheel sensor, a dynamic tire radius of the tire; and

determining, by the control device, a pressure deviation as a function of the wheel load and the dynamic tire radius;

wherein a non-loaded tire radius of the tire is specified in a non-loaded state, and the actual tire pressure is calculated, by the control device, as a function of the wheel load, the non-loaded tire radius, and the dynamic tire radius using a tire rigidity function;

wherein the tire rigidity function is specified, and the control device is configured to calculate a tire rigidity of the tire as a function of the wheel load, the actual tire pressure, and a velocity, at which the vehicle is currently traveling; and

wherein constants of the tire rigidity function are learned in that measured values for the velocity and the wheel load are ascertained for multiple points in time and in that for these measured values the constants are determined such that an estimation error is minimized; and

displaying, on the display, a setpoint tire pressure and the actual tire pressure.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setpoint tire pressure is determined as a function of the wheel load using a setpoint tire pressure function.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the actual tire pressure is regarded as a constant and is also learned when the constants are learned.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the tire rigidity (m) is determined using the tire rigidity function; and

the non-loaded tire radius (r₀) is ascertained by the following equation as a function of the dynamic tire radius (r_dyn), the wheel load (f), and the tired rigidity (m);

r₀=r_dyn+m*f.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

an ideal dynamic tire radius is specified; and

the setpoint tire pressure is determined as a function of the ideal dynamic tire radius using the tire rigidity function.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a warning signal on the display if the set point tire pressure exceeds a threshold value.

6. A system for indicating a vehicle tire pressure, comprising:

a control device adapted to ascertain, by a wheel sensor, a dynamic tire radius of the tire, to ascertain, by a force sensor, a wheel load for the tire, and to determine the pressure deviation as a function of the wheel load and the dynamic tire radius; and

a display;

wherein a non-loaded tire radius of the tire is specified in a non-loaded state, and the control device is configured to calculate the actual tire pressure as a function of the wheel load, the non-loaded tire radius, and the dynamic tire radius using a tire rigidity function;

wherein the tire rigidity function is specified, and the control device is configured to calculate a tire rigidity of the tire as a function of the wheel load, the actual tire pressure, and a velocity, at which the vehicle is currently traveling; and

wherein the control device is configured to learn constants of the tire rigidity function in that measured values for the velocity and the wheel load are ascertained for multiple points in time and in that for these measured values the constants are determined such that an estimation error is minimized; and

wherein the control device is adapted to display, on the display, a set point tire pressure and the actual tire pressure.

8. A vehicle, comprising the system recited in claim 6.

7. A method for indicating a vehicle tire pressure, the vehicle including a control device, a pressure sensor, a wheel sensor, and a display, the method comprising:

ascertaining, by the pressure sensor, an actual tire pressure;

ascertaining, by the wheel sensor, a dynamic tire radius of the tire;

specifying a non-loaded tire radius of the tire in a non-loaded state; and

determining, by the control device, the wheel load for the tire as a function of the actual tire pressure, the dynamic tire radius, and the non-loaded tire radius using a tire rigidity function;

wherein the tire rigidity function is specified, and the control device is configured to calculate a tire rigidity of the tire as a function of the wheel load, the actual tire pressure, and a velocity, at which the vehicle is currently traveling; and

wherein constants of the tire rigidity function are learned in that measured values for the velocity and the wheel load are ascertained for multiple points in time and in that for these measured values the constants are determined such that an estimation error is minimized; and

determining, by the control device, a tire rigidity (m) by the following equation as a function of the dynamic tire radius (r_dyn), the non-loaded tire radius (r₀), and the determined wheel load (f);