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Method for monitoring vehicle tires with a tire pressure control system

  • US 10,486,478 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2017
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for monitoring vehicle tires with a tire pressure control system, wherein the vehicle tires are mounted on a vehicle or on a vehicle trailer and wherein the vehicles or vehicle trailers are in a parked position in a parking area, the method comprising the steps of:

  • a) providing a drone having a receiver unit for acquiring radio-based tire data from the tire pressure control system with the drone being stationed at a base station;

    b) lifting off of the drone from the base station and flying along a predefined flight path above the vehicles or the vehicle trailers causing the drone to take into account the transmitter range of the respective tire pressure control systems while flying along the flight path;

    c) receiving tire data from one tire pressure control system or a multiplicity of tire pressure control systems with the receiver unit of the drone;

    d) flying the drone back to the base station;

    e) evaluating the received tire data in a central receiver and control unit and activating a warning signal when a fault diagnosis is made; and

    ,f) displaying the warning signal with the central receiver and control unit and issuing an identification specification of the vehicle or of the vehicle trailer with the low tire pressure with the warning signal.

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