METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE POTENTIAL FRICTION BETWEEN A VEHICLE TYRE AND A ROLLING SURFACE
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Abstract
A method and system of determining the potential friction between a vehicle lyre and a rolling surface, includes detecting at least one signal representative of a deformation of a portion of an inner surface of a tyre; processing the at least one signal for identifying at least one significant point on a curve representative of the signal; determining as a function of at least one coordinate of at least one of the significant points, a parameter representative of the grip between the tyre and rolling surface; and determining as a function of the parameter, the potential friction between the tyre and rolling surface.
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40 Claims
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21. A method of determining potential friction between a vehicle tyre and a rolling surface in a footprint area defined between said tyre and said rolling surface, comprising:
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detecting at least one signal representative of a deformation of a portion of an inner surface of a tyre, said deformation being caused by rolling of said tyre on said rolling surface; processing said at least one signal so as to identify one or more of the following significant points on a curve representative of said at least one signal; a point substantially corresponding to a start of the footprint area and a point substantially corresponding to an end of the footprint area; a start point and an end point of a linearity region of the deformation of said inner surface defined within said footprint area; and a point corresponding to a maximum deformation, in absolute value, subsequent in time to the end of said footprint area; determining as a function of at least one coordinate of at least one of said significant points, a parameter representative of grip between said tyre and said rolling surface; and determining as a function of said parameter, potential friction between said tyre and said rolling surface. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for determining potential friction between a vehicle tyre and a rolling surface in a footprint area defined between said tyre and said rolling surface, comprising:
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a detection device for detecting at least one signal representative of a deformation of a portion of inner surface of a tyre, said deformation being caused by rolling of said tyre on said rolling surface; a processing unit operatively associated with said detection device and provided with an analysis module capable of being adapted to process said at least one signal for identifying one or more of the following significant points on a curve representative of said at least one signal; a point substantially corresponding to a start of the footprint area and a point substantially corresponding to an end of the footprint area; a start point and an end point of a linearity region of the deformation of said inner surface, defined within said footprint area; a point corresponding to a maximum deformation, in absolute value, subsequent in time to an end of said footprint area, said processing unit also provided with; a first calculation module capable of being adapted to determine as a function of at least one coordinate of at least one of said significant points, a parameter representative of grip between said tyre and said rolling surface; and a second calculation module capable of being adapted to determine potential friction between said tyre and said rolling surface as a function of said parameter. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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