METHOD OF DISPLAYING WEIGHT OF VEHICLE AND PRESSURE IN TIRES ON ONE DISPLAY UNIT

• US 20130081883A1
• Filed: 09/26/2012
• Published: 04/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nae Woi Korea Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Cheol H.O. Yang
• Inventors: YANG, Cheol Ho
• Application Number:
  US13/626,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20130081883A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 177/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0408 transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/10 having fluid weight-sensitive devices

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of displaying weight of a vehicle and pressure in tires on one display unit, and more specifically, a method of displaying weight of a vehicle and pressure in tires on one display unit, in which the weight of a vehicle is measured based on pressure values of air suspensions. The weight of a vehicle is measured precisely by compensating properties of the material of the air suspension according to temperature. Pressure values of the tires and the compensated weight of the vehicle are displayed on one display unit, an actual weight is measured more precisely compared with conventional methods.

Claims

1. A method of measuring pressure in tires and weight of a vehicle and displaying the measured pressure in tires and weight of the vehicle on one display unit, the method comprising:

a step of preparing the vehicle provided with a pressure measurement means at one or more pairs of air suspensions in order to maintain a pressure balance between each axle and a body frame in the vehicle formed with a plurality of axles having one or more tires at both ends along the body frame, and provided with a pressure sensor at each tire;

a tire pressure measurement step of measuring pressure in the tire of the vehicle using the pressure sensor;

an air suspension pressure measurement step of measuring pressure in the air suspension using the pressure measurement means;

a temperature measurement step of measuring ambient temperature using a temperature sensor when measuring the pressure in the tire and the air suspension;

a weight calculation step of calculating the weight of the vehicle through a calculation unit using the pressure in the air suspension; and

a display step of storing the weight of the vehicle and a pressure value of the tire calculated and transmitted to a control unit in memory and displaying the weight and the pressure value on one display unit, wherein

the display unit is configured to display a pressure mode and a weight mode, wherein

the pressure mode displays at least one of the tire pressure value measured by the pressure sensor, an air suspension pressure value measured by the pressure measurement means and a temperature value measured by the temperature sensor, and the weight mode displays the weight of the vehicle.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, before the weight calculation step,

a characteristic value providing step of being provided with a characteristic value corresponding to a pressure value of the air suspension measured by the pressure measurement means and a temperature value measured by the temperature sensor, from a characteristic value providing unit;

and

a compensation step of compensating the pressure value of the air suspension with the provided characteristic value by a compensation unit, wherein

the weight of the vehicle is calculated by applying the compensated pressure value of the air suspension.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of determining a parking state and a driving state of the vehicle by the control unit, wherein

the step of determining a parking state and a driving state of the vehicle further includes the steps of:

receiving the pressure value of the pressure sensor or the pressure measurement means a plurality of times in a predetermined time period and sequentially comparing the pressure values; and

determining the vehicle as being in a parking state if difference of the pressure values is within a predetermined range, and determining the vehicle as being in a driving state if the difference of the pressure values is out of the predetermined range.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined range of change in the pressure values is between absolute values of 0 to 0.1 psi.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of determining a parking state and a driving state of the vehicle by the control unit, wherein

a temperature sensor for measuring temperature of the tire is further provided, and

the step of determining a parking state and a driving state of the vehicle further includes the steps of:

comparing ambient temperature values and tire temperature values sequentially transmitted a plurality of times in a predetermined time period; and

determining the vehicle as being in a parking state if difference between the ambient temperature value and the tire temperature value is within a predetermined range, and determining the vehicle as being in a driving state if the difference between the ambient temperature value and the tire temperature value is out of the predetermined range.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined range of temperature value is between absolute values of 0 to 5°

C.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pressure mode and the weight mode are provided to display a tire pressure value, an air suspension pressure value, a temperature value, and the weight of the vehicle when the vehicle is in a parking state or a driving state, and if the weight mode is displayed while the vehicle is driving, a warning, not an actual weight, is displayed.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pressure measurement means is provided at an air intake portion and an air exhaustion portion of each air suspension, and pressure is measured at the air intake portion of the air suspension using the pressure measurement means provided at the air intake portion of the air suspension and at the air exhaustion portion of the air suspension using the pressure measurement means provided at the air exhaustion portion of the air suspension.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of calculating the pressure value of the air suspension as an average value of the pressure measured in the step of measuring pressure at the air intake portion of the air suspension and the pressure measured in the step of measuring pressure at the air exhaustion portion of the air suspension.

10. The method according to claim 2, wherein the characteristic value of the air suspension is a value of change in properties of the air suspension according to changes in temperature and weight.

11. The method according to claim 2, wherein the characteristic value of the air suspension measured at each predetermined temperature are expressed as a continuous curve, wherein pressure values are measured by adding weight to each air suspension in steps, and the pressure values in each step of weight are curve-fitted.