DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TIRE PARAMETERS OF A VEHICLE
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Abstract
A device for measuring tire parameters of a vehicle, comprising a detector for detecting a tire pressure of the vehicle, a measuring system for detecting a tire profile depth of the vehicle, and an output unit for outputting measured tire parameters that include and/or take into account the tire pressure and the tire profile depth. The detector and the measuring system have a measuring arrangement which is designed to be driven over by the vehicle and which is designed to measure the tire pressure as well as the tire profile depth in a moving vehicle, and the output unit is designed to display a result of the measurement such that an operating person that drives the vehicle can detect the measurement in the vehicle or from the vehicle directly after driving over the measuring arrangement.
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30 Claims
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- 16. An apparatus for measuring tire parameters for a vehicle comprising means for capturing a tire pressure for a tire of a vehicle, means for capturing a tire profile depth for the tire of the vehicle and means for outputting measured tire parameters including the tire pressure and the tire profile depth, wherein the tire pressure capture means and the tire profile depth capture means have a measuring arrangement which is designed to be run over by the vehicle and which is configured to measure the tire pressure and also the tire profile depth when the vehicle is moving, and the output means are designed to display a result of the measurement so that a user driving the vehicle can capture the measurement from the vehicle after running over the measuring arrangement, the output means are designed to transmit the result of the measurement to a data receiver unit using an electronic data transmission network, wherein the tire pressure capture means and the tire profile depth capture means are designed such that the tire pressure is measured and the tire profile depth is measured by virtue of the shared use of optical measuring means for both measuring processes.
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30. A method for measuring and outputting tire parameters for a vehicle including tire pressure and tire profile depth, comprising the following steps:
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capturing a tire pressure for a vehicle while the vehicle is moving; capturing a tire profile depth for the vehicle while the vehicle is moving; outputting a result for the captured tire pressure and tire profile depth, wherein the tire pressure and the tire profile depth are captured during a single movement process by the vehicle by running over a measuring arrangement comprising an optical measuring means for both measuring processes; and forwarding the outputted result to a user driving the vehicle, wherein the result is sent to a data receiver unit by means of a public electronic data transmission network.
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