METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF DEFECTIVE BRAKES
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1. A method for detecting defective brakes, comprising:
- detecting, by a processor, that a wheel of a vehicle is in a position to be read by an infrared (IR) thermometer;
signaling, by the processor, the IR thermometer to take a temperature measurement of a brake of the wheel;
receiving, by the processor, the temperature measurement of the brake; and
determining, by the processor, that a defective brake condition exists when the temperature measurement of the brake is outside a temperature range.
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Abstract
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for detecting defective brakes are disclosed. For example, the method detects that a wheel of a vehicle is in a position to be read by an infrared (IR) thermometer, signals the IR thermometer to take a temperature measurement of a brake of the wheel, receives the temperature measurement of the brake and determines that a defective brake condition exists when the temperature measurement of the brake is outside a temperature range.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for detecting defective brakes, comprising:
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detecting, by a processor, that a wheel of a vehicle is in a position to be read by an infrared (IR) thermometer; signaling, by the processor, the IR thermometer to take a temperature measurement of a brake of the wheel; receiving, by the processor, the temperature measurement of the brake; and determining, by the processor, that a defective brake condition exists when the temperature measurement of the brake is outside a temperature range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for detecting defective brakes, the operations comprising:
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detecting that a wheel of a vehicle is in a position to be read by an infrared (IR) thermometer; signaling the IR thermometer to take a temperature measurement of a brake of the wheel; receiving the temperature measurement of the brake; and determining that a defective brake condition exists when the temperature measurement of the brake is outside a temperature range. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for detecting defective brakes, comprising:
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monitoring, by a processor, images of a target zone for measuring a brake temperature of one or more wheels of a vehicle captured by a video camera; detecting, by a processor, based upon an image processing of the images of the target zone that a first left wheel of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle and a first right wheel of the plurality of wheels are in a position to be read by a respective one of a plurality infrared (IR) thermometers; signaling, by the processor, a first one of the plurality of IR thermometers located on a left side to take a temperature measurement of a left brake as a left wheel passes through the target zone; signaling, by the processor, a second one of the plurality of IR thermometers located on a right side to take a temperature measurement of a right brake as a right wheel passes through the target zone; repeating, by the processor, the detecting, the signaling of the first one of the plurality of IR thermometers and the signaling of the second one of the plurality of IR thermometers for each right brake of each right wheel and each left brake of each left wheel of the vehicle; receiving, by the processor, each temperature measurement of the each left brake of the each left wheel and the each right brake of the each right wheel of the vehicle; and determining, by the processor, that a defective brake condition exists when the one or more temperature measurements of any one of the each left brake or the each right brake is outside an acceptable temperature range for the respective brake.
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