Wheel-state obtaining apparatus, and vehicle-state obtaining apparatus
First Claim
1. A wheel-state obtaining apparatus comprising:
- a wheel-side device provided for each of at least one of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle and including a first-wheel-state detecting device operable to detect a first state of the corresponding wheel and a wheel-side-information transmitting device operable to transmit, in a wireless fashion at a time interval, wheel-side information representative of said first state of said corresponding wheel detected by said first-wheel-state detecting device; and
a body-side device disposed on a body of the vehicle and including (a) a detected-information obtaining device operable to obtain detected information representative of the first state of said corresponding wheel detected by said first-wheel-state detecting device, (b) a vehicle-state detecting device operable to detect a state of the vehicle, (c) an estimated-information obtaining device operable to estimate said first state of said corresponding wheel on the basis of at least the state of the vehicle detected by said vehicle-state detecting device, and obtain estimated information representative of the estimated first state, and (d) a determining device operable to determine one of said detected information and said estimated information, as wheel-state information representative of said first state of said corresponding wheel,and wherein said estimated-information obtaining device is operable to obtain said estimated information, during a period between a moment of last reception of said wheel-side information by said body-side device from said wheel-side-information transmitting device, and a moment which is said time interval after said moment of last reception, said determining device including a first determining portion operable to determine, as said wheel-state information, said estimated information obtained during said period.
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Abstract
A wheel-state obtaining apparatus for a vehicle, including wheel-side devices (10–16) each having an air pressure sensor (32) for detecting an air pressure of a wheel tire of the vehicle, and a body-side device (18) having receiver antennas (20–26) and arranged to receive wheel-side information from the wheel-side devices through the receiver antennas and extract air-pressure information representative of the detected air pressure, that is, detected-air-pressure information, and wherein the body-side device includes an estimating portion (54) which is operable, in the event of a failure of any of the receiver antennas to receive the wheel-side information, to estimate the tire air pressure on the basis of detected speeds of the wheel, and obtain estimated-air-pressure information representative of the estimated air pressure. Thus, the wheel-state obtaining apparatus is capable of obtaining information on the air pressure even in the event of a failure of the receiver antennas (20–26) to receive the wheel-side information.
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50 Claims
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1. A wheel-state obtaining apparatus comprising:
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a wheel-side device provided for each of at least one of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle and including a first-wheel-state detecting device operable to detect a first state of the corresponding wheel and a wheel-side-information transmitting device operable to transmit, in a wireless fashion at a time interval, wheel-side information representative of said first state of said corresponding wheel detected by said first-wheel-state detecting device; and a body-side device disposed on a body of the vehicle and including (a) a detected-information obtaining device operable to obtain detected information representative of the first state of said corresponding wheel detected by said first-wheel-state detecting device, (b) a vehicle-state detecting device operable to detect a state of the vehicle, (c) an estimated-information obtaining device operable to estimate said first state of said corresponding wheel on the basis of at least the state of the vehicle detected by said vehicle-state detecting device, and obtain estimated information representative of the estimated first state, and (d) a determining device operable to determine one of said detected information and said estimated information, as wheel-state information representative of said first state of said corresponding wheel, and wherein said estimated-information obtaining device is operable to obtain said estimated information, during a period between a moment of last reception of said wheel-side information by said body-side device from said wheel-side-information transmitting device, and a moment which is said time interval after said moment of last reception, said determining device including a first determining portion operable to determine, as said wheel-state information, said estimated information obtained during said period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A wheel-state obtaining apparatus comprising:
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a wheel-side device provided for each of at least one of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle and including (a) a first-wheel-state detecting device operable to detect a first state of the corresponding wheel, and (b) a wheel-side-information transmitting device operable to transmit, in a wireless fashion at a time interval, wheel-side information representative of said first state of said corresponding wheel detected by said first-wheel-state detecting device; and a body-side device disposed on a body of the vehicle and including (c) a receiving device operable to receive said wheel-side information transmitted from said wheel-side device, (d) a detected-information obtaining device operable to obtain received-information representative of the first state of said corresponding wheel, from said wheel-side information received by said receiving device, (e) a vehicle-state detecting device operable to detect a state of the vehicle, (f) an estimated-information obtaining device operable to estimate said first state of said corresponding wheel, on the basis of at least the state of the vehicle detected by said vehicle-state detecting device, and obtain estimated information representative of the estimated first state, and (g) an obtaining-device selecting portion operable to select one of said estimated-information obtaining device and said detected- information obtaining device, and wherein said estimated-information obtaining device is operable to obtain said estimated information, during a period between of a moment of last reception of said wheel-side information by said body-side device, and a moment which is said timer interval after said moment of last reception, said obtaining-device selecting portion being operable to select said estimated- information obtaining device during said period. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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45. A vehicle-state obtaining apparatus comprising:
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a remote detecting device including a first detecting device, and a transmitting device operable to transmit, in a wireless fashion at a time interval, first-detecting-device information including information indicative of an output of said first detecting device; and an information processing device including (a) a remote-information obtaining device including a receiving device operable to receive said first-detecting-device information transmitted in a wireless fashion from said remote detecting device, said remote-information obtaining device being operable to obtain remote information representative of a state of the vehicle, on the basis of said first-detecting-device information received by said receiving device, (b) a wire-transmission-dependent-information obtaining device including a second detecting device and operable to obtain wire-transmission-dependent information representative of said state of the vehicle, on the basis of second-detecting-device information which has been transmitted from said second detecting device through a signal line and which includes information indicative of an output of said second detecting device, and (c) an information determining device operable to determine one of said wire-transmission-dependent information and said remote information, as vehicle-state information representative of said state of the vehicle, and wherein said wire-transmission-dependent-information obtaining device is operable to obtain said wire-transmission-dependent information, during a period between a moment of last reception of said first-detecting-device information by said remote-information receiving device, and a moment which is said time interval after said moment of last reception, said information determining device being operable to determine, as said vehicle-state information, said wire-transmission-dependent information obtained during said period. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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