Method of identifying positions of wheel modules
First Claim
1. A method of identifying locations of one or more sensor modules of an apparatus implemented in a vehicle for monitoring operation of at least one wheel of the vehicle, the apparatus including one or more modules operatively mounted to revolve with the at least one wheel, the one or more modules being operatively coupled in communication with a processing arrangement of the vehicle, the one or more modules being arranged to determine at least one physical parameter of the wheel and to generate at least one corresponding sensor signal for the processing arrangement, the processing arrangement being arranged to process the at least one sensor signal to compute information indicative of operation of the at least one wheel, the method comprising(a) communicating, with one or more modules of the apparatus for receiving their identification codes at a processing arrangement of the apparatus, the one or more modules being mounted on at least one wheel of the vehicle;
- (b) driving the vehicle around a curved trajectory as sensed by a steering sensing arrangement and recording a direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of the physical parameter determined by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes, the physical parameter pertaining to one or more tires of the at least one wheel; and
(c) applying an analysis to the steering direction and the temporal record in respect of time to identify where the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing, a characteristic that tires on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience different values in the temporal record of the physical parameter than tires on an inside of the curved trajectory, and that tires towards a front region of the vehicle experience a change in the temporal record of the physical parameter at least one of before and at a higher rate than tires towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle,wherein the physical parameter comprises lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules, wherein the method steps (b) and (c) are as follows;
(b) driving the vehicle around a curved trajectory as sensed by the steering sensing arrangement and recording direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes; and
(c) applying an analysis to the direction of steering and the temporal record in respect of time to identify locations whereat the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing a characteristic that accelerometers located on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience greater lateral accelerations during the curved trajectory in comparison to a straight trajectory than accelerometers located on an inside of the curved trajectory, and that accelerometers located towards a front region of the vehicle experience an increase in lateral acceleration temporally before accelerometers located towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle during execution of the curved trajectory.
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Abstract
A method for identifying locations of one or more modules of an apparatus implemented in a vehicle for monitoring operation of at least one wheel of the vehicle includes steps of (a) communicating with one or more modules of the apparatus for receiving their identification codes at a processing arrangement of the apparatus, the one or more modules being mounted on at least one wheel of the vehicle; (b) driving the vehicle around a curved trajectory as sensed by the steering sensing arrangement and recording a direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of the physical parameter measured by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes, the physical parameter pertaining to one or more tires of the at least one wheel; and (c) applying an analysis to the steering direction and the temporal record in respect of time to identify where the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing a characteristic that tires on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience a different peak values in the temporal record of the physical parameter than tires on an inside of the curved trajectory, and tires towards a front region of the vehicle experience a change in the temporal record of the physical parameter before and/or at a higher rate than tires towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of identifying locations of one or more sensor modules of an apparatus implemented in a vehicle for monitoring operation of at least one wheel of the vehicle, the apparatus including one or more modules operatively mounted to revolve with the at least one wheel, the one or more modules being operatively coupled in communication with a processing arrangement of the vehicle, the one or more modules being arranged to determine at least one physical parameter of the wheel and to generate at least one corresponding sensor signal for the processing arrangement, the processing arrangement being arranged to process the at least one sensor signal to compute information indicative of operation of the at least one wheel, the method comprising
(a) communicating, with one or more modules of the apparatus for receiving their identification codes at a processing arrangement of the apparatus, the one or more modules being mounted on at least one wheel of the vehicle; -
(b) driving the vehicle around a curved trajectory as sensed by a steering sensing arrangement and recording a direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of the physical parameter determined by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes, the physical parameter pertaining to one or more tires of the at least one wheel; and (c) applying an analysis to the steering direction and the temporal record in respect of time to identify where the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing, a characteristic that tires on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience different values in the temporal record of the physical parameter than tires on an inside of the curved trajectory, and that tires towards a front region of the vehicle experience a change in the temporal record of the physical parameter at least one of before and at a higher rate than tires towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle, wherein the physical parameter comprises lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules, wherein the method steps (b) and (c) are as follows; (b) driving the vehicle around a curved trajectory as sensed by the steering sensing arrangement and recording direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes; and (c) applying an analysis to the direction of steering and the temporal record in respect of time to identify locations whereat the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing a characteristic that accelerometers located on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience greater lateral accelerations during the curved trajectory in comparison to a straight trajectory than accelerometers located on an inside of the curved trajectory, and that accelerometers located towards a front region of the vehicle experience an increase in lateral acceleration temporally before accelerometers located towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle during execution of the curved trajectory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A wheel-monitoring apparatus implemented in a vehicle for monitoring operation of at least one wheel, of the vehicle, the apparatus including
one or more sensor modules operatively mounted to revolve with the at least one wheel the one or more modules being, operatively coupled in communication with a processing arrangement of the vehicle, the one or more modules being arranged to determine at least one physical parameter of the wheel and to generate at least one corresponding sensor signal for the processing arrangement, the processing arrangement being arranged to process the at least one sensor signal to compute information indicative of operation of the at least one wheel, and a steering sensing, arrangement, wherein the apparatus is arranged to enable communication between the one or more modules of the apparatus for receiving their identification codes and the processing arrangement of the apparatus, the one or more modules being mounted on at least one wheel of the vehicle; -
sense, by the steering sensing arrangement, driving of the vehicle around a curved trajectory and recording a direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of the physical parameter determined by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes, the physical parameter pertaining to one or more tires of the at least one wheel; and apply an analysis to the steering direction and the temporal record in respect of time to identify where the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing a characteristic that tires on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience different values in the temporal record of the physical parameter than tires on an inside, of the curved trajectory, and that tires towards a front region of the vehicle experience as change in the temporal record of the physical parameter at least one of before and at a higher rate than tires towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle wherein the physical parameter comprises lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules, the apparatus being arranged to record the direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes, and the apparatus being arranged to apply the analysis to the direction of steering and the temporal record in respect of time to identify locations whereat the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing a characteristic that accelerometers located on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience greater lateral accelerations during the curved trajectory in comparison to a straight trajectory than accelerometers located on an inside of the curved trajectory, and that accelerometers located towards a front region of the vehicle experience an increase in lateral acceleration temporally before accelerometers located towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle during execution of the curved trajectory. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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one or more vehicles, wherein each vehicle includes a wheel-monitoring apparatus, the wheel-monitoring apparatus including one or more modules operatively mounted to revolve with the at least one wheel, a processing arrangement, the one or more modules being operatively coupled in communication with the processing arrangement, the one or more modules being arranged to determine at least one physical parameter of the wheel and to generate at least one corresponding sensor signal for the processing arrangement, the processing arrangement being arranged to process the at least one sensor signal to compute information indicative of operation of the at least one wheel, wherein the processing arrangement is arranged to (a) communicate with the one or more modules and receive identification codes of the one or more modules, the one or more modules being mounted on at least one wheel of the vehicle; (b) receive information from a steering sensing arrangement that senses driving the vehicle around a curved trajectory and record a direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of the physical parameter determined by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes, the physical parameter pertaining to one or more tires of the at least one wheel; and (c) apply an analysis to the steering direction and the temporal record in respect of time to identify where the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing a characteristic that tires on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience different values in the temporal record of the physical parameter than tires on an inside of the curved trajectory, and that tires towards a front region of the vehicle experience a change in the temporal record of the physical parameter at least one of before and at a higher rate than tires towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle, wherein the physical parameter comprises lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules, wherein the processing arrangement is arranged, with regard to items (b) and (c), to (b) receive information from the steering sensing arrangement that senses driving the vehicle around the curved trajectory and record the direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes; and (c) apply an analysis to the direction of steering and the temporal record in respect of time to identify locations whereat the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing a characteristic that accelerometers located on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience greater lateral accelerations during the curved trajectory in comparison to a straight trajectory than accelerometers located on an inside of the curved trajectory, and that accelerometers located towards a front region of the vehicle experience an increase in lateral acceleration temporally before accelerometers located towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle during execution of the curved trajectory, and wherein the processing arrangement is arranged to send a message requesting the one or modules to respond back to the processing arrangement for declaring their identification codes to the processing arrangement for enabling the processing arrangement to identify its configuration of one or more modules, and for identifying any changes in the configuration of one or more modules occurring, a control center for coordinating repair or maintenance of the one or more vehicles; one or more service facilities arranged to perform repair or replacement on the one or more vehicles; wherein each wheel-monitoring apparatus is arranged to monitor operation of its one or more associated wheels and detect when a problem or potential problem arises therewith, each wheel-monitoring apparatus is arranged to communicate the problem or potential problem to the control center, the control center being arranged to identify one or more service facilities capable of addressing the problem or potential problem, and the control center is arranged to communicate instructions to any of the one or more vehicles whose wheel-monitoring apparatus has detected a problem or potential problem to proceed to one of the identified one or more service facilities for the problem or potential problem to be addressed. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of operating a system including one or more vehicles, wherein each vehicle includes a wheel-monitoring apparatus arranged to implement a method of identifying locations of one or more sensor modules of an apparatus implemented in a vehicle for monitoring operation of at least one wheel of the vehicle, the apparatus including one or more modules operatively mounted to revolve with the at least one wheel, the one or more modules being operatively coupled in communication with a processing arrangement of the vehicle, the one or more modules being arranged to determine at least one physical parameter of the wheel and to generate at least one corresponding sensor signal for the processing arrangement, the processing arrangement being arranged to process the at least one sensor signal to compute information indicative of operation of the at least one wheel, the method comprising
(a) communicating with one or more modules of the apparatus for receiving their identification codes at a processing arrangement of the apparatus, the one or more modules being mounted on at least one wheel of the vehicle; -
(b) driving the vehicle around a curved trajectory as sensed by a steering sensing arrangement and recording a direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of the physical parameter determined by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes, the physical parameter pertaining to one or more tires of the at least one wheel; and (c) applying an analysis to the steering direction and the temporal record in respect of time to identify where the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing a characteristic that tires on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience different values in the temporal record of the physical parameter than tires on an inside of the curved trajectory, and that tires towards a front region of the vehicle experience a change in the temporal record of the physical parameter at least one of before and at a higher rate than tires towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle, wherein the physical parameter comprises lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules, wherein the method steps (b) and (c) are as follows; (b) driving the vehicle around a curved trajectory as sensed by the steering sensing arrangement and recording direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes; and (c) applying an analysis to the direction of steering and the temporal record in respect of time to identify locations whereat the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing a characteristic that accelerometers located on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience greater lateral accelerations during the curved trajectory in comparison to a straight trajectory than accelerometers located on an inside of the curved trajectory, and that accelerometers located towards a front region of the vehicle experience an increase in lateral acceleration temporally before accelerometers located towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle during execution of the curved trajectory, the system comprising; (a) a control center for coordinating repair or maintenance of the one or more vehicles; (b) one or more service facilities arranged to perform repair or replacement on the one or more vehicles; wherein the method includes steps of; (c) enabling each wheel-monitoring apparatus to monitor operation of its one or more associated wheels and to detect when a problem or potential problem arises therewith; (d) enabling each wheel-monitoring apparatus to communicate the problem or potential problem to the control center, for the control center to identify one or more service facilities capable of addressing the problem or potential problem; and (e) enabling the control center to communicate instructions to the one or more vehicles whose wheel-monitoring apparatus has detected a problem or potential problem to the identified one or more service facilities for the problem or potential problem to be addressed.
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26. A non-transitory data carrier comprising a software product recorded thereon, the product being executable on computing hardware for executing a method of identifying locations of one or more sensor modules of an apparatus implemented in a vehicle for monitoring operation of at least one wheel of the vehicle, the apparatus including one or more modules operatively mounted to revolve with the at least one wheel, the one or more modules being operatively coupled in communication with a processing arrangement of the vehicle, the one or more modules being arranged to determine at least one physical parameter of the wheel and to generate at least one corresponding sensor signal for the processing arrangement, the processing arrangement being arranged to process the at least one sensor signal to compute information indicative of operation of the at least one wheel, the method comprising
(a) communicating with one or more modules of the apparatus for receiving their identification codes at a processing arrangement of the apparatus, the one or more modules being mounted on at least one wheel of the vehicle; -
(b) driving the vehicle around a curved trajectory as sensed by a steering sensing arrangement and recording a direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of the physical parameter determined by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes, the physical parameter pertaining to one or more tires of the at least one wheel; and (c) applying an analysis to the steering direction and the temporal record in respect of time to identify where the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing a characteristic that tires on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience different values in the temporal record of the physical parameter than tires on an inside of the curved trajectory, and that tires towards a front region of the vehicle experience a change in the temporal record of the physical parameter at least one of before and at a higher rate than tires towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle, wherein the physical parameter comprises lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules, wherein the method steps (b) and (c) are as follows; (b) driving the vehicle around a curved trajectory as sensed by the steering sensing arrangement and recording direction of steering of the vehicle together with a temporal record of lateral accelerations measured by the one or more modules together with their corresponding identification codes; and (c) applying an analysis to the direction of steering and the temporal record in respect of time to identify locations whereat the one or more modules are located on the at least one wheel of the vehicle, the analysis utilizing a characteristic that accelerometers located on an outside of the curved trajectory will experience greater lateral accelerations during the curved trajectory in comparison to a straight trajectory than accelerometers located on an inside of the curved trajectory, and that accelerometers located towards a front region of the vehicle experience an increase in lateral acceleration temporally before accelerometers located towards a rear region of the vehicle for a forward direction of travel of vehicle during execution of the curved trajectory.
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