System and method for performing auto-location of a tire pressure monitoring sensor arranged with a vehicle wheel using confidence interval analysis and change of wheel direction
First Claim
1. A method for determining a change of direction of a vehicle, comprising:
- maintaining a rolling window of ABS anti-lock brake system (“
ABS”
) data indicative of an ABS tooth count and capturing a relevant rolling window of the ABS data at a predetermined one-measurement point;
storing the rolling window of the ABS data indicative of the ABS tooth count in a buffer;
monitoring the ABS data and detecting a valid stop event based, at least in part, on detecting a rate of change of the ABS tooth count substantially decrementinq to zero;
monitoring the ABS data and detecting a valid move event based, at least in part, on detecting the rate of change of the ABS tooth count substantially incrementing from zero;
determining a pre-stop phase relationship between at least two wheels based on the ABS tooth count stored in the buffer immediately prior to the valid stop event;
determining a post-start phase relationship between the at least two wheels based on the ABS tooth count stored in the buffer immediately subsequent to the valid move event; and
correlating the pre-stop phase relationship and the post-start phase relationship to determine the change of direction.
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Abstract
A method for determining change of direction of a vehicle includes steps of maintaining a rolling window of ABS data indicative of ABS tooth count and capturing a relevant rolling window of ABS data at the predetermined one-measurement point; storing the rolling window of the ABS data indicative of ABS tooth in a buffer; monitoring the ABS data and detecting a valid stop event which causes the rate of change of ABS tooth count to substantially decrement to zero; and monitoring the ABS data and detecting a valid move event which causes the rate of change of ABS tooth count to substantially increment from zero. The method also includes steps of determining a pre-stop phase relationship between at least two wheels based on the ABS tooth count stored in the buffer immediately prior to the valid stop event; determining a post-start phase relationship between at least two wheels based on the ABS tooth count stored in the buffer immediately subsequent to the valid move event; and correlating the pre-stop phase relationship and the post-start phase relationship to determine change of direction and confidence level.
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1. A method for determining a change of direction of a vehicle, comprising:
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maintaining a rolling window of ABS anti-lock brake system (“
ABS”
) data indicative of an ABS tooth count and capturing a relevant rolling window of the ABS data at a predetermined one-measurement point;storing the rolling window of the ABS data indicative of the ABS tooth count in a buffer; monitoring the ABS data and detecting a valid stop event based, at least in part, on detecting a rate of change of the ABS tooth count substantially decrementinq to zero; monitoring the ABS data and detecting a valid move event based, at least in part, on detecting the rate of change of the ABS tooth count substantially incrementing from zero; determining a pre-stop phase relationship between at least two wheels based on the ABS tooth count stored in the buffer immediately prior to the valid stop event; determining a post-start phase relationship between the at least two wheels based on the ABS tooth count stored in the buffer immediately subsequent to the valid move event; and correlating the pre-stop phase relationship and the post-start phase relationship to determine the change of direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wheel auto-location method, comprising:
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receiving a radio frequency (“
RF”
) transmission indicating a predetermined one-measurement point during rotation of a wheel and tire pressure monitor (“
TPM”
) sensor parameters;calculating the predetermined one-measurement point based on the RF transmission; maintaining a rolling window of ABS data and capturing a relevant rolling window of ABS data at the predetermined one-measurement point; monitoring the ABS data and detecting a valid stop event based, at least in part, on detecting a rate of change of the ABS tooth count substantially decrementinq to zero; monitoring the ABS data and detecting a valid move event based, at least in part, on detecting the rate of change of the ABS tooth count substantially incrementing from zero; determining a pre-stop phase relationship between at least two wheels based on the ABS tooth count stored in the buffer immediately prior to the valid stop event; determining a post-start phase relationship between the at least two wheels based on the ABS tooth count stored in the buffer immediately subsequent to the valid move event; correlating the pre-stop phase relationship and the post-start phase relationship to determine a change of direction; correlating the ABS data at the one-measurement point with a specific location of a wheel based on confidence interval (“
COIN”
) width analysis of the relevant rolling window of ABS data at the predetermined one-measurement point; anddetermining the specific location of the wheel where the TPM sensor parameters are assigned, and determining a confidence level of the wheel location based, at least in part, on the determined change of direction. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A tire pressure monitoring system for performing auto-location of a wheel in a vehicle, comprising:
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a wheel unit to be associated with a wheel of the vehicle, the wheel unit comprising; a tire pressure monitor (“
TPM”
) sensor that measures TPM sensor parameters of the wheel; anda wheel phase angle sensor that detects an angle of interest (P1) at a first time (T1); wherein the wheel unit transmits at a second time (T2) a radio frequency (RF) message comprising; an identification of the TPM sensor; and measured TPM sensor parameters; and an electronic control unit (“
ECU”
) of the vehicle in communication with the wheel unit and an anti-lock brake system (“
ABS”
) sensor; andcomputer program code operable in conjunction with the ECU of the vehicle, the ECU in communication with the wheel unit and the ABS sensor of the vehicle, wherein in response to a phase correlation data storage event trigger, the ECU is operable in response to the computer program code to execute instructions of; calculating the first time (T1) based on a predetermined time delay (T2-T1), wherein the predetermined time delay is equal to a difference between T2 and Tl; storing a count of a number of ABS teeth which represents the number of ABS teeth that have passed each ABS sensor in a given period of time and is indicative of wheel phase angle based on the phase correlation data storage event trigger and determining the count of the number of ABS teeth or data at the first time (T1); correlating a location of the wheel with a location of the ABS sensor based on a confidence interval (“
COIN”
) width value calculated from the count of the number of ABS teeth at the first time (T1); andassociating the TPM sensor parameters with the determined location of the wheel; wherein the ECU is further operable to execute instructions of; calculating a width based on the number of ABS teeth upon detection of an indication of a change of direction; and calculating a weighted cumulative width based on individual COIN width value calculations and the count of the number of ABS teeth used in each COIN width value calculation at the time of indication of each change of direction. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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