US 11,685,197 B2
Tire wear estimation
Julien Canioncq, Metabief (FR); and Ivan Zagan, Brussels (BE)
Assigned to MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA, Bevaix (CH)
Filed by Melexis Technologies SA, Bevaix (CH)
Filed on May 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/881,797.
Claims priority of application No. 19176323 (EP), filed on May 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0369093 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. B60C 11/24 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 11/246 (2013.01) [B60C 11/243 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tire wear estimator, comprising a tire measurement system which is adapted to be mounted in a tire or on an inner surface of a tire, the tire measurement system comprising a sensor adapted for sensing a physical property of the tire, and an acquisition system adapted for sampling a signal of the sensor into memory to acquire a perturbation in the sampled data which is induced by a contact patch of the tire when a part of the tire where the sensor is mounted hits the ground, wherein the sensor is an acceleration sensor adapted for measuring radial acceleration and/or for measuring tangential acceleration and wherein the acquisition system is adapted for sampling at a sample rate that allows at least one oscillation, which has a characteristic frequency of 200 Hz or more, which is indicative of a tread depth of the tire, to become detectable in the sampled data in and/or around the perturbation, wherein the sample rate is at least 400 samples per second.