US 11,731,469 B1
Methods and systems for tire health monitoring
Glen Phillip McGillan, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsara, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Samsara Networks Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,010.
Application 17/659,010 is a continuation of application No. 17/498,688, filed on Oct. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,338,627.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/140,708, filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60C 23/04 (2006.01); B60C 23/06 (2006.01); B60C 23/20 (2006.01); B60C 11/24 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 23/0488 (2013.01) [B60C 11/243 (2013.01); B60C 23/0479 (2013.01); B60C 23/0489 (2013.01); B60C 23/061 (2013.01); B60C 23/20 (2013.01); B60C 2200/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by an electronic device to monitor one or more wheels of a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving first accelerometer measurements of a first accelerometer mounted on the vehicle's first wheel when the vehicle is moving during an interval of time;
determining based on the first accelerometer measurements a first path followed by the first accelerometer when the vehicle is moving during the interval of time;
receiving second accelerometer measurements of a second accelerometer mounted on a vehicle's second wheel when the vehicle is moving during the interval of time;
determining, based on the second accelerometer measurements, a second path followed by the second accelerometer when the vehicle is moving during the interval of time;
determining based on a comparison of the first path with the second path that at least one of the vehicle's first wheel and the vehicle's second wheel is misaligned; and
responsive to the at least one of the vehicle's first wheel and the vehicle's second wheel being misaligned, transmitting to a user device a first alert indicating the misalignment of at least one of the vehicle's first wheel and the vehicle's second wheel.