US 12,094,265 B2
System and method for monitoring tires of a vehicle
Aed M. Dudar, Canton, MI (US); and Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,163.
Prior Publication US 2024/0104974 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60S 1/68 (2006.01); G01M 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/0808 (2013.01) [G01M 17/02 (2013.01); G07C 5/0825 (2013.01); B60S 1/68 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method to monitor tires of a vehicle, the method comprising:
receive user input to enter a monitoring mode for evaluating the tires;
determine, via an electronic control unit, the vehicle is at a location acceptable for performing the evaluation of the tires in the monitoring mode;
rotating front tires of the vehicle in a first direction using one or more first motors;
rotating back tires of the vehicle in a second direction using one or more second motors, wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction;
monitoring, via the electronic control unit, the front tires and the back tires using one or more first sensors, during the rotation of the front tires and the back tires;
determining, via the electronic control unit, an anomaly in a first tire of the tires based on the monitoring; and
performing, via the electronic control unit, a remedial action to mitigate the anomaly in the first tire.