US 12,485,904 B2
Vehicle tire area control
András Bálint, Gothenburg (SE); Ehsan Yasari, Gothenburg (SE); Mladen Gibanica, Gothenburg (SE); Ellen Petersson, Gothenburg (SE); Xin Zhang, Shanghai (CN); Shubhada Paresh Deshmukh, Gothenburg (SE); Sissela Magdalena Svärd, Gothenburg (SE); Björn Jesper Boberg, Gothenburg (SE); and Ruben Almeida Ulisses De Carvalho Fonseca, Stockholm (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/533,772.
Prior Publication US 2025/0187610 A1, Jun. 12, 2025
Int. Cl. B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 40/06 (2013.01) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system of a vehicle, comprising:
a memory configured to store computer-executable components; and
a processor that executes at least one of the computer-executable components that:
determines a restriction associated with at least one of studded tires or snow chains on a road in a defined geographic region;
determines, using at least one sensor of the vehicle, that the vehicle has at least one of a studded tire or a snow chain on a tire;
determines an unsuitability of the vehicle to drive on the road based on the restriction and the at least one of the studded tire or the snow chain on the tire of the vehicle; and
presents, via a user interface device of the vehicle, a warning that the vehicle is not permitted to drive on the road due to the unsuitability associated with the at least one of the studded tire or the snow chain on the tire of the vehicle.