IP Library Granted Patent US 9,038,465
Granted Patent B2
US 9,038,465 · App. 13/482,833 · Granted May 26, 2015

Method of setting valid output sections of 2-axis acceleration sensor or 3-axis acceleration sensor

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Patent No.
US 9,038,465
App. No.
13/482,833
Granted
May 26, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of setting valid output sections of a 3-axis acceleration sensor mounted within a tire of a vehicle, including setting an output signal of the 3-axis acceleration sensor in the z-axis direction as a reference signal, setting a specific section of the output signal in the z-axis direction as a valid section where a part of the tire where the 3-axis acceleration sensor is mounted contacts a road surface, and setting sections of output signals of the 3-axis acceleration sensor in the x-axis and y-axis directions corresponding to the valid section in the z-axis direction as valid sections in the x-axis and y-axis directions. The method sets precise valid sections applied to detect information between the tire and a ground surface so as to minimize a component of a noise section by connecting output signals in the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis directions.

Claims (12)

1. A method of setting valid output sections of a 3-axis acceleration sensor mounted within a tire of a vehicle to measure accelerations in x-axis, y-axis and z-axis directions, comprising:

setting an output signal of the 3-axis acceleration sensor in the z-axis direction as a reference signal, wherein the z-axis direction is perpendicular to a road surface;

setting a specific section of the output signal in the z-axis direction as a valid section where a part of the tire where the 3-axis acceleration sensor is mounted contacts the road surface; and

setting sections of output signals of the 3-axis acceleration sensor in the x-axis and y-axis directions corresponding to the valid section in the z-axis direction as valid sections in the x-axis and y-axis directions,

wherein the specific section of the output signal in the z-axis direction is a section where a positive (+) peak value, a negative (−) peak value, and a positive (+) peak value of the output signal in the z-axis direction are represented.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising detecting information of the tire and the road surface by processing the output signals only in the set valid sections in the x-axis, y-axis, and the z-axis directions.

3. A method of setting valid output sections of a 2-axis acceleration sensor mounted within a tire of a vehicle to measure accelerations in x-axis and z-axis directions, comprising:

setting an output signal of the 2-axis acceleration sensor in the z-axis direction as a reference signal, wherein the z-axis direction is perpendicular to a road surface;

setting a specific section of the output signal in the z-axis direction as a valid section where a part of the tire where the 2-axis acceleration sensor is mounted contacts the road surface; and

setting a section of an output signal of the 2-axis acceleration sensor in the x-axis direction corresponding to the valid section in the z-axis direction as a valid section in the x-axis direction,

wherein the specific section of the output signal in the z-axis direction is a section where a positive (+) peak value, a negative (−) peak value, and a positive (+) peak value of the output signal in the z-axis direction are represented.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising detecting information of the tire and the road surface by processing signals only in the set valid sections in the x-axis and z-axis directions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062206/0260 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2012
From: CHUN, JAE HYUNG
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028777/0800 →