IP Library Granted Patent US 11,014,570
Granted Patent B2
US 11,014,570 · App. 16/215,166 · Granted May 25, 2021

Front car rear tire anomalies detection system and related methods

Inventors: Omar Sadrach Reyes Baron (Zapopan, MX); Jose Ramon Casillas Bracamontes (Tlaquepaque, MX)
Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
B60W50/0098B60T7/16B60W2420/42B60W2530/20
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Patent No.
US 11,014,570
App. No.
16/215,166
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes observing one or more rear tires for a front car, the one or more rear tires include a left rear tire and a right rear tire, determining whether the one or more of the rear tires have an anomaly, observing a chassis of the front car to determine if there is an inclination, and sending an alert if the one or more rear tires have the anomaly.

Claims (26)

1. A method comprising:

observing one or more rear tires of a front car with a vision system of a first vehicle;

determining whether the one or more of the rear tires have an anomaly; and

sending an alert to at least one of a braking system of the first vehicle and a speed control system of the first vehicle in response to the one or more rear tires of the front car having the anomaly.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

observing a chassis of the front car with the vision system of the first vehicle; and

determining whether the chassis of the front car has an inclination.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein sending the alert to at least one of the braking system of the first vehicle and the speed control system of the first vehicle is in response to one or more rear tires of the front car having the anomaly and the chassis of the front car having the inclination.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein observing one or more rear tires for a front car is further defined as observing a left rear tire and a right rear tire of a front car with a vision system of a first vehicle and determining whether the one or more of the rear tires have the anomaly includes comparing difference in shape from the left rear tire and the right rear tire.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein determining whether the one or more of the rear tires have the anomaly includes determining whether one or more of the rear tires have low pressure.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein determining whether the one or more of the rear tires have the anomaly includes determining whether one or more of the rear tires ruptured.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising controlling the braking system in response to receiving the alert regarding the anomaly being present.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising preparing the braking system for sudden braking in response to receiving the alert regarding the anomaly being present.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising controlling a velocity of the first vehicle if the anomaly is present.

10. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising signaling hazard lights of the first vehicle if the anomaly is present.

11. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising observing a shape of the left rear tire and the right rear tire and determining if the car is overloaded with weight.

12. A front car rear tire anomalies detection system comprising:

a vision system configured to be mounted on a first vehicle, the vision system configured to observe one or more rear tires of a front car;

a processor communicatively coupled with the vision system, the processor configured to determine whether the one or more of the rear tires have an anomaly; and

a communications module communicatively coupled with the processor, the communications module configured to send an alert to at least one of a braking system of the first vehicle and a speed control system of the first vehicle in response to the one or more rear tires of the front car having the anomaly.

13. The front car rear tire anomalies detection system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the vision system is configured to observe a chassis of the front car and the processor is configured to determine whether the chassis of the front car has an inclination.

14. The front car rear tire anomalies detection system as recited in claim 13 , wherein the communications module is configured to send the alert to at least one of a braking system of the first vehicle and a speed control system of the first vehicle in response to one or more rear tires of the front car having the anomaly and the chassis of the front car having the inclination.

15. The front car rear tire anomalies detection system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the vision system is configured to observe a left rear tire and a right rear tire of the front car and the processor is configured to compare a difference in shape from the left rear tire and the right rear tire and wherein a difference in shape is utilized to determine whether one or more of the rear tires of the front car has an anomaly.

16. The front car rear tire anomalies detection system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to prepare the braking system for sudden braking if the anomaly is present.

17. The front car rear tire anomalies detection system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to control a velocity of the first vehicle if the anomaly is present.

18. The front car rear tire anomalies detection system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to signal hazard lights of the first vehicle if the anomaly is present.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2022
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
To: CONTINENTAL AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY US, LLC.
Reel/Frame 061100/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2018
From: REYES BARON, OMAR SADRACH; CASILLAS BRACAMONTES, JOSE
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 047745/0183 →
Continuity (1)
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