Method for processing information in a tire pressure monitoring system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6868358
APP PUB NO 20040017289A1
SERIAL NO

10320799

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A method of processing information in a tire pressure monitoring system includes the steps of: establishing a reference temperature; determining a pressure warning threshold at the reference temperature; measuring gauge pressure and gauge temperature within a tire cavity; correcting the gauge pressure to a filtered pressure value at the reference temperature using the Ideal Gas Law; and comparing the filtered pressure value against the pressure warning threshold to determine the necessity for a warning signal. In an advanced form of the invention, the method includes determining a pressure leak rate; predicting the time interval that the filtered pressure value will cross the pressure warning threshold at the leak rate and generating progressive warnings to the driver over the time interval. Fuzzy logic is used to quantify the probability of a warning state for each data point, allow for measurement error; and report the state of maximum probability to minimize the occurrence of false warning. A warning utility function is derived based upon a combination of the filtered pressure and leak rate.

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GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY THE200 INNOVATION WAY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AKRON OH 44316-0001

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Brown, Jr Jack Edward Akron, OH 2 74

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