Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Min Tae Kim

Ho Jong Lee

Da Sol Jeong

Sei Bum Choi

Jong Hyup Lee

Saied Taheri

A road surface condition estimation apparatus which accurately estimates a road surface condition even under changes of external environment such as weather, etc., and a road surface condition estimation method using the same is described. The road surface condition estimation apparatus includes: a sensor module which is mounted on a tire; a receiver module which receives sensing information measured by the sensor module; a processing module which extracts a parameter for estimating a road surface condition by analyzing the sensing information received by the receiver module; and an estimation module which estimates the road surface condition by using the parameter extracted by the processing module. The sensing information includes an acceleration of the tire.

Road surface condition estimation apparatus and road surface condition estimation method using the same

Provided is a technology of estimating a bending stiffness variation of a tire and estimating a tread wear amount of a tire using the same. A tire wear measuring apparatus wear includes a signal receiver configured to measure acceleration inside the tire with respect to an axial direction, which is a radial direction of the tire, for each point inside the tire, a signal analyzer configured to receive signal information from the signal receiver and estimate a tread wear rate of the tire by calculating a bending stiffness variation rate of the tire using axial acceleration inside the tire, a transmitter configured to receive and transmit analysis information, which is information on the tread wear rate of the tire, from the signal analyzer, and a control module configured to receive the analysis information from the transmitter and generate a control signal for a vehicle to which the tire is installed. Meanwhile, a physical change thereof is derived using a Flexible Ring tire model which is a mathematical model.

Tire wear measurement device using tire bending stiffness variation and tire wear measurement method using same

Provided is a technique of quantifying a change in irregularity appearing in an acceleration signal of a tire and measuring a tread wear amount of the tire using the quantified change. A tire wear measuring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a signal receiver configured to measure an acceleration inside a tire with respect to an axial direction, which is a radial direction of the tire, at a plurality of points inside the tire; a broad pass filter configured to receive a measured acceleration signal from the signal receiver and perform filtering as a preprocessing on the acceleration signal to generate a processed signal; a signal analyzer configured to estimate a tread wear rate of the tire by quantifying an irregularity of the acceleration signal using the processed signal that is a signal filtered through the broad pass filter; a transmitter configured to receive analysis information, which is information on the tread wear rate of the tire, from the signal analyzer and transmit the analysis information; and a control module configured to receive the analysis information from the transmitter and generate a control signal for a vehicle on which the tire is installed.

Tire wear measuring apparatus using irregularity of tire acceleration signal and tire wear measuring method using same

Provided is a technique for measuring a wear rate of a tire tread using tendency of a peak value of acceleration of the tire. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a tire wear measuring apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to measure acceleration inside the tire installed to a the vehicle for each point inside the tire; a signal analyzer configured to receive signal information from the signal receiver and estimate a tread wear rate of the tire using a peak value of acceleration in longitudinal direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the tire from among acceleration signals inside the tire; a transmitter configured to receive analysis information, which is information on the tread wear rate of the tire, from the signal analyzer and transmit the analysis information; and a control module configured to receive the analysis information from the transmitter and generate a control signal for the vehicle to which the tire is installed. A physical change thereof is verified using a Flexible Ring tire model which is a mathematical model.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Min Tae Kim