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Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Rakesh Sethi, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B60C 11/24 (2006.01); G01B 17/02 (2006.01); G01C 5/06 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/243 (2013.01); B60R 16/03 (2013.01); G01B 17/02 (2013.01); G01C 5/06 (2013.01); G07C 5/0816 (2013.01);
Abstract

This application relates generally to sensor systems and, more particularly, relates to systems and methods for management of smart wheel sensors that collect actionable sensor data from a rotatable component of a vehicle's wheel. In certain embodiments, a system includes a vehicle body; a rotatable component configured to rotate relative to the vehicle body; an energy harvesting component disposed along a circumference of the rotatable component, wherein the energy harvesting component is configured to generate electric power based on a force to the rotatable component; a sensor configured to produce sensor data by using the electric power while disposed on the rotatable component; and at least one processor disposed within the vehicle body, the at least one processor configured to perform an action within the vehicle body based on a parameter value meeting a threshold value, wherein the parameter value is based on the sensor data.


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