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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Tony Hines, Tampa, FL (US);
Tony Hines, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
A system to monitor and predict vehicle brake wear includes a brake sensor configured to be coupled to a brake pedal of a vehicle and to transmit data of the brake pedal operation of when the brake pedal is pressed and a duration, and an electronic control unit (ECU) is coupled to the brake sensor. The ECU includes a microprocessor coupled to a memory, where the microprocessor is configured to receive data of the brake pedal operation, and to calculate a depth of wear of a brake component based on the brake pedal operation. The ECU also comprises a global positioning system configured to determine a speed of the vehicle, and an accelerometer. In addition, the ECU includes a module configured to transmit data from the ECU to a remote computer, where the remote computer is configured to receive the data from the ECU and to generate a virtual map.