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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1997
Motonori Tominaga, Anjo, JP;
Yuuichi Inoue, Tajimi, JP;
Kenji Tomiita, Chita-gun, JP;
Shinjiro Fukada, Anjo, JP;
Yoshihiro Nishikawa, Kakogawa, JP;
Takaji Umeno, Aichi-gun, JP;
Hideki Ohashi, Toyota, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JP;
Abstract
To accurately detect a resonance frequency of tire even in high speed range by which tire air pressure state of each wheel is known, a calculation processing unit to which detection signals of wheel speed and resonance frequencies of tire are inputted calculates a timewise change amount of a wheel speed deviation that is a difference between wheel speed ratios of front and rear wheels. Then, it makes corrections to remove the influence of timewise change amounts of resonance frequencies of front wheels from timewise change amounts of wheel speed deviations based on a relationship between the resonance frequency and the wheel speed deviation when air pressure of the tire is changed. The unit then converts the corrected timewise change amount of the rotational state into the timewise change amount of the resonance frequencies of the rear wheels based on the above-described relationship and the resonance frequencies of the rear wheels and the timewise change amounts of the resonance frequencies of the rear wheels which have been accurately detected before the vehicle speed exceeds an upper limit value.