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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Yuhong Zheng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Danny Milot, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yuhong Zheng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Danny Milot, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kelsey-Hayes Company, Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for real-time signal processing for vehicle monitoring, including a first device disposed in a tire of a vehicle and producing a signal that is a function of a tire contact time period, during which a point at the tire circumference stays in contact with the ground, and a second device operative to repetitively perform a first task of processing the signal to calculate the tire contact time period at a first predetermined rate, and to repetitively perform a second task of calculating a tire load based at least in part upon the calculated tire contact time period at a second predetermined rate, wherein said second predetermined rate is less than said first predetermined rate.