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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Schrader Electronics Limited, Antrim, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schrader Electronics Limited, Antrim, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 29/02 (2006.01); B60C 23/04 (2006.01); B60C 23/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 29/023 (2013.01); B60C 23/0488 (2013.01); B60C 23/064 (2013.01); B60C 23/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire monitoring apparatus comprising a monitor installed on a tire and a pulse width measuring apparatus for measuring the width of pulses produced by the monitor. The pulse width measuring apparatus comprises a frequency analyzer for producing a frequency representation of the pulse, a signal processor for determining a minimum value of the frequency representation, and a pulse width estimator that inverts the minimum value to produce a measurement for the pulse width. The tire monitoring apparatus uses the pulse width measurement as an indication of characteristics of the tire.