Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire pressure monitoring with vehicle park-assist
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Application No.: US15996022Application Date: 2018-06-01
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Publication No.: US10232673B1Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Erick Michael Lavoie , John Robert Van Wiemeersch
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Agent James P. Muraff
- Main IPC: B60C23/00
- IPC: B60C23/00 ; B60C23/02 ; B60C23/04 ; B62D15/02 ; G08G1/16

Abstract:
Method and apparatus are disclosed for tire pressure monitoring with vehicle park-assist. An example vehicle includes tires, tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) sensors, a park-assist controller to determine a parking path, and a TPMS controller. The TPMS controller is to determine tire characteristics based on the parking path, calculate tire indexes for the tires based on the tire characteristics, and select one or more of the TPMS sensors based on the tire indexes. The TPMS controller also is to instruct, via a communication module, the selected TPMS sensors to collect pressure measurements during park-assist.
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