Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Road surface condition estimation device
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Application No.: US15770828Application Date: 2016-09-23
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Publication No.: US10605780B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Youichirou Suzuki , Akira Takaoka , Takatoshi Sekizawa
- Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya, Aichi-pref.
- Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya, Aichi-pref.
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2015-210985 20151027
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/078022 WO 20160923
- International Announcement: WO2017/073211 WO 20170504
- Main IPC: G01N29/04
- IPC: G01N29/04 ; B60T8/173 ; G01H1/00 ; B60T8/172 ; B60C99/00 ; B60W40/068 ; B60C23/06 ; G01N29/44 ; B60C19/00

Abstract:
In order to detect a road surface condition, a road surface condition estimation device extracts a detection signal of a portion that detects vibration in a tire tangential direction in a vibration detection and power generation unit which is in a ground contact section, for example, a vibration power generation element. In this case, it is identified that the vibration detection and power generation unit is in the ground contact section, based on whether a centrifugal force acting on the vibration detection and power generation unit is generated, or not, and it is identified that a time when no centrifugal force is generated is in the ground contact section. As a result, even if a pulse level of an output voltage of the vibration detection generation unit changes according to a traveling speed of the vehicle, the ground contact section can be accurately identified.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180364197A1 ROAD SURFACE CONDITION ESTIMATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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