Drive-Over Tire Wear Analytics for Faster Fleet Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current tire monitoring systems fail to adequately monitor tire aspects other than pressure, leading to safety issues and inefficiencies in tire use, especially in vehicle fleets, and manual monitoring is time-consuming and prone to errors.
Innovation Solution
A tire analytics system that includes a drive-over system (DOS) with sensors to measure tread wear rate, tire pressure, and other characteristics, providing automated data collection and analysis to identify maintenance issues and optimize tire management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual monitoring of tire aspects is performed, then comprehensive tire inspection is achieved, but time consumption and human error increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical inspection with an automated optical scanning system. The DOS uses optical sensors and image processing to automatically measure tread depth, tire pressure, and other parameters, eliminating the need for manual monitoring while improving accuracy and reducing time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service monitoring where the tire analytics system automatically collects, analyzes, and reports tire condition data without human intervention. The automated dos captures images and measurements, the processing circuitry analyzes the data, and maintenance recommendations are generated autonomously.
2Reliability
If early tire replacement is performed, then safety is improved, but operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous feedback monitoring of tire condition through automated measurements of tread depth, pressure, and wear patterns. This real-time feedback enables data-driven decisions about tire replacement timing, replacing tires only when actual wear thresholds are reached rather than following fixed schedules, thus optimizing both safety and cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection and analysis of tire wear trends to predict remaining tire life. By identifying wear patterns and projecting future conditions, the system allows proactive planning of tire replacement to coincide with optimal timing, avoiding both premature replacement and unsafe operation.
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive tire data collection is implemented, then maintenance accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dos is designed as a universal multi-functional device that simultaneously captures multiple tire parameters (tread depth, pressure, temperature, wear patterns) using integrated optical sensors and imaging systems. This consolidates multiple monitoring functions into a single device, reducing overall system complexity while comprehensively collecting tire data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges data collection, processing, and analysis functions into an integrated system. The dos combines optical imaging, pressure sensing, and temperature monitoring, while the processing circuitry integrates all data streams to generate comprehensive maintenance recommendations, simplifying the system architecture despite the comprehensive data collection.
Data Source
AI summary
A tire analytics system can include processing circuitry and memory coupled to the processing circuitry. The memory can include instructions stored therein that are executable by the processing circuitry to cause the tire analytics system to perform operations. The operations can include determining a tread wear rate of a tire. The operations can further include determining a maintenance recommendation based on the tread wear rate of the tire. The operations can further include providing an indication of the maintenance recommendation.