Tire State Monitoring With Multi-Parameter Maintenance Instructions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing tire management systems primarily focus on air pressure, neglecting other critical tire structure parameters like grooves, cuts, and wear, making it difficult to determine appropriate responses based on comprehensive tire states.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that acquires multiple tire-related parameters and controls operations based on specific values indicating tire state changes, providing tailored instructions for each tire state.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If only air pressure is monitored for tire management, then the system is simple and easy to operate, but it fails to capture comprehensive tire states including structural parameters like cuts and groove depth

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetire state informationVSAvoidparameter monitoring system
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The tire state monitoring is segmented into multiple independent parameter detections (air pressure, groove depth, cut detection, wear measurement), where each parameter can be detected separately and then integrated to form a comprehensive tire state assessment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system is designed to perform multiple functions by monitoring various tire parameters simultaneously, making a single tire management system capable of detecting different aspects of tire health (pressure, structural integrity, wear) rather than requiring separate systems for each parameter

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If multiple tire parameters are monitored to identify comprehensive tire states, then complete tire state identification is achieved, but determining appropriate responses becomes difficult and complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetire state identificationVSAvoidresponse determination
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Response strategies are predetermined and prepared in advance for various tire state conditions. The system pre-establishes what actions should be taken for different combinations of parameter values, eliminating the need for complex real-time decision-making during operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback by comparing actual parameter values against predetermined thresholds and standards, automatically indicating whether maintenance is needed and what type of maintenance should be performed, guiding operators through the response determination process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If experienced operators manually assess all tire parameters to determine appropriate responses, then accurate tire management is achieved, but it is not scalable to all tires and is impractical

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetire response accuracyVSAvoidtire management efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by automatically assessing tire states and determining appropriate responses without requiring expert human intervention. The automated system performs the functions previously requiring experienced operators, making tire management scalable and efficient

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250218229A1Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program
Publication Date: 2025.07.03 BRIDGESTONE CORP
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AI summary

An information processing device including an acquisition section that acquires values of plural tire related parameters related to a structure of a tire attached to a moving body, and a control section that, in cases in which at least one value of the tire related parameters is a specific value predetermined as a tire state indicating a structure of the tire has changed, performs control based on each value of the acquired plural tire related parameters to output instruction information indicating an instruction for the tire predetermined according to the tire state.