Tire Wear Evaluation Across Completed Driving Processes

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for determining tire wear values do not accurately account for driving maneuvers that contribute to tire wear, such as transitions from stationary to moving states, leading to inaccuracies in wear value determination.

Innovation Solution

The method involves determining a completed driving process from a starting to a final non-movement state, assigning a further wear value to this process, and using an evaluation device to modify the initial wear value based on factors like steering angles, driving speeds, and topographic conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If wear value is determined based on vehicle acceleration data, then the determination process is simplified and can be implemented with existing sensors, but driving maneuvers such as transitions from stationary to moving states are disregarded leading to inaccurate wear values

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetermination process complexityVSAvoidwear value accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The driving process is segmented into completed driving processes (from stationary to stationary state) and other driving phases. By identifying and separately evaluating completed driving processes using steering angle data, the method captures wear-relevant maneuvers that acceleration-based methods miss, while maintaining overall system simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Steering angle data serves as an intermediary parameter to identify completed driving processes. This intermediary allows the system to detect wear-relevant maneuvers without requiring complex sensor setups, bridging the gap between simple acceleration measurement and comprehensive wear analysis

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If steering angle data is used to calculate additional wear value at low speeds, then some steering maneuvers are captured, but not all steering angle maneuvers are recorded and many driving maneuvers leading to tire wear are still overlooked

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewear value accuracyVSAvoiddriving maneuver information
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The method merges acceleration-based wear determination with steering angle-based identification of completed driving processes. This combination ensures that all steering maneuvers are captured, not just those at low speeds, eliminating the information loss present in previous approaches

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The evaluation dynamically adjusts by identifying completed driving processes based on steering angle patterns and integrating this with acceleration data. This dynamic approach adapts to various driving conditions and captures all relevant maneuvers regardless of speed, preventing loss of driving maneuver information

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Productivity

If wear value is calculated without considering completed driving processes, then the calculation is faster and requires less processing, but the wear value does not correspond to actual tire wear

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewear determination speedVSAvoidwear value accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary identification of completed driving processes using steering angle data before final wear calculation. This preliminary action prepares the data structure for efficient processing while ensuring all relevant maneuvers are included, achieving both speed and accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4417442B1Method for determining an abrasion value of a tire
Publication Date: 2026.03.18 CONTINENTAL REIFEN DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
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AI summary

The invention relates to a method for determining the wear value of a tire (2) of a vehicle (1), comprising one of the following steps: - providing a vehicle (1), wherein the vehicle (1) has at least one tire (2); - providing an evaluation device (3), wherein the evaluation device (3) is designed to determine the wear value of the at least one tire (2) as a function of a physical measurement of the vehicle (1); - determining the physical measurement of the vehicle (1); - determining the wear value of the at least one tire (2) as a function of the physical measurement of the vehicle (1) using the evaluation device (3);- Determining a completed driving process of the vehicle (1), wherein a completed driving process is a driving process of the vehicle (1) from a starting non-movement state of the vehicle (1) to a driving process of the vehicle (1) into a final non-movement state of the vehicle (1), wherein a further wear value of the at least one tire (2) is assigned to the completed driving process; - Determining a new wear value by means of the evaluation device (3) as a function of the wear value and the further wear value.;