Abstract: A wheel/tyre health monitoring sensor (110) comprising: a plurality of sensor units configured to record parameter data based on a plurality of parameters; a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) Chip configured to process, store, control and monitor parameter data recorded by said plurality of sensor units; and a transceiver (180) connected to said BTLE Chip configured to receive parameter data from said BTLE chip and transmit said parameter data via wireless communication; wherein, said parameter data includes data of camber angle and toe angle, eccentricity /balance and tread depth for each tyre in run-time.
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THE PATENTS ACT 1970
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THE PATENTS (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2006 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
[See Section 10; rule 13]
"A SENSOR AND A SYSTEM TO MONITOR THE HEALTH OF TYRES OF A VEHICLE, AND A METHOD THEREOF"
Hella India Automotive Pvt Ltd., an Indian company, of Nanospace, Baner-Pashan Link Road, Pune-411045, India,
The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a sensor, a system to monitor the health parameters of a wheel/tyre, and a method thereof.
BACKGROUND
The tyres/wheels of a ear are subjected to wear and tear on a daily basis resulting from several factors such as misaligned or unbalanced tyres and lack of camber, caster, toe adjustments of the tyres, and the like. These factors also play a vital role in maintaining the health of tyres for the user. For this reason, tyre or original equipment (OE) manufacturers recommend a certain time period (generally 6 months or 4,000- 5,000 kms.) after which the said parameters of tyres must be inspected and wheel/tyre balancing must be done. All these factors over time severely affect the health of a tyre and expose the user of that tyre to several safety hazards.
Misaligned wheels lead to increased wear and tear of the tyres, increased fuel consumption and decreased control over the vehicle. Due to such wear and tear, the tyres lose balance over time, making it imperative for the user to get the wheel balancing done at suitable intervals to maintain the health of the tyre and also to avoid hazardous incidents. The balance of tyres is affected due to several factors that include tread wear (causing a change in the weight distribution around the tyres), unbalanced tyres (causing the vehicle to shake or vibrate), misaligned tyres (causing wear and tear of the tyre or the vehicle pulling to one side) and components like toe, camber and caster (all these affecting the orientation of the tyres).
Wheel alignment or front-end/ tyre alignment is done at workshops by the technicians wherein they adjust the angle of a car's wheels to the position recommended by the manufacturers. Such wheel alignment services basically aim at tread depth inspection (inspecting poor alignment) along with toe, camber and caster inspection (inspecting wheel orientation) after which the vehicle's tyres are aligned to a recommended specification. During such alignment and balancing services, the technician adjusts the weight on the wheel rim to balance out tyre rotation trajectory, a calibrated spin balancer is used to test both static
(non-moving) and dynamic (moving) wheel balance. Such balancing is performed using large equipment/instruments at service stations at certain recommended time intervals.
The parameters such as camber, caster, toe, tread depth and balancing of the tyre are mainly responsible for the heath of the tyre and the control of the vehicle. These parameters can go off-limit any time based on several factors, such as road dynamics, and the like. The drivers will have no knowledge of such off-limit parameters and will continue using such tyres. Such usage is not recommended and also leads to increased and uneven tyre wear and tear, increased fuel consumption and emission and increased steering efforts. It is further responsible for a reduced operational life of such tyres and reduced control of the vehicle.
Presently, the users/drivers do not have any technology that aids them in predicting the run-time changes happening in the tyre health, i.e. whether the balancing, alignment and the parameters affecting them are in proper shape or not. Moreover, the user remains unaware about the wear and tear happening in the tyre during run-time, the misaligned or unbalanced situation of the tyre remains unknown, also the driver is unaware of the operational life left of the tyre, making the driver use the tyres even when such usage is not recommended. Such usage also leads to increased and uneven tyre wear and tear, reducing 10-50% of the tyre tread life as they are under inflation, improperly aligned and not balanced. This causes increased fuel consumption and also requires increased steering effort. Due to all this, many times a tyre life ends prematurely or is over used than its recommended operational life and such reasons even lead to fatal car crashes. Thus, there is a need to overcome such difficulties faced by the driver to avoid any unwarranted incident.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and a method to maintain the operational life of the tyre as well as the safety of the vehicle for the driver.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a system and a method to monitor the run-time health of each tyre using tyre health monitoring sensors.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a system and a method that monitors and detects the parameters affecting health and life of the tyres.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a system and a method to evaluate the parameter values and compare them to the nominal threshold values.
It is still another object of the present invention to display the health parameters of each tyre to the user and warn the user of consequences of any parameter operating out of normal limit in run-time.
It is still another object of the present invention to alert the user of parameters working out of normal operable limits and reduce the fatal crashes caused due to such out of parameter tyres increasing the safety for the user.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention discloses a wheel/tyre health monitoring sensor comprising of a plurality of sensor units configured to record parameter data based on a plurality of parameters like a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) Chip configured to process, store, control and monitor parameter data recorded by said plurality of sensor units; and a transceiver connected to said BTLE Chip configured to receive parameter data from said BTLE chip and transmit said parameter data via wireless communication. The parameter data includes data of camber angle and toe angle, eccentricity/balance and tread depth for each tyre in run-time. The plurality of parameters that are monitored include pressure, acceleration, angular speed, angular acceleration, and magnetic field of each tyre, monitored by a plurality of sensor units including at least one pressure sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, and the like.
The accelerometer is configured to determine camber angle of a tyre/wheel, gyroscope or accelerometer is configured to determine tyre/wheel imbalance. Also, a gyroscope and accelerometer are configured to determine tread depth of a tyre/wheel. The magnetometer is configured to determine the toe angle of wheel/tyre. The sensors are initialized by a battery, preferably a coin cell battery.
The sensors record the pressure data recorded by a pressure sensor which is amplified by an amplifier. These also include a Bluetooth Low Energy Chip which has at least one analog-to-digital converter, a central processing unit, a memory, a radio frequency core, general inputs and outputs, a sensor controller engine, timing circuits and a temperature monitor.
The wheel/tyre health monitoring system comprises of at least one tyre health monitoring sensor which is configured to record parameter data based on a plurality of parameters using a plurality of sensor units; and at least one receiver coupled to at least one tyre health
monitoring sensor through wireless communication to display the parameter data. The parameter data includes data of camber angle, and toe angle, eccentricity/balance and tread depth for each tyre in run-time. The plurality of parameters include pressure, acceleration, angular acceleration, and magnetic field of each tyre. The system also includes the tyre health monitoring sensor which has a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) chip configured to process, store, control and monitor parameter data recorded by said plurality of sensor units. The BTLE chip includes at least one analog-to-digital converter, a central processing unit, a memory, a radio frequency core, general inputs and outputs, a sensor controller engine, timing circuits and a temperature monitor.
The sensor also includes a transceiver coupled to the BTLE chip configured to receive parameter data and transmit said parameter data through wireless communication. The receiver includes a display unit configured to display parameter data received by the transceiver and the display unit is either a smart phone display or a Human Machine Interface (HMI I/F) in a vehicle
The wheel/tyre health monitoring method comprises the steps of Initializing a tyre health monitoring sensor comprised in a tyre of a vehicle, calibrating plurality of sensor units in the tyre health monitoring sensor, reading plurality of parameters received from the plurality of sensor units and providing a parameter data, filtering the plurality of parameters and eliminating noise of plurality of parameters received from the plurality of sensor units, combining the plurality of parameters received from the plurality of sensor units, recording the time stamp and determining parameter data from the plurality of parameters, assessing the parameter data against threshold values and analyzing various components affecting health of a tyre, transmitting said analyzed parameter data affecting health of a tyre to a receiver by a transceiver, receiving said parameter data by the receiver and displaying said parameter data as a visual or an audio alert on a display unit in the receiver.
The sensor includes a plurality of sensor units configured to monitor and record health parameters of each tyre of a vehicle in run-time. The plurality of parameters recorded by the plurality of sensor units is combined to determine parameter data. The time stamp is recorded and compared for at least two quarter rotation based on velocity to determine eccentricity for assessing balancing parameter data. The parameter data is assessed against threshold values and the result is displayed.
The accompanying drawings constitute a part of the description and are used to provide further understanding of the present invention. Such accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of the present invention which is used to describe the principles of the present invention together with the description. The foregoing aspects and many of the advantages of this invention will become more readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by the reference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 illustrates a vehicle including tyre health monitoring sensors for monitoring the health of a tyre according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 illustrates a sensor for monitoring the health of a tyre according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 illustrates a system for monitoring the health of a tyre and displays it to the user according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4a illustrates a positive and negative camber measurement of a tyre according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4b illustrates negative and positive toe angle measurement of a tyre according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4c illustrates position of the tyre for detecting imbalance according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4d illustrates standards for tread depth measurement according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 illustrates a flowchart describing tyre health monitoring according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 illustrates the sensing of camber angle deviation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 Illustrates the magnetometer vector deviation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 illustrates the detection of an unbalanced tyre according to an embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is intended as a description of various embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to represent the only embodiments in which the present invention may be practiced. Each embodiment described in this disclosure is provided merely as an example or illustration of the present invention, and should not necessarily be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details.
Fig. 1 illustrates an overview of a vehicle including a Tyre Health Monitoring System (THMS) according to an embodiment of the present invention. THMS has at least one sensor incorporated in each of the tyres to continuously monitor and detect the parameters affecting the health of the tyres in runtime. The system further comprises a receiver (200) which is capable of receiving the information of several parameters such as camber, caster and toe angle, balancing, tread depth, alignment, and the like and predicting the operational life left of the tyres based on these parameters. The information received by the plurality of sensors incorporated in the vehicle is then transmitted to a receiver (200) which is configured to receive the parameter data, process, and analyze such data based on the threshold values of the parameters affecting the tyre health. Such information is transmitted using different audible and visual warning alerts based on various situations of the tyre parameters.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the receiver (200) is an electronic control unit (ECU) which is capable of wireless communication and receives the information of tyre health parameters via any of the wireless communication protocols such as RF 313 MHz, RF 433 MHz, Classic Bluetooth 2.4 GHz, Bluetooth Low Energy (RLE) 2.4 GHz, Wi-fi, and the like. The receiver (200) then processes the received information, calculates such information
on the basis of the received information, and estimates the health parameters, further estimating the possible implications of these parameters on tyre health, excessive fuel consumption, and emission affecting each tyre in run-time and alerting the driver of the possible implications.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the sensor also incorporates sensor units such as accelerometer (130), gyroscope (140), magnetometer (150), pressure sensor (170), and the like that enables the run-time monitoring of various parameters affecting tyre health. These sensor units monitor the air pressure in the tyres, sense the acceleration, angular acceleration, and the magnetic field and such information is then processed to calculate various tyre parameters enabling the run-time monitoring of the tyre parameters.
Fig. 2 illustrates a THMS sensor (110) comprising various sensor units and components for sensing and recording the information of the parameters affecting tyre health. A battery enables the functioning of various sensor units placed inside the THMS sensor (110) including a pressure sensor (170), an accelerometer (130), a gyroscope (140), a magnetometer (150), and the like. An amplifier inside the sensor amplifies the pressure information and transmits the information for further processing. These sensor units effectively monitor the air pressure, the acceleration, angular acceleration of tyres, and also the magnetic field around the tyres based on which the information such as camber angle, caster and toe angle, eccentricity and tread depth for each tyre is determined.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) chip receives the information from the sensors, processes, controls, monitors and then compares it to the nominal threshold values as set by the OEM or vehicle manufacturers. Such processed information about the tyre health and its parameters is then transmitted via wireless data transmission to an intended receiver (200) which may be a Human-Machine Interface (HMI I/F), a mobile phone, and the like. The user or the driver of the vehicle has access to such receivers and this receiver (200) is used to display the run-time status of tyre parameters informing the user of possible implications on tyre health, fuel consumption, and emission after which the user can take the actions required.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a THMS sensor (110) has a battery, preferably a coin cell battery which enables the functioning of sensor units such as the pressure sensor (170), accelerometer (130), gyroscope (140), magnetometer (150), and the
like. A pressure sensor (170) monitors the tyre pressure of the vehicle and this reading of the measured pressure is then amplified using an amplifier which is sent to a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) chip. According to another embodiment of the present invention, BTLE chip has an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) incorporated in it that converts that amplified pressure information from analog to digital. ADC is also used to convert accelerometer (130), gyroscope (140), and magnetometer (150) information from analog to digital. BTLE chip incorporates several units such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a memory, a RF core, general inputs and outputs, a sensor controller engine, timing circuits, and a temperature monitor, all connected to the sensors units. The sensor also incorporates a transmitter and a receiver (200) which enables the transmission and receiving of data via wireless communication. In another embodiment of the present invention, a THMS sensor (110) includes an ISM transceiver (180) which is capable of transmitting and receiving tyre health information and the desired parameters in run-time, preferably at 2.4 GHz frequency.
Fig. 3 illustrates a system for monitoring the health of each tyre by recording and calculating the parameters affecting the tyre health in real-time and displaying it to the user or alerting the user based on the situation. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a THMS sensor (110) and a receiver (200). The THMS sensor (110) is capable of recording the air pressure, acceleration, angular acceleration, and magnetic field, alignment and balancing around each tyre, which is recorded via various sensor units such as pressure sensor (170), accelerometer (130), gyroscope (140), magnetometer (150), and the like. Such recorded parameters are filtered, calculated, and then compared to the threshold values as set by the car manufacturer or the OEMs.
The receiver (200) incorporates another ISM transceiver (180), capable of transmitting and receiving the information from the sensor. The calculated information is transmitted from, the sensor to a receiver (200) capable of receiving such information preferably at 2.4 GHz. The receiver (200) has a Human Machine Interface (HMI I/F) which is capable of being used by the intended user and is connected to a display unit (210) which may be a smart phone, HMI I/F in the vehicle Engine Control Unit (ECU), and the like. The information of various health parameters as calculated and compared by the Tyre Health Monitoring Sensor is received by the receiver (200) via wireless communication and is then displayed on the intended display unit (210). In an embodiment of the present invention, the wireless communication protocol via which the sensors communicate may be a a RF 313 MHz, RF 433 MHz, Classic Bluetooth 2.4 GHz, Bluetooth low Energy (BLE) 2.4 GHz, Wi-fi, and the like. Such wireless
communication enables the sensors to communicate wirelessly to the sensor units and various other units and also to the receiver (200) which is intended to receive such information and display it as an alert to the intended user. The entire system is capable of alerting the user about various out of limit parameters such as alignment, balancing, camber, caster, toe angle, tire tread depth, and also helping the user to verify if the tyre has been corrected to normal values during the service to maintain the tyre health parameters. The information about any parameter being out of the desired limits may be alerted to the user based on several alert techniques such as a visual warning based alert or an audible alert system, based on the situation of the tyre/wheel parameter. The sensor units are enabled to actively check the parameters such as camber, balancing, toe angle, tread depth, and the alignment of the tyre enabling proper information of the tyre to the user and reducing the risk of any incident due to such out of limit parameters.
Fig. 4a illustrates the camber measurement of the tyre according to an embodiment of the present invention. Camber is measured by measuring the angle between the vertical axis of the wheels used for steering and the vertical axis of the vehicle when viewed from the front or rear. The sensor unit, i.e. the accelerometer (130) is capable of sensing linear acceleration (m/s2), and when accelerometer (130) is kept on a flat surface, the z-axis points downwards and is aligned with the gravitational field vector. According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the tyre is in a steady condition, i.e. in a stationary mode or is not moving, the readings shown by the accelerometer (130) are 0, 0, 1 in terms of gravitational (g) values on the x, y and z- axis respectively.
Fig. 6 illustrates sensing of the camber angle deviation is preferably done by sensing the linear acceleration using Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) by sensing the accelerometer's (130) deviation or the accelerometer's (130) tilt around the z-axis and for measuring the said tilt around z-axis, acceleration around the x-axis has to be measured and calculation of the sin angle has to be done providing the actual deviation. In a preferred embodiment, the camber angle deviation is calculated as:
Fig. 4b illustrates the measurement of the toe angle according to an embodiment of the present invention. Toe angle is the symmetric angle that each wheel makes with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the toe angle of a tyre is measured by a magnetometer (150) which is capable of measuring the strength of Earth's ambient magnetic field (measured in micro Tesla). The magnetic flux density in air is directly proportional to the magnetic field strength, and such a magnetometer (150) is capable of detecting the fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field.
Fig. 7 illustrates the magnetometer (150) vector or the heading (He) angle which is also capable of being calculated using only Hx and Hy components of the Earth's magnetic field, i.e. the directions planar with the Earth's surface. The heading angle is calculated as:
The Heading angle is termed as the yaw angle in terms of rotational angle and according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; it may also be termed as the toe angle, which is necessary to check if the tyre makes a symmetric angle with the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
Fig. 4c illustrates the detection of an unbalanced tyre using an accelerometer (130) or a gyroscope (140) based on the distribution of mass within the tyre or along the distribution of mass along the entire tyre (including the rim of the tyre) to which the tyre is attached. According to en embodiment of the present invention, a tyre may be made to hop or wobble when it is rotated due to the asymmetries of mass in the tyre. Such asymmetries, causing hopping or wobbling of a tyre are responsible for disturbance in a ride, usually vertical and lateral vibrations.
Fig. 8 illustrates the detection of an unbalanced tyre using an accelerometer (130) or a gyroscope (140) and the four positions that are considered for the measurement include 0°, 90°, 180° and 270°.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, both gyroscope (140) and accelerometer (130) may be used to detect the four positions as described to detect an imbalanced tyre. The diagram represents a complete circle that a tyre rotates, and the four positions (0°, 90°, 180° and 270°) are based on time taken to complete each quarter. The time taken to complete two quarters is then compared to detect the imbalance in a tyre.
A gyroscope (140) sensor is used to measure the time component, which is used to record the time taken to complete each quarter and detect the asymmetries and imbalance in each tyre making it to hop or wobble. An accelerometer (130) or a gyroscope (140) sensor may be used to sense the tilt angle at the four desired positions during the rotation of a tyre. Thus, the lateral and vertical vibrations are reduced using such sensors further minimizing the ride disturbance.
In a preferred embodiment, the tread depth is dynamically measured. A gyroscope (140) measures the angular velocity(w) and an accelerometer (130) measures the linear velocity(V) or speed of the vehicle at constant pressure (P in psi). The radius of the wheel/tyre is estimated and the tread depth is thus measured by:
Fig. 4d illustrates the standards for tread depth monitoring of a tyre according to an embodiment of the present invention. Accelerometer (130) and gyroscope (140) may both be used to detect the angular and linear velocity at which a tyre rotates to calculate how much the tyre is worn. A 0% worn tyre has a tread depth of 8 mm while a 100% worn tyre has a tread depth of 1.6 mm, i.e. the most widely accepted minimum tread depth standard after which a tyre is not considered fit to be used further.
Fig. 5 illustrates the flow chart indicating the steps involved in the monitoring of a tyre health in run-time according to an embodiment of the present invention. The steps involved in the monitoring of the balancing of a tyre, estimating the camber angle, estimating the tread depth and estimating the toe angle are illustrated. Such estimated data is then calculated and compared to the nominal threshold values as set either by the manufacturer or the OEM and is further used to check the out of limit parameters in real-time and alert the user based on such calculation.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as soon as a vehicle is started, the sensors are initialized (510). After the sensors are initialized (510), these sensor units, i.e. the
accelerometer (130), gyroscope (140), magnetometer (150), and the like are calibrated (512, 514, 516). The parameters from such sensor units are then recorded as readings (518, 520, 522), and further filtered for eliminating the noise recorded (524, 526, 528). Filtering is an essential step for the purpose of eliminating the noise and for signal conditioning. The time stamp of quarter rotation is also recorded to estimate the eccentricity (530), which is important to check the balancing and unbalancing parameters in each tyre. The recorded parameters from each sensor units are then fused (532, 534, 536) and determined to assess the camber angle, assess the tread depth, and assess the toe angle, called the parameter data (540, 542, 544, 546). Such parameter data is then compared to the nominal threshold values as provided by the OEM or the car manufacturer and an alert is generated based on the assessed data. The alert is transmitted (548) via wireless communication to the receiver (200) which then processes the alert information and displays it with the help of a graphical user interface (GUI) to the intended user in run-time/ real-time. The alert may either be a visual alert or an audible alert based on the situation of the said alert and parameter data.
1. A wheel/tyre health monitoring sensor (110) comprising:
a plurality of sensor units configured to record parameter data based on a plurality of parameters;
a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) Chip configured to process, store, control and monitor parameter data recorded by said plurality of sensor units; and
a transceiver (180) connected to said BTLE Chip configured to receive parameter data from said BTLE chip and transmit said parameter data via wireless communication; wherein,
said parameter data includes data of camber angle and toe angle, eccentricity/balance and tread depth for each tyre in run-time.
2. The tyre health monitoring sensor (110) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of parameters include pressure, acceleration, angular speed, angular acceleration, and magnetic field of each tyre.
3. The tyre health monitoring sensor (110) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of sensor units includes at least one pressure sensor (170), accelerometer (130), gyroscope (140), magnetometer (150), and the like.
4. The tyre health monitoring sensor (110) as claimed in claim 3, wherein said accelerometer (13 0) is configured to determine camber angle of a tyre/wheel.
5. The tyre health monitoring sensor (110) as claimed in claim 3, wherein said gyroscope (140) or accelerometer (130) is configured to determine tyre/wheel imbalance.
6. The tyre health monitoring sensor as claimed in claim 3, wherein said gyroscope (140) and accelerometer (130) are configured to determine tread depth of a tyre/wheel.
7. The tyre health monitoring sensor (110) as claimed in claim 3, wherein said magnetometer (150) is configured to determine toe angle of tyre/wheel.
8. The tyre health monitoring sensor (110) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensors are initialized by a battery.
9. The tyre health monitoring sensor (110) as claimed in claim 4, wherein said battery is a coin cell battery.
10. The tyre health monitoring sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein pressure data recorded by said pressure sensor (170) is amplified by an amplifier.
11. The tyre health monitoring sensor (110) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said Bluetooth Low Energy Chip includes at least one analog-to-digital converter, a central processing unit, a memory, a radio frequency core, general inputs and outputs, a sensor controller engine, timing circuits and a temperature monitor.
12. A wheel/tyre health monitoring system (100) comprising:
at least one tyre health monitoring sensor (110) configured to record parameter data based on a plurality of parameters using a plurality of sensor units; and
at least one receiver (200) coupled to said at least one tyre health monitoring sensor through wireless communication to display said parameter data;
wherein,
said parameter data includes data of camber angle, and toe angle, eccentricity/balance and tread depth for each tyre in run-time.
13. The tyre health monitoring system (100) as claimed in claim 8, wherein said plurality of parameters include pressure, acceleration, angular acceleration, and magnetic field of each tyre.
14. The tyre health monitoring system (100) as claimed in claim 8, wherein said tyre health monitoring sensor includes a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) chip configured to process, store, control and monitor parameter data recorded by said plurality of sensor units.
15. The tyre health monitoring system (100) as claimed in claim 10, wherein said BTLH chip includes at least one analog-to-digital converter, a central processing unit, a memory, a radio frequency core, general inputs and outputs, a sensor controller engine, timing circuits and a temperature monitor.
16. The tyre health monitoring system (100) as claimed in claim 8, wherein said tyre health monitoring sensor (110) includes a transceiver (180) coupled to said BTLE chip configured to receive parameter data and transmit said parameter data through wireless communication.
17. The tyre health monitoring system (100) as claimed claim 8, wherein said receiver (200) includes a display unit configured to display parameter data received by a transceiver (180).
18. The tyre health monitoring system (100) as claimed in claim 13, wherein said display unit (210) is a smart phone display or a Human Machine Interface (HMI I/F) in a vehicle,
19. A wheel/tyre health monitoring method (500) comprising the steps of:
Initializing (510) a tyre health monitoring sensor (110) comprised in a tyre of a vehicle;
calibrating (512, 514, 516) plurality of sensor units in said tyre health monitoring sensor;
reading (518, 520, 522) plurality of parameters received from said plurality of sensor units and providing a parameter data;
filtering (524, 526, 528) said plurality of parameters and eliminating noise (524, 526, 528) of said plurality of parameters received from said plurality of sensor units;
combining (532, 534, 536) said plurality of parameters received from said plurality of sensor units;
recording (530) time stamp and determining parameter data from said plurality of parameters;
assessing (540, 542, 544, 546) said parameter data against threshold, values and analyzing various components affecting health of a tyre;
transmitting (548) said analyzed parameter data affecting health of a tyre to a receiver by a transceiver (180);
receiving said parameter data by said receiver (200);
displaying said parameter data as a visual or an audio alert on a display unit (210) in said receiver (200).
20. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein said sensor (110) includes a plurality of sensor units configured to monitor and record health parameters of each tyre of a vehicle in run-time.
21. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein said plurality of parameters recorded by said plurality of sensor units is combined to determine parameter data.
22. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein time stamp is recorded and compared for at least two quarter rotation based on velocity to determine eccentricity for assessing balancing parameter data.
23. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein said parameter data is assessed against threshold values.
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