Patent ID: 11919337
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE EUROPE NV/SA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A cloud computing system wirelessly and remotely connected to an acquisition device installed onboard a motor vehicle equipped with two or more wheels fitted with tires;
wherein the cloud computing system is configured, in a preliminary stage, to
acquire test-related wheel speeds during performed tests involving test tire impacts against or on different obstacles at different motor vehicle speeds,
compute test-related normalized wheel speeds based on the test-related wheel speeds, and
determine and store a predefined tire damage model to be used in a tire damage detection stage based on the test-related normalized wheel speeds corresponding to the test tire impacts and of associated test-related average wheel speeds; and

wherein the cloud computing system is further configured, in the tire damage detection stage, to
receive, from the acquisition device, quantities indicative of a wheel speed,
compute, based on the quantities indicative of the wheel speed, a normalized wheel speed indicative of a ratio of the wheel speed to an average wheel speed indicative of motor vehicle speed, and
detect a potential damage to a tire of the wheel of the motor vehicle based on the predefined tire damage model and on the normalized wheel speed.