Patent ID: 9459275
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B60C,G01P

Claim Text:
1. A method of sampling acceleration measurements of a wheel ( 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 ) of a motor vehicle ( 1 ), said vehicle ( 1 ) having a tire pressure monitoring system and being fitted with an electronic central unit ( 2 ), each of said wheels ( 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 ) including: a wheel unit (A, B, C, D) fixed to a rim (J said method comprising: measuring, for each wheel revolution, at given time intervals (T fixing a minimum number (N) of acceleration measurements per wheel revolution; determining the time intervals (T instructing the accelerometer to make the radial acceleration measurements at the determined time intervals (T the wheel unit receiving and processing the radial acceleration measurements and sending the processed radial acceleration measurements to the electronic central unit.