Patent ID: 9145033
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A method of indirect tire pressure monitoring of tires of a vehicle, comprising: providing a tire classification database indicating at least one classified tire type; determining a vehicle tire type for the vehicle on the basis of vehicle data including information on at least one tire currently used with the vehicle, wherein determining the vehicle tire type includes at least one of wheel speed spectrum and tire force spectrum analysis to obtain at least one of a wheel spectrum data and a tire force spectrum data for the at least one tire; determining whether the vehicle tire type can be associated to one of the at least one classified tire type, wherein determining whether the vehicle tire type can be associated to one of the at least one classified tire type includes determining whether the tire classification database includes data indicating a tire type having at least one of a wheel speed spectrum data and a tire force spectrum data being at least comparable with at least one of the wheel speed spectrum data and tire force spectrum data; and in the case an association is determined, monitoring tire pressure according to the associated classified tire type, wherein, determining whether the vehicle tire type can be associated to one of the at least one classified tire type fails, tire pressure monitoring is performed on the basis of at least one of a default parameter setting and a default operation mode.