Patent ID: 7532957

Claim:
A method for controlling an operation of an electronic wheel unit assigned to a vehicle wheel, which comprises the steps of: acquiring data relating to an operating state of the vehicle wheel using at least one state detection device; acquiring data relating to energy instantaneously available to the electronic wheel unit from a generator and from an energy storage device using at least one energy detection device; controlling the operation of the electronic wheel unit and thereby controlling an energy consumption of the electronic wheel unit in dependence on the data acquired by the at least one state detection device and the at least one energy detection device with a central control unit connected to the at least one state detection device and to the at least one energy detection device; and ensuring a functionality of the electronic wheel unit during predetermined important operating states of the vehicle wheel that at least temporarily consumes more energy than is instantaneously available from the generator; and reducing the functionality of the electronic wheel unit during predetermined less important operating states of the vehicle wheel to a degree that the energy available from the generator is greater than the energy consumed by the electronic wheel unit, resulting in the generator charging up the energy storage device to compensate for energy previously over-consumed or to be over-consumed.