Patent ID: 7263458

Claim:
A method for estimating the occurrence of a specific tire pressure deviation between actual and nominal pressure values for one or a plurality of wheels (i), comprising the following steps: a) subsequently obtaining one or more wheel radius analysis measurement values (ΔR) from a wheel radius analysis component ( 104 ), wherein the wheel radius analysis measurement values (ΔR) are related to single wheel radius values (Δr i ) of which each is indicative of the wheel radius of a particular wheel (i); b) subsequently obtaining one or more wheel vibration data values (Δƒ i ) from a wheel vibration analysis component ( 102 ), wherein each of the wheel vibration data values (Δƒ i ) is indicative of a vibration phenomena in the time dependent behavior of the rotational velocity of a particular wheel (i); and c) calculating one or more tire pressure output values (η i ,Δp i ) on the basis of both the wheel radius analysis measurement values (ΔR) and the wheel vibration data values (Δƒ i ) wherein each tire pressure output value (η i ,Δp i ) is indicative of the specific tire pressure deviation for a particular wheel (i).