Tire fitting system and method therein for assisting in fitting a wheel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12103339-B2
Application number	US-202318178936-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2023
Priority date	Mar 9, 2022
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

A tire fitting system and a method therein for assisting in fitting a tire on a rim of a wheel prior to assembly of the wheel on a vehicle is provided. The tire fitting system comprising a processing circuitry configured to determine a location of a RFID tag on the tire of the wheel, determine a location for an air valve on the rim of the wheel, determine the distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim, and provide instructions for aligning the tire on the rim based on the determined distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method performed by a tire fitting system for assisting in fitting a tire on a rim of a wheel prior to assembly of the wheel on a vehicle, wherein the method comprises:
determining a location of a Radio Frequency Identification, RFID, tag on the tire of the wheel;
determining a location for an air valve on the rim of the wheel;
determining the distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim; and
providing instructions for aligning the tire on the rim based on the determined distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions is provided to an automation system arranged to physically fit the tire on the rim of the wheel.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the providing comprise displaying the instructions for aligning the tire on the rim of the wheel on a display.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising displaying the instructions for aligning the tire on the rim of the wheel on the display until the distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve is at or below a determined threshold level.

5. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising displaying information indicating that the alignment of the tire on the rim of the wheel is complete on the display when the distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve is at or below the determined threshold level.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising determining the location of the RFID tag on the tire of the wheel by performing image processing on images of the tire from the optical camera or by using an RFID scanning apparatus.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising determining the location for an air valve on the rim of the wheel by performing image processing on images of the rim from an optical camera or by using a tire sensor receiver.

8. A tire fitting system for assisting in fitting a tire on a rim of a wheel prior to assembly of the wheel on a vehicle, the tire fitting system comprising a processing circuitry configured to
determine a location of a Radio Frequency Identification, RFID, tag on the tire of the wheel, determine a location for an air valve on the rim of the wheel, determine the distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim, and provide instructions for aligning the tire on the rim based on the determined distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim.

9. The tire fitting system according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to provide the instructions to an automation system arranged to physically fit the tire on the rim of the wheel.

10. The tire fitting system according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to display the instructions for aligning the tire on the rim on a display.

11. The tire fitting system according to claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to display the instructions for aligning the tire on the rim of the wheel on the display until the distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve is at or below a determined threshold level.

12. The tire fitting system according to claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to display information indicating that the alignment of the tire on the rim of the wheel is complete on the display when the distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve is at or below the determined threshold level.

13. The tire fitting system according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine the location of the RFID tag on the tire of the wheel by performing image processing on images of the tire from the optical camera or by using an RFID scanning apparatus.

14. The tire fitting system according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine the location for an air valve on the rim of the wheel by performing image processing on images of the rim from an optical camera or by using a tire sensor receiver.

15. A computer program product comprising program code for performing the steps of claim 1 when said program code is run on a computer or on processing circuitry of a tire fitting system.

16. A computer program carrier carrying a computer program according to claim 15 , wherein the computer program carrier is one of a computer-readable storage medium.

Assignees

• Volvo Truck Corp

Inventors

• Iustin Roman

Classifications

• B60C2200/06

  for heavy duty vehicles · CPC title

• B60C23/0447

  Wheel or tyre mounted circuits · CPC title

• B60C23/0483

  Wireless routers between wheel mounted transmitters and chassis mounted receivers · CPC title

• B60C23/0415 Primary

  Automatically identifying wheel mounted units, e.g. after replacement or exchange of wheels · CPC title

• B60C25/05 Primary

  Machines · CPC title