Tire management system, tire management method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023304808-A1
Application number	US-202118023005-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 26, 2021
Priority date	Dec 23, 2020
Publication date	Sep 28, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A tire management system ( 100 ) includes: an acquisition processing portion ( 62 ) that acquires state information regarding a state of a pneumatic tire ( 11 ) attached to a vehicle ( 1 ); a detection processing portion ( 63 ) that detects an abnormality of the pneumatic tire ( 11 ) based on the state information acquired by the acquisition processing portion ( 62 ); and a first output processing portion ( 64 ) that, when the detection processing portion ( 63 ) has detected the abnormality, outputs first route information to a display portion of a vehicle-mounted communication apparatus ( 13 ) of the vehicle ( 1 ), wherein the first route information includes a first route that is a route to, among a plurality of predetermined stop spots, a specific stop spot that has a stop space corresponding to a size of the vehicle ( 1 ).

First claim

1 . A tire management system comprising:
an acquisition processing portion configured to acquire state information regarding a state of a pneumatic tire attached to a vehicle; a detection processing portion configured to detect an abnormality of the pneumatic tire based on the state information acquired by the acquisition processing portion; and a first output processing portion configured to, when the detection processing portion has detected the abnormality, output first route information to an output destination corresponding to the vehicle, wherein the first route information includes a first route that is a route to, among a plurality of predetermined stop spots, a specific stop spot that has a stop space corresponding to a size of the vehicle.

2 . The tire management system according to claim 1 , wherein
when the vehicle is a predetermined specific vehicle, the first output processing portion outputs the first route information including a specific first route that is one of a plurality of first routes and passes through a specific road corresponding to the specific vehicle.

3 . The tire management system according to claim 2 , wherein
the first output processing portion outputs the first route information including the first route that is a route to a specific stop spot that is one of a plurality of specific stop spots and closest to a current position of the vehicle.

4 . The tire management system according to claim 2 , wherein
the first output processing portion outputs the first route information including the first route that is a route to a specific stop spot that is present in a range of a predetermined first specific distance from a current position of the vehicle.

5 . The tire management system according to claim 4 , wherein
the stop spot includes a business office that provides a maintenance service corresponding to the abnormality, when a specific stop spot being the business office is present in the range of the first specific distance from the current position of the vehicle, the first output processing portion outputs the first route information including the first route that is a route to the specific stop spot, and when the specific stop spot being the business office is absent, the first output processing portion outputs the first route information including the first route that is a route to a specific stop spot that is present in the range of the first specific distance from the current position of the vehicle, and
the tire management system comprises
a second output processing portion configured to, when the specific stop spot output by the first output processing portion is not the business office, output first notification information that includes an indication that the abnormality has been detected, and the specific stop spot, to an output destination corresponding to a provider who provides a road service.

6 . The tire management system according to claim 4 , wherein
the stop spot includes a business office that provides a maintenance service corresponding to the abnormality, when a specific stop spot being the business office is present in the range of the first specific distance from the current position of the vehicle, the first output processing portion outputs the first route information including the first route that is a route to the specific stop spot, and when the specific stop spot being the business office is absent, the first output processing portion outputs the first route information including the first route that is a route to a specific stop spot that is present in the range of the first specific distance from the current position of the vehicle, and
the tire management system comprises
a third output processing portion configured to output second route information to the output destination corresponding to the vehicle when the specific stop spot output by the first output processing portion is not the business office, the vehicle is a connected vehicle composed of a tractor and a trailer drawn by the tractor, and the abnormality has been detected for a pneumatic tire attached to the tractor, wherein the second route information includes a second route that is a route to a business office that is present in a range of a predetermined second specific distance from the specific stop spot.

7 . The tire management system according to claim 2 , wherein
the stop spot is a business office that provides a maintenance service corresponding to the abnormality.

8 . The tire management system according to claim 7 , comprising:
a first determination processing portion configured to, after an output of the first route information, determine whether or not the vehicle is moving according to the first route information; and a fourth output processing portion configured to, when the first determination processing portion has determined that the vehicle is moving according to the first route information, output second notification information including an indication that the first route information has been output, to an output destination corresponding to the specific stop spot included in the first route information.

9 . The tire management system according to claim 7 , comprising:
a second determination processing portion configured to, when the first route information is output, determine whether or not an article used for the maintenance service is present in the specific stop spot included in the first route information; and a fifth output processing portion configured to, when the second determination processing portion has determined that the article is absent, output third notification information including an indication of the fact to an output destination corresponding to a specific business office that is, among a plurality of business offices, closest to the specific stop spot and has the article.

10 . The tire management system according to claim 1 , wherein
a place that does not have equipment for providing a maintenance service corresponding to the abnormality is set as the specific stop spot.

11 . The tire management system according to claim 10 , wherein
a place that does not have the equipment for providing the maintenance service corresponding to the abnormality and is not a parking lot is set as the specific stop spot.

12 . The tire management system according to claim 11 , wherein
a place that is on a road and does not have the equipment for providing the maintenance service corresponding to the abnormality is set as the specific stop spot.

13 . The tire management system according to claim 12 , wherein
the place that is on a road and does not have the equipment for providing the maintenance service corresponding to the abnormality includes one or more of: an emergency parking zone on a motorway; a time-limited parking section provided on a road; a road shoulder at which parking or stopping is not prohibited; and a side strip at which parking or stopping is not prohibited.

14 . The tire management system according to claim 13 , wherein
the place that is on a road and does not have the equipment for providing the maintenance service corresponding to the abnormality includes the road shoulder, and among road shoulders that have a stop space corresponding to the size of the vehicle, a road shoulder that satisfies a predetermined first specific condition is set as the specific stop spot.

15 . The tire management system according to claim 13 , wherein
the place that is on a road and does not have the equipment for providing the maintenance service corresponding to the abnormality includes the side strip, and among side

Assignees

• Sumitomo Rubber Ind

Inventors

• Teramoto Masaki
• TANIMURA Kazuharu
• Hashimoto Yukinori
• Nishimoto Takahiro
• Yoneda Kenji

Classifications

• G01C21/3461 Primary

  Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types or segments such as motorways, toll roads or ferries · CPC title

• G01C21/3697

  Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06Q10/20 Primary

  Administration of product repair or maintenance · CPC title

• G16Y10/40

  Transportation · CPC title

• G16Y40/60

  Positioning; Navigation · CPC title