Tire management system, tire management method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023306378-A1
Application number	US-202118021396-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 13, 2021
Priority date	Dec 11, 2020
Publication date	Sep 28, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A tire management system (100) includes: a first communication apparatus (2) that acquires state information regarding a state of a tire (11) that is transmitted from an air pressure detection device (12) provided in a vehicle (1) when the vehicle (1) is located in a communication range of a predetermined wireless communication standard; and a management server (4) including a storage processing portion (70) that stores, into a storage portion (43), the state information acquired by the first communication apparatus (2).

First claim

1 . A tire management system comprising:
an information acquisition portion configured to acquire state information regarding a state of a pneumatic tire attached to a vehicle when the vehicle is located in a predetermined specific range; and a storage processing portion configured to store, into a predetermined storage portion, the state information acquired by the information acquisition portion.

2 . The tire management system according to claim 1 , comprising:
a detection processing portion configured to detect an abnormality of the pneumatic tire based on the state information stored in the storage portion; and a first output processing portion configured to, when the detection processing portion has detected the abnormality, output, to an output destination corresponding to the vehicle, coupon information that is used to reduce a fee for a maintenance service corresponding to the abnormality.

3 . The tire management system according to claim 2 , comprising:
a first determination processing portion configured to, after the coupon information is output, determine whether or not the maintenance service was provided; and a first privilege granting processing portion configured to, when the first determination processing portion has determined that the maintenance service was provided, grant a predetermined first privilege to a user corresponding to the vehicle.

4 . The tire management system according to claim 1 , comprising:
a detection processing portion configured to detect an abnormality of the pneumatic tire based on the state information stored in the storage portion; and a second output processing portion configured to, when the detection processing portion has detected the abnormality, output, to an output destination corresponding to the vehicle, route information that indicates a route to a location of a first office that is, among a plurality of offices where a maintenance service corresponding to the abnormality is provided, closest to a current position of the vehicle.

5 . The tire management system according to claim 4 , comprising:
a second determination processing portion configured to, after the second output processing portion outputs the route information, determine whether or not the vehicle is moving according to the route information; and a third output processing portion configured to, when the second determination processing portion has determined that the vehicle is moving according to the route information, output first notification information that includes an indication that the route information has been output, to an output destination corresponding to the first office.

6 . The tire management system according to claim 4 , comprising:
a third determination processing portion configured to, when the second output processing portion outputs the route information, determine whether or not an article used for the maintenance service is present in the first office; and a fourth output processing portion configured to, when the third determination processing portion has determined that the article is absent, output second notification information including an indication of the fact to an output destination corresponding to a second office that is, among the plurality of offices, closest to the location of the first office and has the article.

7 . The tire management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the specific range is a range corresponding to a gas station of the vehicle, the vehicle is a rental vehicle that is rented out to a user, the state information includes an air pressure of the pneumatic tire, and the tire management system comprises a second privilege granting processing portion configured to, when the air pressure stored in the storage portion is in a predetermined reference range, grant a predetermined second privilege to the user.

8 . The tire management system according to claim 7 , wherein
the second privilege granting processing portion grants the second privilege to the user when a traveling path of the vehicle during a predetermined first specific period satisfies a predetermined first specific condition.

9 . The tire management system according to claim 7 , wherein
the second privilege granting processing portion grants the second privilege to the user when the user has received a refueling service at the gas station.

10 . The tire management system according to claim 7 , wherein
the second privilege granting processing portion grants the second privilege to the user when the user has received, at the gas station, a refueling service and a specific service that is different from the refueling service.

11 . The tire management system according to claim 7 , wherein
the second privilege granting processing portion grants the second privilege to the user when a time when the air pressure is acquired, is included in a second specific period that includes an end of a rental period of the vehicle.

12 . The tire management system according to claim 7 , wherein
the second privilege granting processing portion grants the second privilege to the user when a visiting frequency of the user to the gas station satisfies a predetermined second specific condition.

13 . The tire management system according to claim 12 , wherein
the second privilege granting processing portion grants the second privilege to the user when the user has received, at the gas station, a refueling service or a specific service that is different from the refueling service.

14 . The tire management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the specific range is a range corresponding to a gas station of the vehicle, the vehicle is a rental vehicle that is rented out to a user, the state information includes an air pressure of the pneumatic tire, and the tire management system comprises: a detection processing portion configured to detect a specific abnormality of the pneumatic tire based on the air pressure stored in the storage portion; and a third privilege granting processing portion configured to grant a predetermined third privilege when the specific abnormality had been detected by the detection processing portion and the user received a tire replacement service at the gas station.

15 . A tire management method comprising:
an acquisition step of acquiring state information regarding a state of a pneumatic tire attached to a vehicle when the vehicle is located in a predetermined specific range; and a storage step of storing, into a predetermined storage portion, the state information acquired in the acquisition step.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Rubber Ind

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G07C5/006

  Indicating maintenance · CPC title

• G07C5/008

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• G06Q10/10

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G06Q10/20 Primary

  Administration of product repair or maintenance · CPC title

• G06Q30/0213

  Consumer transaction fees · CPC title