Collision detecting device
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11560110B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-24

    申请号:US16593608

    申请日:2019-10-04

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    摘要: A collision detection unit corrects a threshold value to a larger value, which a collision check unit uses to compare an output value of a collision detection unit, in case of a rough road surface than in case of a flat road surface. Thus, it becomes possible to suppress erroneous detection on the rough road surface while detecting a collision sensitively on a flat road surface. The rough road is detected by a vibration detection unit provided in a tire side device.

    Tire-side device and tire apparatus including the same

    公开(公告)号:US11578972B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US16660781

    申请日:2019-10-22

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    摘要: A tire-side device is attached to a tire included in a vehicle and applied to a tire apparatus for estimating a condition of a road surface on which the vehicle travels. The tire-side device includes: a vibration detector outputting a detection signal according to a level of vibration of the tire; a controller having a feature quantity extraction device extracting a feature quantity of the detection signal in one rotation of the tire; and a transmitter transmitting road surface data including the feature quantity extracted by the feature quantity extraction device.

    Road surface state determination device

    公开(公告)号:US11467028B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-11

    申请号:US16910778

    申请日:2020-06-24

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: G01H11/08 B60C19/00 G01P15/00

    摘要: A road surface state determination device includes a tire-side device and a vehicle-body-side system. The tire-side device is attached to each of a plurality of tires included in a vehicle. The vehicle-body-side system is included in a body of the vehicle. The tire-side device may output a detection signal corresponding to a magnitude of vibration applied to the tire. The tire-side device may extract data items of a road surface state indicative of the vibration of the tire during one rotation of the tire from the detection signal. The tire-side device may generate road surface data. The tire-side device may transmit the road surface data. The vehicle-body-side system may receive the road surface data. The vehicle-body-side system may determine the road surface state based on the road surface data.

    Road surface condition determination device performing sensing based on different sensing conditions

    公开(公告)号:US11376901B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US17005434

    申请日:2020-08-28

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: B60C23/06 B60C23/04 B60W40/06

    摘要: A tire side device is provided with a vibration detection unit that outputs a detection signal corresponding to the magnitude of tire vibration, a control unit that performs to generate road surface data indicating a road surface condition that appears in the waveform of the detection signal, and a first data communication unit that transmits the road surface data. Furthermore, a vehicle body side system is provided with a second data communication unit that receives the road surface data transmitted from the first data communication unit, and a road surface determination unit that determines the condition of the road surface that the vehicle is traveling on the basis of the road surface data. In addition, sensing is performed by the control unit under different sensing conditions at the tire side device of at least one tire among a plurality of tires and the tire side device of at least one other tire among the plurality of tires, and road surface data generated on the basis of the different sensing conditions is transmitted from the first data communication unit.

    Power generation device
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11463024B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-04

    申请号:US16426440

    申请日:2019-05-30

    IPC分类号: H02N2/18 H02N2/00 B60C23/04

    摘要: A power generation device is provided. A weight may vibrate in one direction as an axial direction in response to an external vibration. A beam may be arranged in at least one side with respect to the weight in the axial direction of the weight, and vibrate together with the weight. A piezoelectric element may be mounted on the beam. A guide may include a hollow guiding a movement of the weight in the axial direction. A stopper may be included in the weight. The stopper may restrict an amount of the movement of the weight in the axial direction within a predetermined amount. A stopper wall may stop the movement of the weight in the axial direction by contacting with the stopper.

    Road surface condition determination device

    公开(公告)号:US11371880B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16936159

    申请日:2020-07-22

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    摘要: A vehicle body side system is provided with a second data communication unit that performs bidirectional communication with a tire side device and receives road surface data and measurement data transmitted from a first data communication unit, a road surface determination unit that determines the road surface condition of a road surface on which a vehicle travels based on the road surface data, a reception strength measurement unit that measures the reception strength of the measurement data, and a transmission angle setting unit that stores the reception strength of the measurement data during one rotation of a tire, sets as a transmission angle, a presence angle when the reception strength of the measurement data during one rotation of the tire is high, and transmits data indicating the transmission angle to the tire side device via the second data communication unit. In addition, a control unit causes the first data communication unit to transmit the road surface data when the presence angle becomes the transmission angle.

    Road surface condition identification apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11639869B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-02

    申请号:US16880089

    申请日:2020-05-21

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    摘要: A road surface condition identification apparatus for identifying a road surface condition is provided. The road surface condition identification apparatus includes a vibration detector unit configured to output a detection signal being an analog signal according to magnitude of vibration of the tire. For identifying the road surface condition, the road surface condition identification apparatus performs A-D conversion of converting the detection signal of the vibration detector unit into a digital signal. Based on data on vehicle speed, the road surface to condition identification apparatus sets a conversion range of the magnitude of the vibration of the tire used in the AD conversion from the detection signal into the digital signal.

    Road surface state determination device

    公开(公告)号:US11565705B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US16904260

    申请日:2020-06-17

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: B60W40/06 B60C19/00 G01H17/00

    摘要: A road surface state determination device includes a tire-side device and a vehicle-body-side system. The tire-side device is attached to a back surface of a tread of each of a plurality of tires included in a vehicle. The vehicle-body-side system is included in a body of the vehicle. The tire-side device outputs a detection signal corresponding to a magnitude of vibration applied to the tire. The tire-side device generates road surface data indicative of a road surface state appearing in a waveform of the detection signal. The tire-side device transmits the road surface data. The vehicle-body-side system performs bidirectional communication with the tire-side device and receives the road surface data. The vehicle-body-side system determines the road surface state of a road surface on which the vehicle is traveling based on the road surface data.

    Road surface condition determining device, and tire system provided with same

    公开(公告)号:US11549808B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US16814789

    申请日:2020-03-10

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: G01B17/08 B60C23/04

    摘要: In a road surface condition determining device, when determining a road surface condition, a vibration detection unit, a waveform processing unit and a data transmission unit for implementing a sensing function and a data transmission function are not set continuously to an active state for all tire side device, but at least only one tire side device is set to an active state. Remaining one or more is set to a sleep state. A reduction in power consumption of the tire side devices set to the sleep state can thus be achieved. Further, with regard to the at least one tire side device, since the sensing function and the data transmission function remain in the active state, the road surface condition can be reliably determined based on the road surface data of the tire side device.

    Hydroplaning determination device
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10946861B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-16

    申请号:US16083912

    申请日:2017-01-12

    申请人: DENSO CORPORATION

    摘要: A hydroplaning determination device that determines occurrence of a hydroplaning phenomenon in a vehicle includes a tire mount sensor including a vibration detection unit, a signal process unit and a transmission unit, and a vehicle body system including a receiver, a condition determination unit and a hydroplaning determination unit. The vibration detection unit is attached to a rear surface of a tire provided in a vehicle and outputs a detection signal according to a magnitude of vibration of the tire. The signal process unit generates a vibration data based on the detection signal. The hydroplaning determination unit determines, based on the vibration data, whether a hydroplaning phenomenon has occurred when the condition determination unit determines that a road surface condition is a wet condition in which a water film exists between the tire and a road surface.