The technology relates to the prediction and handling of tire blowouts for vehicles operating in a self-driving (autonomous) mode. Aspects involve determining a likelihood of tire failure, including actions the vehicle may take to reduce the likelihood of failure. Pre-trip and real-time system checks can be taken. A vehicle model including the tires may be employed in blowout prediction. The on-board system may store received data and detected sensor regarding tire pressure and temperature, which can be evaluated based on the model in order to avoid or minimize the likelihood of a blowout given various factors. The factors can include the load weight and distribution of cargo, current and upcoming weather conditions on the route, the number of miles traveled per tire, and detected obstructions, such as potholes, debris or other roadway impairments. Should a blowout occur, the autonomous system may immediately take any necessary corrective action.

Provided is a tire including a pigment mixture that is capable of changing color with a change in temperature and/or light, wherein one or more of a tread part, a sidewall part, and a spoke part of the tire include a color-changing part including the pigment mixture, and the pigment mixture includes two or more selected from the group consisting of a temperature-sensitive pigment, a light-sensitive pigment, and a photoluminescent pigment.

A tire temperature monitoring system, method, and associated devices for installation into a vehicle. The system and method adapted to determine the optimal tire temperature for increased vehicle performance through the collection of tire temperature, various external conditions, historical data, and predictive algorithms to inform a user to the optimal temperature through a visual display.

A tire temperature monitoring system, method, and associated devices for installation into a vehicle. The system and method adapted to determine the optimal tire temperature for increased vehicle performance through the collection of tire temperature, various external conditions, historical data, and predictive algorithms to inform a user to the optimal temperature through a visual display.

A management system for tires for construction and mine vehicles comprises: a fatigue degree calculation section; a grouping processing section configured to group a plurality of front tires into a plurality of fatigue degree groups depending on calculated fatigue degrees; and an assignment processing section configured to assign front tires belonging to a fatigue degree group as rear tires of a vehicle after rotation. A management method for tires for construction and mine vehicles comprises: a fatigue degree calculation step; a grouping step of grouping a plurality of front tires into a plurality of fatigue degree groups depending on calculated fatigue degrees; and an assignment step of assigning front tires belonging to a fatigue degree group as rear tires of a vehicle after rotation.

A method for determining the pressure of a tire of a vehicle being driven at a speed, the tire comprising, arranged in the tire, a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor. The method includes generating a library of ratios between a measurement of the output of the pressure sensor and a measurement of the output of the temperature sensor, the one or more ratios being calculated at different speeds and one ratio being measured at a speed of zero, defining a variation law representative of the variation in the ratios with respect to the acceleration experienced by the pressure sensor, measuring the output of the pressure sensor and the output of the temperature sensor, and obtaining the value of the acceleration experienced by the pressure sensor, and determining the pressure by correcting this measurement with the variation law.

A method for determining the pressure of a tire of a vehicle being driven at a speed, the tire comprising, arranged in the tire, a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor. The method includes generating a library of ratios between a measurement of the output of the pressure sensor and a measurement of the output of the temperature sensor, the one or more ratios being calculated at different speeds and one ratio being measured at a speed of zero, defining a variation law representative of the variation in the ratios with respect to the acceleration experienced by the pressure sensor, measuring the output of the pressure sensor and the output of the temperature sensor, and obtaining the value of the acceleration experienced by the pressure sensor, and determining the pressure by correcting this measurement with the variation law.

An apparatus for determining tire pressure of an aircraft tire. The apparatus includes a processing system configured to: obtain a first set and a second set of tire measurement data for an aircraft, wherein the first set is from a start of a flight cycle and the second set is from a time before the first set; and determine a steady state tire pressure based on the first and second sets of measurement data.

An apparatus for determining tire pressure of an aircraft tire. The apparatus includes a processing system configured to: obtain a first set and a second set of tire measurement data for an aircraft, wherein the first set is from a start of a flight cycle and the second set is from a time before the first set; and determine a steady state tire pressure based on the first and second sets of measurement data.

Methods and systems are provided for warming vehicle tires prior to a vehicle launch event. In one example, a method may include, in response to an initiation of a burn out event while locking non-driven wheel brakes, adjusting a spinning of driven wheels based on vehicle performance parameters measured during a previous vehicle launch. In this way, a vehicle controller may control the tire warming to increase tire traction while reducing tire wear.