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.

Deformation of a surface, such as a pavement surface is measured using a rolling weight or wheel carrying one or more accelerometers positioned to measure the deformation occurring at a point on or near the perimeter of the wheel. The weight is rolled over the surface to be measured. The signals developed by the one or more accelerometers during a stationary cycloidal period of the point on the perimeter of the wheel are analysed to provide a measure of surface deformation based on the one or more signals.

A detection system for extracting information from a sensor module in a rolling wheel comprises: a sensor module which comprises a sensor adapted for sensing a physical property of the tire when mounted in a tire of the wheel or on an inner surface of a tire of the wheel; an acquisition module adapted for sampling a signal from the sensor module, thus obtaining a sequence of data samples; a correlation module adapted for cross-correlating a signed reference sequence with the sequence of data samples thus obtaining a correlation sequence; an extraction module adapted for identifying at least one perturbation in the correlation sequence, wherein the perturbation is induced when a part of the tire where the sensor is mounted hits the ground thereby forming the tire patch.

An electrostatic capacitance detection device is provided, which is provided with a first electrode, an insulating layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the insulating layer, the electrostatic capacitance detection device being configured to calculate a shear force applied from above an upper portion of the second electrode.

A method for determining a recommended maximum load for a vehicle to be operated along a predefined route, includes acquiring road topography data for said predefined route, the road topography data containing information about the topography of the road along said predefined route; determining, based on the acquired road topography data, a respective maximum allowable tire load for each individual tire of the vehicle for said predefined route; and determining, based on the determined maximum allowable tire loads, a recommended maximum load for the vehicle for said predefined route.

Provided is a measuring device capable of enhancing convenience. The measuring device 1 comprises a first sensor 2 provided on a surface of an object 11 to be measured, an elastic body 3 that clamps the first sensor 2 between the elastic body 3 and the object 11 to be measured, a protective sheet 4 provided on the surface of the elastic body 3 on the side of the object 11 to be measured, a case 5 provided on the surface of the elastic body 3 on a side opposite from the object 11 to be measured, and a processing circuit 8 which is provided inside the case 5 and processes an output signal from the first sensor 2. The first sensor 2 is provided between the elastic body 3 and the protective sheet 4. The first sensor 2 is a strain sensor and includes a thin film piezoelectric element. The elastic body 3 is made of foamed rubber.

An agricultural tool includes a wheel body and a flexible tyre with a hollow chamber and an inner surface around this hollow chamber; a circular opening on the chamber; a pair of beads bordering this opening; and a spacer at least partially tubular with two axially opposite end faces. Over one portion corresponding to one of the beads, the inner surface extends frustoconically by widening radially outward of the flexible tyre, and one of the end faces of the spacer has an axially protruding surface. The spacer is placed across the opening of the tyre such that the protruding surface engages the inner surface in an area of the portion corresponding to the bead.

A disclosed component may include at least one split-ring resonator, which may be embedded within a material. The split ring resonator may be formed from a three-dimensional (3D) monolithic carbonaceous growth and may detect an electromagnetic ping emitted from a user device. The split ring resonator may generate an electromagnetic return signal in response to the electromagnetic ping. The electromagnetic return signal may indicate a state of the material in a position proximate to a respective split ring resonator. In some aspects, the split-ring resonator may resonate at a first frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a first state, and may resonate at a second frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a second state. A resonant frequency of the 3D monolithic carbonaceous growth may be based on physical characteristics of the material.

A method for evaluating the firmness of the ground on which is running a vehicle equipped with at least one mounted assembly having a radial stiffness k.sub.radial comprising a tyre casing having a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, equipped with a sensor sensitive to the circumferential curvature and positioned in line with the crown, comprises the following steps: Estimating a value of the curvature ρ.sub.A of the tire casing corresponding to first steady-state conditions of the tire casing in contact with the ground; and Evaluating the relative firmness of the ground with respect to the radial stiffness k.sub.radial of the mounted assembly as being a function of the value of the curvature ρ.sub.A of the tire casing.

A tire attaching position detection system is provided which can suppress influence by an intensity of a reception signal from a tire. In the system, a sensor unit is mounted on each tire, the sensor unit has a geomagnetic sensor for acquiring data on direction change of the tire, a distortion sensor for acquiring data on number of rotations of the tire and a transmitting part for transmitting the direction change data and number of rotations data of the tire. A calculation part of a user terminal judges the attaching position of each tire based on the direction change data and the number of rotations data of each tire transmitted from the transmitting part.