Tyre Health Monitoring & Prediction

对于大多数车主来说，汽车轮胎健康的三个类别是一个谜，所以在英国，23%的MOT故障是由有缺陷的轮胎引起的，这并不奇怪。尽管车辆安全在英国受到严格监管，但Confused.com的一项调查显示，在任何时候，英国道路上都有大约250万辆汽车存在严重的轮胎缺陷。英国政府的数据显示，这导致每年超过1500人严重受伤和死亡。这些车辆首尾相连，可以从伦敦一直延伸到南非。这个问题在今天很重要，但随着我们进入自动驾驶时代，司机可能不再有责任检查道路的价值，这个问题将变得更糟。我们希望通过开发一种方法来解决这个问题，该方法可以实时准确地预测和监测轮胎的健康状况，以发现胎面磨损、穿孔和安全标志的迹象。让我们提醒司机保养事件，或准确地计划更换寿命结束的轮胎。我们的创新将生产出一种廉价的设备，它将具有商业可行性，可以监测车辆上所有三类轮胎的健康状况。这比目前现有的车辆技术先进得多，结合了目前只有在道路上安装的静态商业设备才能实现的功能，这些设备的成本超过3万英镑。

The 3 classes of Vehicle tyre health are an enigma to most vehicle owners, so it is not surprising that 23% of all MOT failures in the UK are caused by defective tyres. Even though vehicle safety is highly regulated in the UK, a survey by Confused.com suggests that, at any given time, around 2.5 million vehicles on our roads have serious tyre defects. UK Government data says this results in a staggering 1,500+ serious injuries and deaths annually. Parked end to-end, these vehicles would stretch from London to South Africa.This issue is important today but as we move into an era of autonomous mobility where drivers may no longer have the responsibility to check road worthiness, this issue is set to get worse. We are looking to solve this problem by developing a way to accurately predict and monitor, in real time, tyre health for signs of tread-wear, punctures and safety flags. Allowing us to alert a driver to a maintenance event, or accurately plan replacement for the tyres end of life.Our innovation will produce an inexpensive device that will be commercially viable to monitor all 3 classes of tyre health on a vehicle. This is far more advanced than existing on vehicle technology of today, combining capabilities that are currently only possible with static commercial equipment fitted into the roadway which cost more than £30,000\.