There is provided a method for determining a road surface state which can accurately estimate the road surface state on which a vehicle is running at one of finely classified road surface states based on a sound detection signal from a ground contact surface sound detection unit for detecting a sound in the vicinity of the ground contact surface of the tire of the running vehicle. The method calculates a wave profile of frequency dispersion by executing a 1/N octave analysis of a detected sound signal from a sound detection unit 20 for estimating a road surface state. The state of the road surface on which the vehicle is running is determined whether the calculated wave profile of frequency dispersion satisfies predetermined determination conditions of the respective road surface states. A microphone housed in a container is used to detect said sound, and the determining step is adapted to apply the determination conditions to the measured wave profile including a resonance caused by the container.


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    Title :

    METHOD OF ESTIMATING ROAD SURFACE CONDITION


    Additional title:

    VERFAHREN ZUR ERMITTLUNG VON STRASSENOBERFLÄCHENZUSTÄNDEN
    PROCÉDÉ D'ESTIMATION D'ÉTAT DE REVÊTEMENT DE ROUTE


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    Publication date :

    2018-04-11


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G01H MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES , Messen von mechanischen Schwingungen oder Ultraschall-, Schall- oder Infraschallwellen / B60T Bremsanlagen für Fahrzeuge oder Teile davon , VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / G01W METEOROLOGY , Meteorologie



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