SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-LOCATION OF TIRES

An auto-location system and method for locating a position of a tire (12) supporting a vehicle (14) is disclosed. The system (10) comprises: a sensor unit (26) being mounted on the tire (12), the sensor unit (26) including a footprint length measurement sensor to measure a length of a footprint of the tire; a processor (46) in electronic communication with the sensor unit (26), the processor (46) being configured for receiving the measured footprint length; a driving event classifier (90) for execution on the processor (46), the driving event classifier (90) operationally employing the measured footprint length to determine the position of the tire (12) on the vehicle (14); and an auto-location output block (112, 124, 136, 148, 154) for executing on the processor (46), the auto-location output block being configured for receiving the determined position of the tire (12) on the vehicle (14) and for generating a message correlating the sensor unit (26) to the position of the tire (12) on the vehicle (14).