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| 20080197995 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING WHEEL STATE MONITORING SYSTEM, WHEEL STATE MONITORING SYSTEM, AND RECEIVER - A wheel state monitoring system monitors the state of a wheel using a transmitter that wirelessly transmits a signal containing wheel information on the wheel and a receiver that receives the signal and estimates the state of the wheel based on the wheel information. According to a method for inspecting the wheel state monitoring system, it is determined whether the wheel information is appropriately transmitted from the transmitter and received by the receiver. The inspection is performed in a communication state in which it is more difficult for the receiver to receive, as the wheel information, a signal transmitted from the transmitter than in a state of communication between the transmitter and the receiver, which is selected at normal times when the wheel state monitoring system monitors the state of the wheel. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080204216 | TIRE INFORMATION DETECTING APPARATUS - A tire information detecting apparatus comprises a transponder that is provided in a tire of a vehicle and a controller that is provided in a vehicle body. The transponder comprises an antenna; a modem (modulator/demodulator) that modulates or demodulates signals transmitted between the transponder and the controller; a resonator that resonates in response to a signal transmitted from the controller; a pressure sensor that detects the air pressure of the tire; and a switch that connects or disconnects the crystal resonator to or from the pressure sensor. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204217 | ROBUST RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS - A tire pressure monitoring system includes a receiver for processing signals and alerting an operator of the vehicle should conditions within any of the tires fall outside a desired range. The transmitters within the tires emit shorter transmission signals during operation by eliminating transmission of the identification code. The receiver stores the identifier for each transmitter for comparison to subsequent transmissions. Subsequent transmissions do not include the identifier. The receiver combines the saved identifier with the value provided in the check portion of the incoming transmission. If the combination of the saved identifier with the value provided in the check portion meets a defined criteria, than the signal is recognized as originating from one of the transmitters. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080211650 | TIRE INFORMATION TRANSMITTER AND TIRE INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM USING THE TRANSMITTER - A tire information transmitter measures ambient information in a tire cavity region including at least pressure to wirelessly transmit to outside the tire cavity region. The tire transmitter comprises: a sensor unit having a pressure sensor for measuring a pressure in the tire cavity region; a control unit for comparing a level of a pressure signal representing pressure measured by the sensor unit with a threshold value and for generating an operation signal indicating that the tire information transmitter is operating; and a transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting the pressure signal or the operation signal. The control unit controls the transmitting of the transmitting unit and compares the level of the pressure signal with the threshold value continually after a supply of driving power is started, and has a comparing mode in which the transmitting unit transmits the operation signal at a first time interval, and a transmitting mode in which the transmitting unit transmits the pressure signal at a second time interval which is shorter than the first time interval. Further, the control unit irreversibly shifts from the comparing mode to the transmitting mode, once the level of the pressure signal exceeds the threshold value, as a result of the comparing. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080258894 | WHEEL IDENTIFYING APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF TRIGGERING DEVICES - In a wheel identifying apparatus, first and second devices respectively transmit first and second trigger signals. The first device is mounted on the body of a vehicle closer to the front axle than the rear axle and closer to one of the front wheels than the other; it has the same height as the front axle and an orientation angle in a range of 0 to 90°. The second device is mounted on the vehicle body closer to the rear axle than the front axle and closer to one of the rear wheels than the other; it has the same height as the rear axle and an orientation angle in a range of 0 to 90°. Consequently, the first trigger signal can be reliably received by transceivers on the front wheels, and the second trigger signal can be reliably received by transceivers on the rear wheels. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080272900 | Procedure and Facility for Transmission Between a Control Device and a Wheel Module - The procedure and the facility are used for wireless transmission between a wheel module ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080272901 | STOWABLE ANTENNA FOR TPMS SENSOR - A tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) sensor assembly | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080278306 | Tire Condition Detecting Device - A tire condition detecting device which detects the state of tires mounted on a vehicle by sensors and receives the radio waves of the detected signals through an antenna stored in an antenna case attached to the vehicle body, and which comprises a heating means capable of heating the antenna case. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080284577 | System for measuring life expectancy of a tire condition monitoring system | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080297337 | Tire pressure detector having reduced power consumption mechanism - A tire pressure detector employs a reduced power consumption mechanism comprising a PLL circuit including a VCO, that is operated in response to the logic states of an input data stream and a power amplifier configured to be externally located to an integrated circuit. The input data stream includes tire pressure information and is configured to be encoded to have multiple logic states. A micro-controller is employed to control the VCO, turning the VCO, and/or the amplifier, on and off for a certain period, according to the pattern of each data bit of the input data stream thus providing reduced current consumption. This tire pressure detector thus embodies an optimized circuit arrangement in terms of power efficiency. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080303650 | Hybrid Resonant Structure to Verify Parameters of a Tire - Control of running conditions, and particularly physical parameters of tires are recommended to increase automobile safety. A sensor according to the invention is used to determine various factors such as the temperature or pressure of tires. The sensor is a hybrid resonant passive structure that may be integrated in the vehicle ground connection, and particularly in the rubber of the tire when it is manufactured. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303651 | System for Monitoring a Pressure in Motor Vehicle Tires and a Method for Diagnosticating By Means of Said System - The motor vehicle tire pressure monitoring system includes a computer to receive input data including at least one tire pressure and transmit a warning to a driver of the vehicle in the event of an abnormal pressure in the tire. The system also includes a recording unit designed to record the input data from the monitoring system in the event that the warning is transmitted to the driver. The data recorded in this recording unit is accessible for diagnosis. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303652 | VALVE-INTEGRATED TRANSPONDER - A valve-integrated transponder includes an air valve and a casing that are integrated with each other, and is disposed within a tire. The casing houses a substrate having a detecting element mounted thereon, an inverse F antenna element, and a supporting member. The antenna element has a substantially line symmetrical shape where a pair of radiation conductors extend away from each other. A longitudinal direction of the substrate is substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the air valve, and a lateral direction of the substrate is inclined relative to a well of a wheel rim. The two radiation conductors of the antenna element disposed on the substrate are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the substrate, so as to be disposed substantially in parallel to the well that extends at the inner side of the transponder as viewed in the radial direction of the tire. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090002146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND ASSOCIATING SENSOR LOCATION IN A TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM USING DUAL ANTENNAS - A method for receiving data from and associating locations of a plurality of tire condition sensors in a vehicle comprises the step of mounting a first directional antenna in the vehicle oriented in a first direction to receive signals from an associated transmitter of at least some of said tire condition sensors. A second directional antenna is mounted in the vehicle oriented in a second direction to receive signals from an associated transmitter of others of said tire condition sensors. Signal strength of any received signals is determined, and sensor locations are determined by determining a differential signal value. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090009311 | Method of Detecting a Transmission Fault in Relation to a Wheel Unit Belonging to a Tire Pressure Monitoring System and Corresponding Device - A method of detecting a transmission fault of a wheel unit belonging to a tire pressure monitoring system which includes a plurality of wheel units associated with a central unit placed in the vehicle. The method includes:
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| 20090009312 | Electronic Device and Tyre - An electronic device | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090021363 | Tire Pressure Monitoring System and Method for the Allocation of Tire Modules in a Tire Pressure Monitoring System - Disclosed is a tire pressure monitoring system for motor vehicles, including a central unit ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090027183 | Tire Localization System - A tire localization system for locating the position of a tire of a vehicle having five or more wheels, includes a number of tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) wheel modules of a vehicle TPMS, each wheel module being attached to each one of the wheels or a tire thereof, respectively. Each TPMS wheel module includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader. The system further includes a number of RFID tags, each RFID tag being associated with and storing wheel position information of one of the wheels, and each RFID tag being positioned externally of its associated wheel. Each of the RFID readers is arranged, upon activation, to interrogate its associated RFID tag, and the associated RFID tag is arranged, upon interrogation, to transmit its stored position information to the RFID reader for transmission by the TPMS wheel module to a central control unit. A tire localization method is also provided. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027184 | CAPACITIVE PRESSURE SENSOR - A capacitive pressure sensor comprises a pair of conductive plates surrounding a compressible dielectric to form a capacitor. Changes in pressure create changes in the capacitance of the capacitor, which in turn may be measured to determine the changes in pressure. The pressure sensor may be constructed to be temperature and centripetal force compensated so that it may be positioned in a tire. A further embodiment uses the conductive plates to form a radiating element for the sensor such that it may wirelessly communicate with a remote interrogator. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090033479 | TIRE INFORMATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND TIRE INFORMATION TRANSMITTER - A tire information monitoring system composed of a tire information transmitter mounted on tires and a vehicle-side device installed in a vehicle body is provided. The tire information transmitter comprises: a first antenna; a sensor circuit configured as a resonance circuit; a transceiver circuit that is connected between the first antenna and the sensor circuit, the transceiver circuit extracting an excitation signal for exciting the resonance circuit from a carrier wave signal received through the first antenna to input the extracted excitation signal to the sensor circuit, and carrying a resonance signal generated in the sensor circuit in the carrier wave signal to wirelessly transmit the carrier wave signal through the first antenna; a second antenna; a rectifier circuit for rectifying a high-frequency reception signal output through the second antenna; a memory circuit having stored therein information on the tires and/or the sensor circuit; a control circuit that is supplied with electricity from the rectifier circuit and reads the information on the tires and/or the sensor circuit from the memory circuit; and a modulation circuit that is connected to the first antenna and modulates the carrier wave signal received through the first antenna with the information on the tires and/or the sensor circuit, read by the control circuit. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033480 | TIRE INFORMATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND TIRE INFORMATION TRANSMITTER - A tire information monitoring system composed of a tire information transmitter mounted on tires and a vehicle-side device installed in a vehicle body is provided. The tire information transmitter comprises: an antenna; a sensor circuit configured as a resonance circuit; a transceiver circuit that is connected between the antenna and the sensor circuit, the transceiver circuit extracting an excitation signal for exciting the resonance circuit from a carrier wave signal received through the antenna to input the extracted excitation signal to the sensor circuit, and carrying a resonance signal generated in the sensor circuit in the carrier wave signal to wirelessly transmit the carrier wave signal through the antenna; and a correction data transmission circuit that stores therein correction data for correcting tire information measured by the sensor circuit in accordance with inherent characteristics of the sensor circuit, the correction data transmission circuit modulating the carrier wave signal received through the antenna with the correction data and wirelessly transmitting the modulated carrier wave signal through the antenna. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090045930 | System for monitoring the tire - This invention provides a tire monitoring system, comprising a remote tire monitoring unit installed in the tire, a central controller, a speech indicating unit and a brake deceleration mechanism; wherein the remote tire monitoring unit is used to monitor and sample the pressure and temperature within the tire, and generate the sampling data signals of tire conditions which are subsequently wirelessly transmitted to the central controller; the central controller wirelessly receives sampling data signals of tire conditions, and calculates received data signals so as to generate speech indicating order and/or brake deceleration order, and afterward conveys the speech indicating order to the speech indicating unit, while the brake deceleration order to the brake deceleration mechanism; a speech indication unit, provided to receive said speech indication order and output the speech indication information; and a brake deceleration mechanism, provided to receive said brake deceleration order and performs action of brake deceleration so as to provide effective security protection when quick deflation and tire burst suddenly occur in a short time. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090058625 | Tire sensor system and tire used for the same - Electromagnetic field transmissions between a sensor unit mounted on the inside surface of a tire and a sensor control unit mounted on the vehicle body are attenuated by the wall surface of a tire disposed between the units, and sensitivity is reduced. A booster antenna ( | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058626 | TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE DETECTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF TRIGGERING ONLY SELECTED TRANSCEIVER TO PERFORM TASK - A transceiver according to the present invention includes a receiver, a signal strength determiner, and a controller. The receiver receives a trigger signal transmitted by a triggering device; the trigger signal indicates both a signal strength range and a command. The signal strength determiner determines the strength of the trigger signal received by the receiver. The controller is configured to: 1) determine whether the strength of the trigger signal determined by the signal strength determiner is within the signal strength range indicated by the trigger signal; 2) and perform a task in accordance with the command indicated by the trigger signal only when the strength of the trigger signal is within the signal strength range. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090066498 | TIRE LOCALIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of the invention are related to tire localization. In one embodiment, a tire localization system comprises a wheel module and a control unit. The wheel module comprises a sensor, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter. The control unit is adapted to receive data from the sensor and the GPS receiver via the RF transmitter and determine a location of the wheel module relative to the control unit from at least a portion of the data. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090072958 | INTELLIGENT TIRE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The invention is related to intelligent tire systems and methods. In one embodiment, an intelligent tire system (ITS) comprises a first sensor device, a second sensor device, a central control unit, and a transceiver. The first sensor device is mounted in a tire of a vehicle and comprises a radio frequency (RF) transmitter. The second sensor device is mounted in the tire and comprises an RF transceiver, the second sensor device adapted to receive a transmitter transmission from the first sensor device comprising first sensor data. The central control unit is mounted in the vehicle. The transceiver is mounted in the vehicle and is adapted to receive a transceiver transmission from the second sensor device comprising first sensor data and second sensor data and to transmit the transceiver transmission to the central control unit. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090072959 | Tire Pressure Monitoring System - A tire pressure monitoring system is capable of ensuring accuracy of the rate of transmission of data via wireless communications without an increase in the number of oscillators and an increase in the cost. The tire pressure monitoring system includes a tire pressure measuring module. The tire pressure measuring module has a microcomputer, an activation control circuit, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a frequency divider, a transmitting circuit, and a battery. The microcomputer has a clock pulse generator, analog-to-digital converter circuits and a controller. The transmitting circuit has an oscillator circuit. The frequency divider divides the frequency of a carrier wave CW output from the oscillator circuit to generate a clock signal, and outputs the clock signal to the controller included in the microcomputer. The clock signal is used for the timing for outputting data to a data signal line DL. The clock signal for high precision data transmission can be generated without the need to provide an expensive oscillator in the microcomputer since the oscillator circuit is used in the transmitting circuit, and the clock signal used for data transmission by the microcomputer is generated by the inexpensive frequency divider. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090085734 | Device and Method for Distinguishing Positions of Tire Sensors of a Double Tire System - A device and a method for distinguishing positions of two tire sensors of a double tire include an LF antenna attached to a vehicle and connected to a central processing unit and one tire sensor each per tire. The tire sensors have a device for measuring field strength of a signal emitted by the LF antenna and the tire sensors report back information on the measured field strength through the LF antenna to the central processing unit. The central processing unit determines the position of the two tire sensors of the double tire from a distribution or course of a current flow during wheel rotation. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090102636 | VEHICLE TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR - A vehicle monitoring system comprises a tire pressure sensor, a transmitter coupled to the tire pressure sensor for wirelessly transmitting a signal indicative of a tire pressure; and a receiver for receiving the signal indicative of the tire pressure and for receiving a signal of a remote keyless entry device. The system further comprises a controller coupled to the receiver for processing the signal indicative of the tire pressure and outputting a status signal, and a status indicator for receiving the status signal and indicating a tire pressure status according to the status signal. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090115591 | Tyre provided with a device for detecting at least one functional parameter of the tyre itself, and a method for detecting at least one functional parameter in a tyre - Fastened to a tyre is a detecting device consisting of a detecting unit including an antenna operatively connected to a sensor unit and a power supply unit including a piezoelectric element mounted in a housing. The piezoelectric element is disposed within the housing so as to have a first end substantially fixed to the housing and a second end associated with a loading mass, a gap being formed between at least one inner wall of the housing and an outer surface of the loading mass. The piezoelectric element is positioned substantially along a plane orthogonal to a radial direction of the tyre. An anchoring body has a base portion with a fastening surface secured to the radially internal surface of the tyre. The detecting unit is brought into engagement with the anchoring body by insertion of the inner perimetral edge of the antenna into a perimetral groove formed between the base portion and a retaining portion. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090121858 | ADAPTIVE SWITCHING RECEIVER SLICE LEVEL - A disclosed example receiver for receiving transmissions and data for both a remote keyless entry (RKE) system and a tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system tailors the data slice level to the characteristics unique to each of the RKE transmissions and the TPM transmissions. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090153317 | SMART KEY SYSTEM USING LF ANTENNAS OF TPMS - The present invention provides a smart key system using Low Frequency (LF) antennas of a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), in which a Central Processing Unit (CPU) installed inside a vehicle control locking modules of respective doors to be opened or locked in response to an open/close signal from a smart key configured to transmit/receive a wireless signal unique to the vehicle. A plurality of antennas are installed on the vehicle for receiving a low frequency control signal transmitted from the smart key. One or more of the antennas are the LF antennas used for the TPMS of the vehicle. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090160632 | Wheel identifying apparatus and tire inflation pressure detecting apparatus with function of wheel identification - A wheel identifying apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of transceivers, a triggering device, a receiver, and a wheel identifier. Each of the transceivers is located on one of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle and works to receive a trigger signal and transmit a response signal in response to receipt of the trigger signal. The triggering device is located on a body of the vehicle at different distances from the transceivers and works to transmit the trigger signal. The receiver works to receive the response signals transmitted by the transceivers. The wheel identifier is operatively connected to the receiver and works to identify, for each of the response signals received by the receiver, the wheel on which the transceiver having transmitted the response signal is located using the fact that strengths of the trigger signal at the transceivers are different from each other. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090167518 | PATCH AND ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE FOR TIRE - A patch and method for mounting an electronic monitoring device to the innerliner of a pneumatic tire is provided wherein the monitoring device is potted directly to an attachment patch. A frame is built on an attachment patch and the electronic monitoring device is disposed inside the frame. An encapsulation material is poured into the frame and cured to encapsulate the monitoring device directly against the patch. The patch may then be connected to the innerliner of a pneumatic tire. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090179748 | Wheel monitoring device - A wheel monitoring apparatus includes a measuring and evaluation unit designed to be fastened to the wheel in the region of at least one wheel nut or bolt of the wheel. The wheel monitoring apparatus includes at least one sensor for detecting a characteristic variable for a state of a wheel bearing and at least one sensor for detecting a tire pressure of a tire of the wheel. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090179749 | WIRELESS TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - A wireless tire pressure monitoring system includes a monitoring main unit installed in the truck-tractor of a towing vehicle, a receiving antenna electrically connected to the monitoring main unit, and a register set in a location within the wireless communication transmission range of the receiving antenna and stored with an ID code and location code of each sensor at each wheel of the platform of the towing vehicle. When the register receives a triggering signal containing an identification code of the monitoring main unit, the register compares and matches the identification code and the location code of every wheel of the platform with the identification code of the monitoring main unit and then sends matched data in the form of a wireless packet to the receiving antenna for enabling the monitoring main unit to recognize the installation location of every wheel of the platform of the towing vehicle. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090184813 | Method for transmitting data - A method for transmitting data is applied to a receiver and a plurality of transmitters. The steps comprise respectively transmitting a data to the receiver at different first transmission times within a transmission interval by the transmitters. Next, the different first transmission times are respectively added with different accumulated values to become the different second transmission times. The different accumulated values are respectively added with a multiple of the different first transmission times. Finally, the transmitters respectively transmit a next data to the receiver at the different second transmission times within a next transmission interval. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184814 | Wireless tire pressure monitoring system with interactive multiple frequency channel - A wireless tire pressure monitoring system with interactive multiple frequency channel includes a controlling host module and multiple tire detection units. The controlling host module includes a first CPU, a key unit, a display unit, a low-frequency wireless transmitter, and a high-frequency wireless receiver. The tire detection units are separately provided on tires of a vehicle and each include a second CPU, a tire information detecting device, a low-frequency wireless receiver, and a high-frequency wireless transmitter. A default standard value may be set via the key unit. The low-frequency wireless transmitter transmits a low-frequency signal to each of the low-frequency wireless receivers for requesting the tire detection units to transmit current tire information, which is then sent via a high-frequency signal transmitted by the high-frequency wireless transmitter to the high-frequency wireless receiver. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184815 | Tire Pressure Measuring System and Tire Pressure Measuring Device - A tire pressure measuring system (TPMS) for transmitting pressure information from a tire to a vehicle body has a complicated structure when a plurality kinds of transmission data exist. A sensor unit receives a transmission electromagnetic field from a sensor control unit, and rectify-detects the received field. The counter of the sensor unit determines a rotation cycle of a tire, based on the signal obtained by the rectification detection, then switches the switch in conjunction with the rotation cycle, and sequentially sends the plurality of transmission data items for every tire rotation. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090195373 | INITIATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - An initiator system and method is provided for a tire pressure monitoring system. The initiator system includes a service station through which the vehicle passes. While situated within the service station, an initiation signal is generated prompting data transmission from wheel unit based tire pressure monitoring device to a receiver. An output device may be employed to visually display information responsive to the transmitted data. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090207010 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - A tire pressure monitoring system includes receiving antennas installed in a vehicle corresponding to vehicle wheels, a monitoring main unit disposed near a driver's seat, tire pressure sensors respectively installed in the wheels of the vehicle to wirelessly transmit detected data in the form of a data packet for being received by one corresponding adjacent antenna, and a signal combining circuit formed of multiple combiners and having multiple input terminals electrically connected to the receiving antennas and an output terminal electrically connected to the monitoring main unit for combining data packets received from the receiving antennas and transmitting the combined data signal to the monitoring main unit by means of a wired transmission path. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090231114 | PROGRAMMABLE TIRE PRESSURE DETECTOR - A programmable tire pressure detector has a body, a programmable micro-controller, a sensor, a low-frequency receiver and a radio-frequency transceiver. The body is mounted inside a tire. The programmable micro-controller is mounted inside the body and has a programming interface protruding from the body. The sensor detects a tire pressure and a tire temperature inside the tire. Wherein, the programming interface is selectively connected to a programmer and receives setting signals and data formats form the programmer. Hence, the programmable tire pressure detector can be applied to different vehicles with writing different setting signals and the data formats in the programmable micro-controller. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231115 | TIRE MONITOR DEVICE - A tire monitor device for a vehicle has a first antenna and a second antenna, a sensor unit attached to each of a front left tire, a front right tire, a back left tire, and a back right tire, and a determining unit. The tire monitor device is operable to transmit a response request signal from the first and second antennas with respect to at least one of the sensor units, and to monitor information of at least one of the tires based on a response signal returned from the at least one sensor unit in response to the response request signal. The first antenna is arranged at a position shifted by a predetermined amount in a left or right direction from an intermediate position between the front left and the front right tires. The second antenna is arranged at a position shifted by a predetermined amount in a left or right direction from an intermediate position between the back left and the back right tires. The sensor unit measures a reception level of the response request signal, and returns a measurement result in the response signal. The determining unit is operable to determine a position of each sensor unit based on information of the reception level of the response request signal contained in the response signal returned from each of the sensor units. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090237228 | TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE DETECTION SYSTEM - Transceiver ID information associated with a subject vehicle is accurately registered even when another vehicle having transceivers is nearby. During ID registration, a degree of a variance among received strength data elements is obtained in relation to a plurality of transceivers each having ID information associated therewith. ID information associated with data elements having a small degree of a variance is recognized as ID information of a transceiver attached to the subject vehicle. Therefore, ID information associated with transceivers attached to the subject vehicle can be reliably discriminated from ID information associated with transceivers attached to another vehicle. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090243829 | Apparatus and process for monitoring a vehicle condition - An apparatus for monitoring a vehicle condition comprises a sensor for sensing the vehicle condition and a transmitter for transmitting signals indicative of the sensed vehicle condition. The transmitted signals include a first signal set and a second signal set. A receiver mountable on the vehicle is provided for receiving the transmitted signals. The receiver has a first operating state when the vehicle ignition is OFF and a second operating state when the vehicle ignition is ON. The first signal set includes a wake-up portion to wake up the receiver when the receiver is in its first operating state and an information portion. The second signal set includes an information portion. The transmitted signals include at least one first signal set and at least one second signal set during a predetermined time period when the vehicle ignition is OFF and when the vehicle ignition is ON. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090243830 | Tire Module With Piezoelectric Converter - A tire module for sensing deflection of a tire and a method of sensing deflection of the tire. The tire module includes a piezoelectric converter that is configured for installation on an inside surface of the tire. The piezoelectric converter includes at least one elastically deformable region that is formed from piezoelectric material. A deflection limiting means is configured to delimit deflection of the elastically deformable region. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090261962 | Tire Sensor Module and Method for its Manufacture - A tire sensor module having a circuit carrier, on or in which at least one sensor element is attached for measuring a measured variable, an antenna for transmitting sensor signals to a receiving unit of the vehicle, and a housing, in whose housing inner chamber the circuit carrier is received, the antenna being provided in the housing material of the housing or on a housing side of the housing. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090273461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A SPARE WHEEL - A method is presented for identifying a first wheel on a vehicle, the vehicle including a wireless receiver. The method comprising receiving a plurality of wheel identifiers at the wireless receiver and selecting one of the plurality of wheel identifiers that corresponds to the first wheel based on the number of times that the selected one of the plurality of wheel identifiers is received at the wireless receiver. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090289783 | System for automatically recognizing locations of respective tires - A system for automatically recognizing the locations of respective tires includes tire sensors, startup antennas, and a control unit. Locations of the respective tire sensors can be recognized based information of which antenna is involved and whether signals transmitted are identical. With this system, the locations of respective tires of a vehicle can be recognized in a simpler and more efficient way. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090315697 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR A TIRE PRESSURE WARNING DEVICE AND TIRE PRESSURE DETECTING METHOD IMPLEMENTED USING THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING DEVICE - A tire pressure warning device having a detection circuit is mounted to an inflation valve on every tire of a car to implement tire pressure detection. First, a microprocessing controller in the detection circuit sends a tire location ID assigned to every tire to a signal receiving circuit provided in a dashboard of the car. Then, the microprocessing controller detects a tire pressure value of the corresponding tire and uses the detected tire pressure value as a standard pressure point for the tire. Thereafter, the microprocessing controller keeps detecting the tire pressure value of the tire. When a detected new tire pressure value is higher or lower than the standard pressure point by a preset percentage, a wireless RF is transmitted to the signal receiving circuit for the latter to identify the tire with high or low tire pressure and emit an alarm while displaying the tire pressure value. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100013618 | Tire Pressure Monitoring System Auto Learn Algorithm - A method of operating a tire pressure monitoring system on a vehicle comprising tracking number of burst transmissions sent by a sensor, building a pareto of potential sensor indentifications based on the greatest number of burst transmissions received from the sensor associating a potential sensor identification to a respective tire location on the vehicle and storing the associated sensor identification in memory. A tire pressure monitoring system comprising a plurality of tires in respective locations, each of the plurality of tires having a sensor, at least one sensor capable of burst mode transmission, and an auto learn function in a controller coupled to the sensors in the plurality of tires, the controller receiving and counting burst transmissions from the sensor for a predetermined time, the controller creating a pareto of received sensor identifications, filtering the pareto of potential sensor identifications and assigning the potential sensor identifications to a respective tire in the plurality of tires. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100033316 | TIRE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - In a tire information management system | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100039250 | Tire Air Pressure Monitoring Device and Method for Tire Air Pressure Monitoring - In a tire air pressure monitoring device and/or in a method for performing tire air pressure monitoring by means of such a device, each monitored pneumatic tire is provided with a wheel module, which generates radiotelegrams provided with air pressure data and sends them telemetrically to a control device in the vehicle. In addition, by means of an acceleration sensor serving as selection signal, a proportionate wheel position signal is generated in the wheel module and entered and stored in a data memory device on the wheel module. The control device generates a selecting demand signal that queries the presence or absence of the selection signal, which requires only the wheel modules that have or do not have the storage selection signal to send a radiotelegram within a stipulated time window or time frame. Thereupon, within the stipulated time window or time frame, only the radiotelegrams originating from the selected wheel module or the selected wheel modules are sent. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100052886 | System for monitoring the tire pressure in vehicles - Described is a procedure for controlling the transmission operation of a tire pressure monitoring device ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100052887 | Tire Pressure Monitor System Module - A tire pressure monitor system module provides modular products with tire pressure monitor system functionality. The tire pressure monitor system module may be added to a modular product to provide tire pressure monitor system functionality. The tire pressure monitor system module may be a stand-alone module that may be attached, connected or in communication with a modular product. The tire pressure monitor system tool may include all of the functionality available to tire pressure monitor systems. The tire pressure monitor system module may include modules for transmitting and receiving signals from a tire pressure monitor system, resetting and diagnosing a tire pressure monitor system, initiating, determining, and selecting procedures associated with the tire pressure monitor system, simulating a tire pressure sensor of a tire pressure monitor system, storing, displaying, and updating information related to tire pressure monitor systems, and notifying a user of a status of a procedure and that a procedure has been completed. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100060444 | WHEEL ELECTRONICS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A WHEEL ELECTRONICS SYSTEM - A wheel electronic system and a method for operating a wheel electronic system. The wheel electronic system interacts with a tire secured to a vehicle and produces and emits, based on a captured trigger signal, a message containing information on at least one tire parameter measured with the wheel electronic system. The wheel electronic system is operated in an operational mode in which the system is configured to periodically capture the trigger signals in a first time period. Based on a predetermined first operational ratio of the vehicle, the wheel electronic system automatically switches to a test mode, in which the wheel electronic system is configured to periodically capture the trigger signals in a second time period which is substantially shorter than the first time period. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100066524 | Tire pressure detecting apparatus and tire pressure detector identification copying method for the same - A tire pressure detecting apparatus has an identification rewriteable tire pressure detector and a setting apparatus. The tire pressure detector is securely mounted on a valve stem inside a tire of a vehicle and has a micro-processing module, a sensing module, a transmitting module and a receiving interface, where the micro-processing module has a memory unit. The setting apparatus is capable of reading or inputting an identification from a failure tire pressure detector, transmits the identification to the identification rewriteable tire pressure detector and writes the identification into the memory unit. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066525 | Tire Pressure Monitor System Tool with Re-Learn and Diagnostic Procedures - A tire pressure monitor system tool that stores information regarding a plurality of tire pressure monitor systems. The information may include procedures for resetting and diagnosing the tire pressure monitor system. The tool may include a storing module that stores the information and a displaying module that causes the information to be displayed on a display of the tool. The tool may enable a user to input data regarding a vehicle. Based on the vehicle data input by the user, the tool may determine a tire pressure monitor system installed on the vehicle using the information stored. Based on the tire pressure monitoring system installed on the vehicle, the tool may determine one or more reset or diagnostic procedures that may be performed by the tool. The tool may also reference the owner's manual of the vehicle. The tool may also include an updating module that updates the information stored by the tool. The tool may also include an update interface that may be, for example, an RS232 port. The tool may interface with an electronic control unit of a vehicle. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100073157 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING WHEEL POSITION AND TIRE AIR PRESSURE - In a tire air pressure detection system, a trigger device is caused to transmit a notification trigger signal to notify wheel position detection in advance of outputting a detection trigger signal for signal magnitude measurement. After confirming reception of the notification trigger signal by a transceiver device, the trigger device is caused to transmit a detection trigger signal for wheel position detection. The detection trigger signal is transmitted after the transceiver device is set in a signal reception wait condition. The transceiver device is thus enabled to receive the detection trigger signal to measure a signal magnitude of the detection trigger signal. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100085177 | Tire Pressure Monitor System Tool with Vehicle Entry System - A tire pressure monitor system tool is capable of communicating with a plurality of tire pressure monitor systems. The tool includes a storing module that stores a plurality of communication protocols that are used for enabling the tool to communicate with a tire pressure monitor system. The tool enables a user to input vehicle data for identifying a vehicle having a tire pressure monitor system with which to communicate. Based on the vehicle data input, the tool determines a tire pressure monitor system installed on the vehicle using information stored by the tool. The tool determines a tire pressure monitor system installed on the vehicle. Based on the tire pressure monitor system installed on the vehicle, the tool determines a protocol used by the tire pressure monitor system to communicate with, for example, the tool and an electronic control unit of a vehicle. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100090819 | INTEGRATED READ STATION FOR A WHEEL-MOUNTED VEHICLE - A read station and method for a vehicle includes a support pad for admitting and exiting a vehicle onto an upper pad surface; two or more data-receiving systems, one or both of such systems receiving a data transmission from a vehicle situated on the read station pad surface. The data-receiving systems include an identification-data transmission system and a monitored parameter-data transmission system. One or more of the read station data-receiving systems may be configured to effect data transmission from the vehicle as the vehicle moves across the support pad. The information-data transmission system couples a vehicle wheel unit based RFID tag with an electric field established by one or more system antennae disposed on the support pad. The monitored parameter-data communication system includes one or more wheel-unit mounted monitoring device(s) transmitting data to one or more receivers disposed within the read station and an initiator sub-system that transmits a signal from pad based antenna(s) to initiate a data transmission sequence. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090820 | DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AIR PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM USING THEREOF, AND DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD - A data communication device includes: an antenna resonance circuit; a detection circuit; an arithmetic processing device; and a first switch. The antenna resonance circuit receives a signal in the ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying) format. The detection circuit demodulates a digital baseband signal based on the reception signal. The arithmetic processing device detects an appearance time of an edge in the demodulated digital baseband signal based on a preamble part of the reception signal. The first switch short-circuits both end of the antenna resonance circuit at first timing in synchronization with the appearance time of the edge. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100097203 | WIRELESS TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM - A wireless tire pressure monitor system has multiple pressure sensors and at least one receiving module. The pressure sensors detect tire pressures and transmit wireless signals representing the tire pressure. The at least one receiving module is mounted on a chassis of a vehicle at a geometric center of the pressure sensors and has an annular antenna. The annular antenna receives wireless signals from the pressure sensors equally. Therefore, because distances between the receiving module and the pressure sensors are the same and the annular antenna has good receiving characteristics, the wireless tire pressure monitor system has a high hit ratio for receiving wireless signals. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100109857 | Trailer Tire Pressure Monitoring System - A system and method that, upon connection of a trailer to a tow vehicle, a trailer brake controller informs a tire pressure monitoring system to begin monitoring information at the TPMS and at the same time, activates the initiators, i.e., the electromagnets. Sensors respond to the electromagnetic field that is generated by electric brake magnets. As a result, the sensors transmit RF signals that are received by the tire pressure monitoring system. Transmissions from the sensors are decoded in a controller and processed as necessary for tire pressure monitoring automatically calibrated to the tire pressure monitoring system and the system can request the pressure data from the sensors by way of the low frequency field generated by the electric brakes | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100109858 | RECEIVER FOR TIRE CONDITION MONITORING APPARATUS - A receiver | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100117816 | Reset system, mobile device, communication device, and reset method - A reset system includes a communication device mounted on a vehicle; and a mobile device that performs wireless communication with the communication device. The mobile device includes a control instruction unit giving an instruction for controlling an in-vehicle device based on a depressed button, and an instruction unit giving the communication device an instruction for setting a reference value when a predetermined specific button is depressed. The communication device includes an acquisition unit acquiring a tire pressure of the vehicle, a determination unit comparing the tire pressure with the reference value to determine whether the air pressure is abnormal, a control unit controlling an in-vehicle device based on the instruction given from the control instruction unit, and a setting unit, when the instruction has been given from the instruction unit, calculating and setting the reference value based on the tire pressure acquired when the setting instruction has been given. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100127845 | System For Conserving Battery Life In A Battery Operated Device - A battery operated device includes a receiver for receiving a transmission that includes a postamble. A sensor, in a tire, measures a parameter of the tire and outputs data indicative of the parameter. A microprocessor is coupled to the receiver and the sensor. The microprocessor is configured to periodically partially awaken to determine whether the transmission is likely a forward link packet (FLP) by examining the postamble, and to transmit the data in a reverse link packet (RLP) in response to confirming that the transmission is a FLP. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100134269 | Tire parameter monitoring system with sensor location using RFID tags - A tire parameter monitoring system has a plurality of sensor units for monitoring tire parameters, with each sensor unit mounted with a different vehicle tire. Each sensor unit has an RFID tag reader for interrogating an RFID tag securely mounted to the vehicle adjacent the corresponding tire and containing a unique identification code. Each sensor unit has a microcontroller for combining each RFID identification code with corresponding tire parameter signals, and a transmitter for transmitting the combined signals to a receiving location. Received tire parameter signals are correlated with the tire location using the RFID identification code, and driver advisory signals are presented to the driver by a display/alarm unit. Two alternative power supplies are provided. A first type uses a battery and a power management circuit for eliminating power drain when the RFID tag reader is energized. A second type uses inductive power to provide an inexhaustible power source. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134270 | TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE DETECTING DEVICE - A pressure detection unit includes a front-wheel transmitter and a rear-wheel transmitter operatively connected to wheel rims of a front wheel and a rear wheel, respectively. Inflation pressure signals transmitted from the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter are received by a receiver. The receiver is arranged to be offset outward of a straight line connecting the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter in the vehicle-body width direction. More specifically, the receiver is arranged in a space surrounded by a front cowl and a side panel, the space being between a coolant reserve tank and a radiator. The single receiver receives the signals transmitted from the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100141416 | Tire Pressure Monitoring (TPM) System and Method of Operating the Same - There is provided an exemplary tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system that can use a half-duplex wireless link to communicate between one or more wheel-mounted sensor units and a vehicle-mounted transceiver unit. The half-duplex wireless link enables the sensor units to report sensor readings to the transceiver unit, and it enables the transceiver unit to make configuration changes to the sensor units for improved communication. Some examples of wireless settings that can be modified include modulation settings, data encoding/decoding settings, error correction settings, and transmission power settings. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141417 | TIRE SENSOR MODULE - A tire sensor module for use in a vehicle tire including at least one sensor device for measuring at least one measured variable and for outputting at least one measuring signal, a control device, e.g., an analyzer ASIC for receiving the measuring signal and for outputting at least one transmitted signal to a wireless interface for emitting the transmitted signal to a receiver in or on the vehicle, and an energy accumulator, in particular a battery, for supplying power to at least the control device. A switching device is provided between the energy accumulator and the control device which interrupts or closes the power supply of the control device by the energy accumulator as a function of a control signal, and an electromechanical energy transducer which, under the effect of a deformation, a motion and/or a pressure change, outputs the control signal, in particular a piezoelectric voltage, to the switching device for closing the power supply. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100148951 | HYDROSTATIC-PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ACTUATOR - An actuator, designed to be used in a pressurized enclosure, creates a relative movement between two parts, in response to a variation of hydrostatic pressure. The actuator includes a closed-cell foam block fixed to the two parts. The actuator may be used in the deployment of wheel units and antennas inside a cavity formed by a tire and a wheel rim. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100171605 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE DATA - An apparatus and a method for ascertaining vehicle data, for example, tire pressure data, are provided. For example, the apparatus includes a sending unit, a receiving unit and a measuring unit. The sending unit and/or the receiving unit are battery-operated. The receiving unit is a threshold value receiver or a carrier ID receiver. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100207752 | TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR LOCATION IDENTIFICATION - A sensor location identification system may include a plurality of front and rear sensors, a transmitter, and a receiver module. The plurality of front sensors may be connected to a plurality of front tires and may generate first wireless signals indicative of a rotational direction of a corresponding one of said plurality of front tires. The plurality of rear sensors may be connected to a plurality of rear tires and may generate second wireless signals indicative of a rotational direction of a corresponding one of the plurality of rear tires. The transmitter may transmit a location signal received by the plurality of rear sensors. The receiver module may receive the first and second wireless signals and may determine a location of each of the plurality of front and rear tires based on the first and second wireless signals. The second wireless signals may indicate receipt of the location signal. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207753 | Vehicular system and handset of vehicular system - An in-vehicle apparatus allows the user to check and adjust tire pressure whenever he/she thinks of doing it, by transmitting, from a portable unit that is carried by the user, a start request signal through UHF band electric wave to forcefully operate sensor units for detecting the tire pressure in each of the tires of the automobile, by collecting the tire pressure information to a control unit of the in-vehicle apparatus, and by displaying the tire pressure on a display unit of the portable unit when the tire pressure information is transmitted from a Bluetooth unit of the in-vehicle apparatus to a Bluetooth unit of the portable unit. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100214088 | TIRE POSITION IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A tire position identification system and method include a transmitter that is configured to send an initiation signal. A receiver is configured to receive the initiation signal and attenuate the initiation signal until the initiation signal is within a first predetermined range of a reference signal. A controller identifies the position of a tire in response to the attenuation. In some embodiments, the reference signal is adjusted until the attenuated initiation signal is within a second predetermined range of the adjusted reference signal, and the position of the tire is identified further in response to the amount of adjustment of the reference signal. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100238012 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLIES FOR REMOTE APPLICATIONS - An antenna assembly is provided suitable for use with a remote communications module such as, for example, a keyless entry module, a tire pressure monitoring module, etc. The antenna assembly generally includes a support, a folded metallic antenna element mounted on the support, an amplifier coupled to the folded antenna element, and a transmission line coupled to the amplifier. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100265054 | Carrier Wave Detecting Tire Pressure Detecting Apparatus and Operating Method for the Same - A tire pressure detecting apparatus has a micro-controller, a detecting module and a transceiver. The detecting module is electronically connected to the micro-controller and has a tire pressure detecting unit being controlled by the micro-controller to detect a tire pressure inside a tire. The transceiver is electronically connected to the micro-controller, transmits a high frequency signal corresponding to detected characteristic tire parameters from the detecting module to a monitoring system inside a car and receives an external high frequency signal sent from external tire pressure detecting apparatus for the micro-controller, the micro-controller temporarily delaying sending of the high frequency signal until a waiting time has expired to prevent signal collision between the high frequency signal and the external high frequency signal. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100271191 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS UTILIZING STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS TO MEASURE TIRE OR ROAD SURFACE CONDITIONS - In embodiments, the present invention may comprise a sensor-based tire data collection facility integrated with the body of a vehicle tire, wherein the sensor-based tire data collection facility includes a stretchable electronics circuit and a wireless communications facility for communicating data collected by the sensor-based tire data collection facility to a vehicle data collection facility external to the body of the vehicle tire. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100283593 | Wireless Seatbelt Monitoring System - A wireless seatbelt monitoring system and method is provided for informing a driver that a seatbelt that should be latched is unlatched. The system includes a wireless seatbelt assembly having a buckle equipped with a piezoelectric element and a transmitter. The transmitter sends a wireless seatbelt status signal when the seatbelt assembly is buckled by harvesting energy during the insertion process. The wireless seatbelt status signal is transmitted to a dedicated repeater module, which retransmits the wireless seatbelt status signal to a receiver. Based upon the wireless seatbelt status signal, the system informs the driver of the status of the seatbelt assemblies audibly, visually, or both. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283594 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a tire pressure monitoring system adapted to an automobile having a first component and a changeable second component, said tire pressure monitoring system comprising: a register for transmitting the registered code of the said automobile via a wireless manner; a relay disposed in the second component for relaying a second tire information transmitted by tire pressure transmitter for each tire in the second component, wherein when the relay receives the registered code, it attaches the registered code to the second tire information and relays the second tire information; and a receiver disposed in the first component for receiving the second tire information relaid by the relay, wherein when the registered code included in the second tire information is consistent with the registered code of said automobile stored in the receiver, the receiver processes the second tire information as the tire information of the second component of said automobile. The present invention can achieve a registration when the trailer of the truck is changed via a simple and reliable manner. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100308987 | Method for the Operation of Wheel Electronics, Wheel Electronics, and Tire Checking System - A method for operating wheel electronics of a tire checking system includes providing wheel electronics having a battery-free power supply encompassing at least one rechargeable power storage medium for supplying power to the wheel electronics. The wheel electronics can be operated in a reduced-power transmission mode and a subsequent normal transmission mode. In the modes, data that relate to tire-specific parameters and are determined by the wheel electronics are transmitted to a vehicle-mounted communication device in the form of modulated transmission signals, with less transmission power being used for the transmission signals in the power-reduced transmission mode than in the normal transmission mode. Wheel electronics and a tire checking system are also provided. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100328058 | TIRE CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM - The tire condition of each tire of a vehicle is detected, which information is transmitted by means of electromagnetic waves from the tire condition acquisition devices to a monitoring device that receives the electromagnetic waves transmitted from tire condition acquisition devices via a receiving antenna, which monitoring device contains means for displaying the electric field intensity of the electromagnetic waves transmitted from the tire condition acquisition devices. Thus, the electric field intensity at a mounting position can easily be determined when mounting the receiving antenna, enabling easy discovery of the optimal location for mounting the receiving antenna. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100328059 | TIRE CONDITION ACQUISITION DEVICE AND TIRE CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM - A tire condition acquisition device located in a tire and that transmits at least tire internal air pressure information includes: a housing that allows outside air to enter in only through a ventilation hole; an air pressure detecting element disposed in the housing and that detects an air pressure of air that enters in through the ventilation hole, and converts the detected air pressure to an electric signal which is then output; and a transmission circuit disposed in the housing and that transmits the detected air pressure information via electromagnetic waves based on the electric signal output from the air pressure detecting element; wherein at least the ventilation hole and an area peripheral thereto are treated so as to be water repellent. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110012723 | EMBEDDED IN TIRE SELF-POWERED SEMI-PASSIVE RFID TRANSPONDER - Disclosed is an apparatus and methodology for providing a semi-passive transponder system in a vehicle. A semi-passive module employing backscatter technology is provided with an internal energy source that provides operating energy for at least a portion of the modules operating circuitry to reduce the energy requirements of a corresponding interrogator device. The module may be associated with tires mounted on a vehicle such that bi-directional communications may be established between the module and a centrally located interrogator module on the vehicle. The internal energy source may correspond to a battery, a fuel cell, a rechargeable device, an energy harvesting device, or similar devices. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110025487 | TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR - A tire pressure sensor is provided having a housing, a pressure transducer within the housing electronically coupled to a transmitter, a battery within the housing connected to deliver electrical power to the pressure transducer and to the transmitter, and a pressurized compartment within the housing bounded at least partially by a flexible membrane. A first conduit extends from the pressure transducer to the compartment. An inlet port extends through the housing to allow pressurized air within the tire to contact the membrane. In particular embodiments, the pressure transducer, transmitter and battery are rubber coated and encapsulated with epoxy. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110043354 | VEHICLE TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM - A multi-tire vehicle tire monitoring system includes a plurality of tire monitoring units mounted to measure at least one measured tire parameter of a respective tire on a vehicle and transmit measured tire parameter data responsive to the tire parameter measurement. The system further includes antennae for receiving the measured tire parameter data from tire monitoring units within a respectively assigned zone of tires of the vehicle, each zone encompassing a plurality of tires, and communicating the received measured tire parameter data to a data processing unit. Each antenna is fixedly mounted in an operable spatial relationship to a respective assigned zone of tires. A display may be operatively coupled to the vehicle data processing unit to visually indicate to a user a status of measured tire parameters of tires by zone. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110074564 | INTERIOR TIRE POWER GENERATION APPARATUS AND TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An interior tire power generation apparatus includes a piezoelectric section having an inorganic piezoelectric body of a perovskite type oxide represented by General Formula (PX) below; a pair of electrodes for extracting an electric charge generated in the piezoelectric section when strained by an external force exerted on the tire; and an energy storage unit for storing the extracted electric charge. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110084826 | METHOD FOR COMBINING TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING WITH KEYLESS ENTRY - A method for combining tire pressure monitoring with keyless entry, is applied in a vehicle ( | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110133922 | TIRE LOCALIZATION SYSTEM - A tire localization system for locating the position of a tire of a vehicle having five or more wheels, includes a number of tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) wheel modules of a vehicle TPMS, each wheel module being attached to each one of the wheels or a tire thereof, respectively. Each TPMS wheel module includes a radio, frequency identification (RFID) reader. The system further includes a number of RFID tags, each RFID tag being associated with and storing wheel position information of one of the wheels, and each RFID tag being positioned externally of its associated wheel. Each of the RFID readers is arranged, upon activation, to interrogate its associated RFID tag, and the associated RFID tag is arranged, upon interrogation, to transmit its stored position information to the RFID reader for transmission by the TPMS wheel module to a central control unit. A tire localization method is also provided. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110205047 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A TIRE PRESSURE STATUS - Various embodiments may include methods and systems for determining a tire pressure status. The system may include at least one computer. An input defining an inflation status of one or more vehicle tires, as well as tire inflation data of the one or more tires, may be received. A specific value associated with an inflation event of the one or more vehicle tires may be calculated based on the inflation data. Further, one or more messages for outputting the specific value from one or more vehicle components may be generated and transmitted to the one or more vehicle components. The specific value may be output as one or more messages from the vehicle. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110254677 | SMART ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING AND SMART TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - A smart antenna system ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254678 | TWO-WAY TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY - A two-way tire pressure monitoring method using ultra high frequency (UHF) is used for a vehicle controller | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110304452 | TWO AXIS ANTENNA FOR TPMS SENSOR - A vehicle entry/tire pressure monitoring system for a vehicle includes an ECU, LF antennas mounted on the vehicle and being in communication with the ECU, and tire sensors mounted in, on or adjacent respective tires of the vehicle. Each LF antenna is configured to transmit an LF tire sensor wake up field and a SMART entry LF search field to wake up a portable transmission/reception unit for keyless entry of the vehicle tire sensor. Each tire sensor includes a two-axis receiver antenna and an RF transmitter configured to transmit an RF signal. Each two-axis receiver antenna is configured such that a first axis of the two-axis antenna is configured to detect a respective LF field transmitted by one of the LF antennas and a second axis of the two-axis antenna is configured to detect a respective LF field transmitted by another of the LF antennas. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304453 | MEMORIZING LOCATION OF TIRES IN TPMS AND SMART ENTRY SYSTEM - A vehicle system includes a plurality of tire sensors, a plurality of low frequency (“LF”) antennas and an ECU. Each tire sensor is mounted in a respective tire of the vehicle. Each LF antenna is mounted on the vehicle and is configured to transmit an LF field to wake up two tire sensors. The ECU is in communication with the tire sensors, via a receiver, and the LF antennas. The ECU is configured to receive identification signals from the respective tire sensors and to determine locations of the respective tire sensors based on which antenna woke up the tire sensor transmitting the respective identification signal and whether the respective identification signal matches other received identification signals. The ECU is further configured to store the identification signals in the memory with the identification signals being associated with the respective tire sensors that transmitted the identification signal. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304454 | RADIO SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT WITH TPMS AND SMART ENTRY SYSTEM - A tire pressure monitoring system includes tire sensors mounted in, on or adjacent respective tires of the vehicle, LF antennas mounted on the vehicle, and an ECU. Each tire sensor is configured to transmit an RF signal and to detect an LF field. Each antenna is configured to transmit an LF field to wake up the tire sensors. The ECU is in communication with the antenna, the tire sensors and a radio configured to receive AM broadcast signals. The ECU can communicate with the radio to inhibit speakers in communication with the radio from emitting sound while each LF field to wake up the tire sensors is being transmitted. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120013458 | TIRE INFORMATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND SETTING METHOD FOR A TIRE INFORMATION MONITORING SYSTEM - A tire information monitoring system includes a transmitting device, provided in a tire cavity region, for transmitting tire information, a receiving device, provided in a vehicle body, that receives the tire information from the transmitting device and determines a tire condition based on the tire information, and a setting device that transmits identification information and a criterion to the receiving device so as to set the identification information of the transmitting device and the criterion of the tire information used for determining the tire condition by the receiving device. The setting device can be a mobile telecommunication terminal device for setting the identification information and the criterion in the receiving device using a program downloaded via an external network. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120044064 | TIRE AIR PRESSURE DETECTING DEVICE, TIRE AIR PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM, AND TIRE AIR PRESSURE NOTIFICATION METHOD - A tire air pressure detecting device includes an air pressure detecting unit, a transmitting unit, a running state detecting unit, an air pressure change rate detecting section and a frequency adjustment section. The frequency adjustment section is configured to adjust a transmitting frequency at which the detected value of the tire air pressure detected by the air pressure detecting unit is externally transmitted by the transmitting unit according to the running state detected by the running state detecting unit and the air pressure change rate detected by the air pressure change rate detecting section. The frequency adjustment section is further configured to variably set a threshold value for switching the transmitting frequency from low frequency to high frequency according to the running state and the air pressure change rate. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120133498 | TIRE INFORMATION MONITORING APPARATUS - The changing of the azimuth of directivity in which the azimuth of directivity of the antenna that achieves the maximum gain thereof is switched to the azimuths of tires is performed repeatedly for a plurality of cycles during a transmission duration of information. The output value of the antenna whose azimuth of directivity is controlled is sampled separately for each of the azimuths of directivity subjected to the switching. The sampled values are sorted into groups separately for each azimuth of directivity, and are accumulated separately for each group. The position of the tire shown by the azimuth of directivity of the group whose accumulated value is the largest is determined as being the position of the tire equipped with the transmitter that is transmitting the information. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120176233 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM USING WIRELESS NETWORK - A tire pressure monitoring using wireless network includes a remote command device and a valve-stem mountable tire pressure gauge. The tire pressure gauge includes a pressure sensor for detecting a pressure of a fluid in a tire and providing an output signal indicative of the detected fluid pressure, and a first radio-frequency module for transmitting data indicative of the detected fluid pressure based on the output signal of the pressure sensor. The remote command device includes a second radio-frequency module for wirelessly receiving the data transmitted by the data transmitted by the first radio frequency module, a wireless communication module for communicating via a wireless network, information based at least one data received by the second radio frequency module, and a display for displaying at least the fluid pressure detected by the pressure sensor. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120188069 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE WHEEL - A device for monitoring the tire of a wheel of a vehicle is configured for detecting and transmitting to a receiver, through a wireless connection, information regarding at least one characteristic quantity of a state of the tire, in particular its inflating pressure. The monitoring device has a body for housing a circuit designed to transmit the information to the receiver. The body includes a first body part, made of a first material, and a second body part made of a second material, the first and second body parts defining between them a housing for the circuit. At least the second material is a synthetic material having an electrical permittivity that is substantially constant at the at least one predetermined frequency. Preferably the first and second body parts are rigid and are fixed together by clinching or local mechanical deformation of the first body part on the second body part. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120218095 | Dual Tire Pressure Monitor with Equalizer Apparatus and Tire Inflation System Integration - A wireless dual tire pressure monitor and equalizer apparatus is adapted to install on a vehicle dual wheel and connect to the two tire valve stems. The apparatus includes capabilities of monitoring individual tire pressure and transmitting tire data to be received by a remote receiver, equalizing pressure in the two tires when pressure is above a selected level, isolating the two tires when pressure is below the selected level, and transmitting warning signals upon detection of low pressure and air leaks. The apparatus further includes capability to integrate with available tire inflation systems for providing tire pressure monitoring and equalizing functionalities. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218096 | BLANK TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE AND ITS SETUP METHOD - A blank tire pressure monitoring device includes a housing having an air valve at one end and connection terminals at an opposite end, a circuit board mounted in the housing and carrying a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, an acceleration sensor, an analog-digital converter electrically connected with the pressure sensor, the temperature sensor and the acceleration sensor, a general purpose I/O terminal unit electrically connected with the connection terminals of the housing; an embedded microcontroller module electrically connected with the general purpose I/O terminal unit and the analog-digital converter and having built therein a flash memory, a microcontroller core and a special-function register controller, a LF receiver electrically connected to the embedded microcontroller module, and a transmitter electrically connected to the embedded microcontroller module; and a method is still also disclosed for setting up a blank tire pressure monitoring device. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120223828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING TIRE CONDITION - An electronic device includes an antenna that receives RF signals from a sensor associated with a respective tire of the vehicle. The RF signals represent a condition of the respective tire. A processor receives the RF signals from the antenna. The processor converts the RF signals to a proprietary serial bus formatted message. The processor transmits the proprietary serial bus formatted message to an electronic control unit via a vehicle communication bus. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120242475 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD BETWEEN A CONTROL UNIT AND AN ELECTRONIC HOUSING MOUNTED ON A VEHICLE MEMBER - In a method for wireless communication between a control unit and an electronic housing mounted on a vehicle member, information for the electronic housing is transmitted in the form either of continuous signals, or of signals modulated by encoded data. Each electronic housing includes a switching strategy between reception modes for the two types of signals, including establishing a permanent standby state for continuous signal reception and, upon the reception of a continuous signal, controlling a switchover to the modulated-signal reception mode for a time T, after which the electronic housing processes the data of the potential detected modulated signal and, if no such modulated signal is detected, processes the continuous signal at the origin of the switchover. Furthermore, after the time T, a reverse switchover control to the permanent standby state is delivered. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120249320 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM INITIALIZATION USING MOVING ANTENNA - A system and method of initializing a vehicle TPMS using a moving TPMS antenna that tracks vehicle movement over some distance. Data received from the moving TPMS antenna is transmitted to a central data storage device. Stored TPMS data is subsequently retrieved by a downstream device connected to a controller of a vehicle TPMS and TPMS information is written to the controller, which may be the vehicle ECU. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120274461 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE WHEEL AND CORRESPONDING COMMUNICATION METHOD - A device for monitoring a vehicle wheel ( | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120319831 | WHEEL POSITION IDENTIFYING DEVICE, TRANSMITTER USED FOR THE SAME, AND TIRE PRESSURE DETECTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - In a wheel position identifying device for a vehicle, transmitters are disposed in wheels, respectively. Each of the transmitters has a dual axis acceleration sensor and a control unit. The dual axis acceleration sensor detects a normal-direction acceleration and a tangential-direction acceleration of the wheel associated with the transmitter. The control unit determines whether the wheel associated with the transmitter is a right wheel or a left wheel based on a sign of a product of a time differential value of the normal-direction acceleration and the tangential-direction acceleration, and stores data regarding a determination result in a frame. A receiver receives the frame from each transmitter and identifies a position of the transmitter based on the data stored in the frame. The wheel position identifying device is for example employed to a tire pressure detecting apparatus. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319832 | METHOD AND UNIT FOR THE OPTIMIZED TRANSMISSION OF MEASUREMENT OF PARAMATERS OF VEHICLE TYRES - In a system for monitoring the pressure of the tires of a vehicle, it is proposed to compensate the raw data of the parameters of the tires only if the comparison of the successive raw data of at least one reference parameter exhibits a deviation, in absolute value, greater than a determined threshold of variation. In a TPMS monitoring system, each wheel unit includes sensors for measuring the parameters of pressure, temperature and acceleration, and elements of storage and autonomous power supply, in conjunction with a processor. The raw data provided by the sensors are stored, compensated and transmitted as finalized data by a radiofrequency emission circuit to a central unit. It is proposed that the wheel unit also includes, in a processing module, comparison elements, external to the processor, for comparing between successive raw data of one and the same parameter that are provided by the measurement sensors. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130038440 | Tire Pressure Monitoring Apparatus And Method - Tire pressure information is sensed. The sensed tire pressure information is stored in a transmission buffer. A control program is executed to transmit the tire pressure information from the transmission buffer to an external receiver device according to each of a plurality of communications formats incorporated into the control program and not according to a manufacturers' code. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038441 | Protocol Arrangement In A Tire Pressure Monitoring System - An apparatus for transmitting tire pressure signals includes a transmission buffer and a transmitter. The transmission buffer is configured to store tire pressure monitoring data. The transmitter is configured to transmit a signal including the tire pressure monitoring data. The signal includes a burst that includes plurality of frames and each of the frames includes the tire pressure monitoring information. A plurality of pause spaces is disposed between at least some of the frames in the burst. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038442 | Apparatus And Method For Activating A Localization Process For A Tire Pressure Monitor - A receiver device is tuned to monitor for first transmissions at a first time according to a first criterion and to monitor for second transmissions at a second time according to a second criterion. When the receiver device initially recognizes one of the first transmissions being transmitted according to the first criterion or the second transmissions being transmitted according to the second criterion, the recognized transmission is verified as being valid. When the transmission is recognized as valid, a transmission apparatus is activated to transmit an indication to a receiver so that a localization process can be executed. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038443 | Protocol Misinterpretation Avoidance Apparatus And Method For A Tire Pressure Monitoring System - A determination is made as to whether a frame to be transmitted according to a first protocol is susceptible to being incorrectly interpreted by a receiver in a vehicle as being transmitted according to a second protocol. When the frame is determined to be susceptible to an incorrect interpretation, an internal value of the frame is adjusted, and the adjustment is effective to prevent an incorrect interpretation of the frame being transmitted from the tire pressure monitor to the receiver. The adjusted frame can then be transmitted. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130106597 | MOUNT-FREE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130120127 | TIRE POSITION IDENTIFYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A tire position identifying system is provided. The system includes: a plurality of tire pressure sensors, respectively configured on a plurality of tires for sensing tire information of the tires; at least one antenna, for transmitting a first trigger signal, and receiving a plurality of radio frequency signals from the tire pressure sensors that responds to the first trigger signal; and a controller, coupled to the at least one antenna, for determining relative positions of the tires according to the signal strength of radio frequency signals received by the at least one antenna. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120128 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING - A method, program and system of tyre monitoring of a vehicle is described. The tyre pressure and a tyre temperature is monitored for at least one tyre of the vehicle. A user alarm is activated if the tyre temperature of any monitored tyre of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined temperature, regardless of the tyre pressure of the monitored tyre. This has particular benefit in the monitoring of tyres in auxiliary vehicles. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130147618 | TIRE PRESSURE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS DETECTION METHOD - The present invention is related to a tire pressure display device and its detection method. The tire pressure display device includes a main module, multiple tire pressure detection modules and a vehicle audio module, wherein the main module includes a CPU and a receiver. By the composition of the above elements and the detection method, the tire pressure display device may actively report the location and tire pressure of tires during pumping up, synchronously execute broadcasting with image and voice, and directly correct errors and detect if the tire pressure detection module is break down for warning. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130169427 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a tire pressure monitoring system, including an electrical device unit including a pressure sensor for detecting an air pressure of a tire; a housing that is accommodated in the electrical device unit and into which the air pressure of the tire is introduced; a valve antenna having one end that is inserted into the housing and the other end into which the air pressure of the tire is introduced; a conduction member having one end that is electrically connected to the electrical device unit and the other end that is electrically connected to the valve antenna; and a coupling member fixing and coupling the housing and the valve antenna to each other, wherein the valve antenna transmits a pressure signal about the air pressure of the tire, which is detected by the pressure sensor, to a receiver of a vehicle. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169428 | TIRE AIR PRESSURE MONITOR DEVICE - When the difference between the first rotating period determined based on detection by the G sensor and the second rotating period Ta determined based on the detected value of the wheel velocity sensor is equal to or smaller than the prescribed value, the rotational position of each wheel corresponding to the wireless signal transmitted at the prescribed rotational position is adopted in determining the wheel position; when the difference is over the prescribed value, the rotational position of each wheel corresponding to the wireless signal transmitted at the rotational position different from the rotational position is not used in determining the wheel position. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130207798 | METHOD FOR EXCHANGING SIGNALS BETWEEN A TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR AND A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention provides a method of transmitting information in wireless manner by radio signals between a pressure sensor equipping a wheel of a motor vehicle and a central processor unit equipping said vehicle. The sensor transmits, for the attention of the central processor unit, firstly signals representative of digital data to be transferred to the central processor unit, and secondly a location signal used by the central processor unit to identify the vehicle wheel from which the digital data is coming. In accordance with the invention, the emission power of the location signal is lower than the emission power of the data transmission signals, and/or the duration of the location signal is adjusted in such a manner that the higher the speed of the vehicle the shorter the duration of the location signal. The invention is applicable to systems for monitoring the pressures of the tires of a vehicle. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130222128 | Tire Pressure Detecting Apparatus Having Wheel Position Detection Function - In a tire pressure detecting apparatus, a receiver stores wheel positions detected by a previous wheel position detection as previous wheel positions. When an ignition switch is turned on and until wheel positions are newly specified by a current wheel position detection, the receiver permits an indicator to indicate tire pressure of each of wheels based on the previous wheel positions to notify a driver of the tire pressure from an earlier timing. The receiver permits the indication of the tire pressure based on the previous wheel positions only when a difference of the tire pressure between the wheels is equal to or less than a threshold. If there is a possibility that tire pressure of one of the wheels is insufficient, the receiver prevents the indicator to indicate the tire pressure until a current wheel position detection finishes. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130229275 | INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE - Electronic components, conductors, and the like that the form a detecting-and-transceiving circuit are positioned in a space inside a casing other than a space E that is enclosed by an imaginary surface that forms a predetermined angle θ with respect to a coil axis x toward the outside from a position on the edge of an aperture surface of the end part of a coil-shaped antenna | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130234846 | Antenna Mounting Structure for a Monitoring Component of an Onboard Power-Taking Port - An antenna mounting structure for a monitoring component of an onboard power-taking port includes a power-taking component disposed inside a power-taking space of the port and engaged with the port so as to realize power taking, a control circuit powered by the power coming from the power-taking component, a carrier for carrying the control circuit, an antenna and a display unit both of which are electrically connected with the control circuit, and an enclosure member cooperative with the power-taking component so as to enclose the control circuit and display unit therein. The control circuit receives an external signal by the antenna and process the external signal so that the signal is provided to the display unit for displaying the same; a circular groove is defined in an external end of the power-taking component or defined in the enclosure member; and the antenna is placed into the circular groove. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130241723 | AIR PRESSURE MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE TIRE AND VEHICLE TIRE CAPABLE OF OUTPUTTING AIR PRESSURE INFORMATION - Vibration electric power generation is carried out by a relative parallel movement of a ferroelectric member including floating electrodes arranged in parallel and a movable member including electrets maintaining a surface electric potential of approximately 100 volts at a temperature of 100° C. and opposed electrode portions alternately arranged, the ferroelectric member and the movable member being provided in a tire. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130321139 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND PROCESSING TIRE PRESSURE SIGNALS - The invention relates to a method and device for receiving and processing tire pressure signals. Said device comprises a first directional antenna, a second directional antenna, an amplifier, a signal converter and a micro-controller. The first directional antenna can be positioned near one of the front wheels of said vehicle, and its orientation points to another front wheel of said vehicle. The second directional antenna can be positioned near one of the rear wheels of said vehicle, said rear wheel and one of the front wheels are arranged diagonally, and the orientation of the second directional antenna points to another rear wheel of said vehicle. The amplifier can be connected to the first directional antenna and the second directional antenna to amplify the pressure signals transmitted by the transmitters and detected by the first directional antenna and the second directional antenna, respectively. The signal converter is used for converting the pressure signals in radio signal format to field strength signals. The micro-controller is used for receiving the converted field strength signals of the respective transmitters, and determining the tire positions where the respective transmitters are installed based on the magnitudes of the field strength signals of the respective transmitters. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321140 | MULTIFUNCTION RECEIVER - A multifunction receiver shared by an electronic key system and a tire pressure monitoring system. The electronic key system verifies an electronic key with a verification control unit of a vehicle body through wireless communication, and the tire pressure monitoring system monitors tire pressure of a tire by transmitting a tire pressure signal from a sensor arranged on the tire to the vehicle body through wireless communication. The multifunction receiver includes a trigger signal generation unit that generates a trigger signal when a level shift occurs in at least one of a first operation mode switch signal and a second operation mode switch signal from the verification control unit. A mode setting unit sets an operation mode based on the first operation mode switch signal and the second operation mode switch signal in response to the trigger signal received from the trigger signal generation unit. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140002258 | SMART TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR, SMART TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM USING SAME | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140022069 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING USING HALF DUPLEX TRANSPONDER FREQUENCY SHIFT - A tire pressure sensor has an RFID (radio frequency identification) device having a parallel resonant circuit including an inductor and a first capacitor for generating a first radio frequency (RF) signal for transmission to a reader circuit, and a second capacitor coupled across the parallel resonant circuit by a first switch in a first position and generating a second RF signal for transmission to the reader circuit. A capacitive pressure sensor is coupled across the parallel resonant circuit by the first switch in a second position for generating a third frequency RF signal for transmission to the reader, wherein a difference in frequency between the first and third RF signals is indicative of a pressure of a tire. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140043153 | TIRE LOCATION INFORMATION TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided are an apparatus and method for transmitting information on a location of a tire with information on pressure of the tire. The present disclosure provides logic for calculating rotation angles among a plurality of magnetic field samples obtained from a geomagnetic sensor, calculating rotational directions, and determining the left/right locations of the tire on the basis of the number of times of accumulation of the rotational directions. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043154 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - The invention comprises a tire pressure monitoring system. One system comprises a tire pressure monitor that signals to a user with audio alarm and visual alarm. Another component is the use of a tire air pressure balancing device with a safety trigger to ensure that dual tire systems share air but that stop sharing air in the case of rapid air pressure drop as in cases of tire blow out. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140070936 | Method for Checking Tire Pressure in Real Time - A method is provided for real-time monitoring of tire pressure, wherein the pressure value determined by use of a pressure sensor in the tire is transmitted by an electronic wheel device, without the use of a trigger transmitter fixed on the vehicle, by radio, in short transmission intervals, to a monitoring device installed in the vehicle, only if, at least when the vehicle is not moving, the value is outside a prespecified normal range. When the vehicle is not moving, the electronic wheel device transmits a signal suitable for a system monitoring function, at certain time intervals and, using the same time frame or a whole-number fraction or multiple thereof, carries out a measurement of the tire pressure. The signal has a short transmission duration on the order of 25 μs to 500 μs. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140085068 | TIRE POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A tire position determination system includes a tire pressure detector coupled to a tire. A tire position determination unit locates the tire pressure detector and determines a mounting position of the tire. A gravitational component force detection unit generates gravitational force information of the tire pressure detector. A characteristic value acquisition unit acquires the angle of the tire pressure detector from the gravitational force information. The characteristic value acquisition unit acquires a first characteristic value of the tire pressure detector when a drive source of the vehicle is stopped and a second characteristic value of the tire pressure detector when the drive source is started. A characteristic value comparator compares the first and characteristic values. An operation control unit determines whether the mounting position of the tire has been changed based on the comparison and controls the tire pressure monitoring unit accordingly. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140104052 | METHOD OF MANAGING DATA BETWEEN AN RFID MARKER CARRIED BY A TYRE AND A SENSOR CARRIED BY A RIM - A method is provided to manage data transmitted between an RFID marker, which is mounted on a tyre, and a wheel module, which is mounted on a rim. The wheel module includes a memory and at least one sensor. When the tyre is mounted on the rim, a mounted assembly is formed, also known as a wheel, which is intended to be installed on a motor vehicle. According to the method, RFID data is transmitted between the RFID marker and the wheel module via an intermediate unit that is separate from the mounted assembly and the motor vehicle. The RFID data is stored in the memory of the wheel module. When the wheel module includes a sensor for detecting tyre pressure, the RFID data stored in the memory of the wheel module is erased when a detected tyre pressure is less than or equal to a predetermined pressure threshold. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140111326 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS MONITORING OF TIRE CONDITIONS - A method and system to monitor tire conditions in a vehicle when the vehicle is traveling in and out of RF coverage zones provided by one or more remote monitoring stations uses one or more sensor assemblies on the vehicle to sense conditions such as pressure or temperature. When the vehicle is not within the RF coverage zone of a remote monitoring station, sensor data generated at the sensor assemblies is stored on a communication module mounted on the vehicle. The sensed data is sent to the remote monitoring station once the vehicle enters the RF coverage zone. Regardless of whether the vehicle is in an RF coverage zone, the driver of the vehicle can still monitor tire conditions via a display in the vehicle that shows tire conditions. Two-way communication between the remote monitoring station and the sensor assemblies allows remote adjustment of operation of the sensor assemblies. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140159889 | TRANSMITTER APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING TIRE INFORMATION, AND TIRE INFORMATION MONITORING SYSTEM - A transmitter apparatus can detect and transmit tire information, such as tire air pressure information, even when a puncture in the tire is repaired by a repairing agent. The transmitter apparatus includes a sensor detecting the state of gas in a tire cavity region as tire information; a transmitter transmitting the detected tire information; and a wall covering the sensor and transmitter. The wall forms an internal space divided from the tire cavity region and includes a communicating hole providing communication between the internal space and tire cavity region. An inside opening part of the hole in a housing surface facing the internal space has a greater opening area than an outside opening part of the hole in the housing surface facing the tire cavity region. A wall surface facing the communicating hole includes a recessed part recessed toward the housing surface including the outside opening part. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140167950 | TIRE AIR PRESSURE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TIRE AIR PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM - A tire air pressure transmission device is provided that is configured to set a sampling period or cycle based on a centrifugal acceleration of a wheel in the centrifugal direction, and to detect the value of the gravitational acceleration component of the centrifugal acceleration at each set sampling period. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140184403 | TIRE POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - Each tire pressure detector detects a characteristic point in a detection signal of an acceleration sensor indicating that the tire pressure detector is located at a certain rotation position. When detecting the characteristic point, the tire pressure detector transmits a notification signal including the detector ID. Whenever a receiver receives a notification signal, the receiver acquires an axle rotation amount of a representative wheel and stores the axle rotation amount in a memory in association with the detector ID in the notification signal. After acquiring axle rotation amounts associated with the detector IDs of all of the tire pressure detectors, the receiver determines mounting positions of tires from the angle each tire pressure detector rotated and the angle each axle rotated between a first determination timing and a second determination timing. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140210607 | DIVERSITY ANTENNA - An electronic component in a vehicle tire condition monitor system includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a processor. The first antenna is oriented at an angle with respect to the second antenna. Both of the antennas are capable of receiving RF signals transmitted from a sensor associated with a respective tire of the vehicle. The RF signals represent a condition of the respective tire. The processor receives the RF signals transmitted by the sensor from at least one of the antennas. The first and second antennas receive the condition signals from any of a plurality of the sensors associated with respective tires on the vehicle. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140253311 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE - The tire pressure monitoring device has a storage module, a receiver module and a control module. The tire pressure monitoring device retrieves a protocol by external indication or internal discrimination. The external indication is that the control module retrieves a protocol from the storage module according to an external signal, and then the control module compares the retrieved protocol with a protocol of a tire pressure signal received by the receiver module. If a comparison of the protocols matches, the tire pressure monitoring device decodes the tire pressure signal. The internal discrimination is that the control module compares different protocols stored in the storage module with a protocol of the tire pressure signal. If a comparison of the protocols matches, the tire pressure monitoring device decodes the tire pressure signal. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140306815 | MULTI-FREQUENCY TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING DETECTOR - Methods, systems, and devices are provided for tire pressure detectors that may operate according to one of two or more selectable frequencies. Tire pressure detectors may include an RF section to modulate pressure information from a pressure sensor onto an output signal. The frequency of the output signal may be selectable from two or more frequencies based on a frequency required by a vehicle that the tire pressure detector is to be used with. An RF matching circuit may be coupled between the RF section and an antenna, with an impedance of the RF matching circuit selected based of the frequency of the output signal. Such impedance matching may provide a constant power level output from the tire pressure detector independent of the frequency of the tire pressure detector transmissions. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140313025 | TIRE STATUS RECEIVING SYSTEM - A tire status receiving system includes a first signal converter module including a first microcontroller unit, a wireless receiver unit for receiving a wireless signal from a tire status sensor and providing the wireless signal to the first microcontroller unit for enabling the first microcontroller unit to convert the wireless signal into a code for information interchange for output through an output unit being electrically coupled to the first microcontroller unit, and a second signal converter module including a second microcontroller unit, a memory unit for storing tire status sensor ID codes and predetermined alarm threshold values, an interface unit for communication with the output unit to receive data, a power supply unit to provide the necessary working electricity, and a communication port electrically coupled to the second microcontroller unit and having installed therein signal transmission circuit and a charging circuit. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140354421 | TIRE POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A tire position determination system including tire pressure detectors respectively attached to tires, axle rotation detectors respectively corresponding to axles, and a receiver located on a vehicle body. Each tire pressure detector detects when reaching a specific position on a rotation trajectory of the corresponding tire and transmits a radio wave including the tire ID. An ID temporary registration unit temporarily registers tire IDs to the memory that are received from the tire pressure detectors existing in a signal receivable area of the receiver. An ID registration acquires axle rotation information from each axle rotation detector whenever receiving the radio wave from each tire pressure detector, and specifies a tire ID of a tire that rotates in synchronism with rotation of each axle to determine the tire position of the tire. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140361884 | TPMS Setting Tool - A TPMS setting tool includes a housing carrying a display unit and an input device on the outside and a circuit hoard and a power supply device on the inside, the power supply device and the circuit board being electrically coupled together to provide the TPMS setting tool with the necessary working power supply. The housing has a receptacle provided at one side thereof and a connection port with multiple pins mounted inside the receptacle for the connection of a TPMS, enabling the desired communication protocol and ID code to be written into the inserted TPMS. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140368327 | RFID-tag, a TPMS Device, a Tire, a Receiver Device and a Method for Providing Information related to Identification of a Tire - Embodiments relate to a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID)-tag, a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) device, a tire, a receiver device and a method for providing information related to identification of a tire. The RFID-tag is configured to provide information related to the tire identification and it is configured to be powered by the TPMS device. The RFID-tag comprises a memory module configured to store the information related to the tire identification and a transmitter module configured to transmit the information related to the tire identification to a receiver device of a vehicle or a service station. The TPMS device comprises a coupling element configured to provide Radio Frequency power to the RFID-tag, for providing information related to tire identification. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150015387 | INTEGRATION SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSORS - The present invention relates to systems, methods and devices for the integration of tire pressure monitoring sensors to a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of integrating a tire pressure monitoring sensor with a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle. The method includes the step of selecting with a computer a program software for a tire pressure monitoring sensor of a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle. The method further includes transmitting the selected program software from the computer to a configuration tool for a tire pressure monitoring sensor. The method further includes utilizing the selected program software to integrate the tire pressure monitoring sensor with the tire pressure monitoring system of the vehicle. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015388 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR RECORDING AND TRANSMITTING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION OF TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSORS TO A VEHICLE - The present invention relates to methods, systems and devices for recording and storing identification information of tire pressure monitoring sensors and transmission of the stored identification information to a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle. In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method of integrating one or more tire pressure monitoring sensors with a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle. The method includes utilizing a configuration tool to cause a tire pressure monitoring sensor to generate a signal including an identifier. The method further includes recording the identifier on a memory device of the configuration tool. The method also includes transmitting the recorded identifier from the tool to a memory device of a vehicle. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015389 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR RECORDING AND TRANSMITTING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION OF TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSORS TO A VEHICLE - The present invention relates to recording and storing identification information of tire pressure monitoring sensors and transmission of the stored identification information to a tire pressure monitoring system. In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method of integrating one or more tire pressure monitoring sensors with a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle. The method includes programming and/or configuring a tire pressure monitoring sensor with a suitable program software for a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle. The method also includes utilizing a configuration tool to cause the tire pressure monitoring sensor to generate a signal including an identifier. The method further includes recording the identifier on a memory device of the configuration tool. The method further includes transmitting the recorded identifier from the configuration tool to a memory device of a vehicle when the vehicle enters a learning mode. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015390 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR WRITING AN IDENTIFIER TO A TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSOR - The present invention relates to methods, systems and devices for integration of a tire pressure monitoring sensor with a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of integrating one or more tire pressure monitoring sensors with a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle. The method includes transmitting an identifier from a configuration tool to a first tire pressure monitoring sensor, wherein the first tire pressure monitoring sensor records the identifier on a memory device. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150035667 | Insertable Indicator with a Spare Receptacle and Tire Pressure Status Instrument - An Insertable indicator with a spare receptacle includes an indicating component and a power getting plug, the indicating component comprises an enclosure and an display screen disposed in the enclosure for displaying content, the power getting plug is intended for connection with a car power getting receptacle for obtaining power therefrom and supplying it to the display screen. The indicating component of the enclosure is pivoted with a side of an exposed end of the power getting plug; and an end surface of the exposed end of the power getting plug is provided with a spare receptacle electrically connected to the car power getting receptacle. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150042464 | SIGNAL TRANSPONDER TRANSCEIVING SIGNALS USING DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS AND METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING SIGNALS USING DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS - A signal transponder transceiving signals using different communication protocols has a control module, a receiving module and a transmitting module. The control module is electrically connected to the receiving module and the transmitting module, is built in with multiple communication protocols, decodes a tire pressure signal transmitted from and encoded by an external tire pressure sensor with one of the communication protocols, encodes the decoded information to a new tire pressure signal, and further transmits the new tire pressure signal to a tire pressure receiver. Accordingly, there is no failure in decoding and transmissions and cost increase when the signal transponder communicates with tire pressure sensors and a tire pressure receiver using two different communication protocols. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042465 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSIONS IN A TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR - A number of frames in a burst is adjusted such that a first optimal number of first frames from a first manufacturer are included in the burst, the first optimal number of frames chosen to enable the detection of the burst by first receivers that are tuned to receive the first frames from the first manufacturer. The number of frames in the burst is adjusted such that a second optimal number of second frames from a second manufacturer are included in the burst, the second optimal number of frames chosen to enable detection of the burst by second receivers that are tuned to receive the second frames from the second manufacturer. The number of frames in the burst maintains a configuration compliant with government regulations regarding one or more of a burst length and a power emission. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150054640 | ID CODE LEARNING DEVICE AND METHOD OF LEARNING ID CODE - An ID code learning device includes a RF transceiving module, a received signal strength indication (RSSI) module, and a processing circuit. The RF transceiving module receives RF signals, and each of the RF signals contains an ID code. The RSSI module is electrically connected to the RF transceiving module to detect signal strengths of the RF signals received by the RF transceiving module. The processing circuit is electrically connected to the RF transceiving module and the received signal strength indication module respectively. The received signal strength indication module detects the RF signal with the highest signal strength, the processing circuit pairs the ID code thereof with a predetermined tire location code, and then the RF transceiving module transmits a pairing result out. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150054641 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - A tire pressure monitoring system includes a tire valve stem mounted tire pressure gauge and an externally powerable remote display unit. The pressure gauge includes a pressure sensor, a wake circuit, a processor, and a first radio frequency (RF) module. The remote display unit includes a second RF module and a display. The wake circuit is adapted to activate the processor periodically at a predetermined interval of time and causes the processor to receive an output signal from the pressure sensor. The output of the pressure sensor is indicative of a tire pressure detected by the pressure sensor. The remote display unit is adapted to display the measured tire pressure value without any user input. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150077238 | TIRE IDENTIFICATION CODE REGISTRATION SYSTEM - A tire identification code registration system for use with tire pressure detectors and a tire pressure monitoring system (TMPS) receiver. Each tire pressure detector, which includes a unique tire identification code, is coupled to a tire to detect the pressure of the tire and transmit a tire pressure signal. The receiver receives the tire pressure signal and monitors the pressure of the tire. The tire identification code registration system includes a storage manager that stores, in a memory, tire identification codes included in wireless signals received during a predetermined storage period as candidate tire identification codes. A registration unit registers the candidate tire identification codes in the memory as formal tire identification codes after the storage performed by the storage manager when the number of the candidate tire identification codes in the memory is equal to a predetermined storage number. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150306925 | METHOD OF LOCATING VEHICLE WHEELS EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC BOX - A method for locating the wheels of a vehicle equipped with an electronic module, according to which the transmission, by transmitting antennas mounted on the vehicle, of a predetermined number of identification request signals is commanded, and the values representative of the rates of reception of these signals by the electronic modules are analyzed. According to the method, centroid calculations are performed to determine, for each wheel position, the “ideal position” {right arrow over (LA | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150328943 | SETTING METHOD FOR A TIRE DETECTION DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A tire detection data transmission system and the setting method thereof include at least one monitoring device, for detecting the condition of vehicle tires and generating tire information, which is transmitted via a RF signal to a transfer device. The transfer device then uses a Bluetooth signal to transmit the received tire information to a mobile communication device. The RF signal emitted by the monitoring device includes at least the tire information and the identification code of the monitoring device. The identification code makes subsequent updates to the settings of the monitoring device simpler and more convenient. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150343859 | TPMS SENSOR POSITION SETTING METHOD - A TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor setting method is disclosed and performed by: using a setting tool to input a location code into the TPMS sensor to be set so that the TPMS sensor can feed the location code and its ID to the on-vehicle main unit for enabling the on-vehicle main unit to establish the relationship between the ID of the TPMS sensor and its location. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150367691 | TIRE STATUS MONITORING-TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE THEREOF - A tire status monitoring-transmission system and a transmission device thereof are disclosed. The system comprises a Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer having a display interface and sending out a response signal after detecting an upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal; a plurality of transmission modules each including a Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit persistently emitting the upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal and receiving the response signal; a control unit electrically connected with the Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit and generating a trigger signal according to the response signal; and a sensor module electrically connected with the control unit, triggered by the trigger signal to detect a tire status, and generating detection signals to the control unit, wherein the control unit further transmits the detection signals to the Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer through the Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit, and the Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer presents the tire status on the display interface. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150367692 | REPEATER FOR TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) AUTO LOCALIZATION - A TPMS auto localization system for on-demand tire parameter acquisition and an associated method includes a central unit configured to receive and transmit radio-frequency (RF) signals, and a tire module associated with a tire. The tire module is configured to measure one or more tire parameters based on a received low frequency (LF) command and transmit the one or more tire parameters to the central unit. A repeater module is associated with the tire module, and is configured to receive the RF signal from the central unit and translate the RF signal into a LF command to be transmitted to the tire module. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160059647 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM APPARATUS AND METHOD - A first signal transmission is received from a transmitter external to the monitor, the first signal having a transmission characteristic. Based upon the transmission characteristic of the first signal transmission and not any data in the first transmission, a corresponding at least one protocol is determined. A data resolution based upon the transmission characteristic is determined. A second data transmission is formed according to the corresponding at least one protocol, and the sensed data is inserted into the second data transmission according to the resolution. The second data transmission is transmitted. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160075193 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - A tire pressure monitoring system includes a plurality of tire pressure sensing modules and an information display module in information connection with the tire pressure sensing modules. The tire pressure sensing modules are installed at respective tires of a vehicle to transmit tire condition information of the respective tires and device identification codes to the information display module. The information display module includes a data processing unit associating each of the device identification codes with a device selection code and a stepless knob controlled to output at least one selection signal to the data processing unit. Upon receiving the selection signal, the data processing unit determines the corresponding device selection code according to the selection signal to read the corresponding tire condition information, thereby allowing a user to quickly learn the tire condition of any tire of the vehicle. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160082791 | Method and System for Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) with Time Encoded Wireless Tire Condition Sensing Device - The present invention disclosed herein is a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) with a time encoded wireless tire condition sensing device in which each transmitter ID is assigned its own timing parameter through the controlling device wherein each timing parameter has a different time delay to prevent any launch time transmission overlap. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160101658 | Upgradable Universal Tire Pressure Monitoring Device, System, and System Implementation Methods - This invention relates to tire pressure monitoring technology. More particularly, the invention relates to upgradeable universal tire pressure monitoring device, system, and system implementation methods. The invention provides an upgradeable universal tire pressure monitoring device which by default features the program meets the functional requirements of one certain type of tire pressure monitoring device. It can be a substitute for one type of tire pressure monitoring device, and users can use it directly without purchasing an external upgrade device; the tire pressure monitoring device can receive, store, and execute a new version of a program or a program meeting the functional requirements of one certain type of tire pressure monitoring device, which is sent by external upgrade device so as to complete program upgrading or become the tire pressure monitoring device that meets functional requirements of another type of tire pressure monitoring device, and thus achieve the compatible and universal effect. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160101728 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING ROAD SAFETY - A method and system for the improvement of road safety. The system is able to determine if the driver is physically fit to operate a vehicle, and determine if the vehicle is safe for driving. The system is further able to detect driving violations such as driving above a predetermined speed limit, harsh acceleration, harsh deceleration, over-speeding period, idling period, driver's eyes closure, reckless lane change, tailgating, and drowsiness, and alert the driver accordingly. The system further keeps a record of all driving violations at a remote server ( | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160144674 | RFID-TAG, A TPMS DEVICE, A TIRE, A RECEIVER DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO IDENTIFICATION OF A TIRE - Embodiments relate to a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID)-tag, a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) device, a tire, a receiver device and a method for providing information related to identification of a tire. The RFID-tag is configured to provide information related to the tire identification and it is configured to be powered by the TPMS device. The RFID-tag comprises a memory module configured to store the information related to the tire identification and a transmitter module configured to transmit the information related to the tire identification to a receiver device of a vehicle or a service station. The TPMS device comprises a coupling element configured to provide Radio Frequency power to the RFID-tag, for providing information related to tire identification. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160159171 | VEHICLE WHEEL INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE - A vehicle wheel information acquiring device includes a vehicle wheel sensor and a vehicle-body-side device. The vehicle wheel sensor is configured to revolve around an axle with a rotation of a vehicle wheel. The vehicle-body-side device includes a reception unit, a processing unit, a rotation position acquiring unit, an on-reception rotation position storage unit, and a determination unit. The determination unit is configured to determine whether a revolution position of the vehicle wheel sensor is included in an insufficient received intensity area during a stopping operation of a vehicle. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160159172 | BAROMETRIC PRESSURE COMPENSATION FOR TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM TOOL - At a portable low frequency (LF) tool, a sensor reading of a tire pressure is received. A determination is made of a barometric pressure adjustment based upon received inputs. The adjustment is applied to the reading of the tire pressure to form an adjusted pressure. The adjusted pressure is presented to a user at the portable LF tool | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160167459 | TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE DETECTION DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160167460 | Tire Pressure Monitor System Tool with Re-Learn and Diagnostic Procedures | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160176246 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IN A TPMS SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160176247 | LOW-FREQUENCY EMISSION ELECTRONIC UNIT EMITTING TO A MOBILE WHEEL ELECTRONIC UNIT OF A VEHICLE AND ASSOCIATED LOW-FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD | 06-23-2016 |
