Tyre pressure monitoring system
US7239948B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 12, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60C23/0416
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tyre pressure monitoring or warning system comprising at least one receiver responsive to signals transmitted by transmitters associated with one or more tyres. The system including a memory which stores a list of identity tags captured by the receiver, and a list of associated confidence values for each identity tag indicative of the confidence that the stored identity tag corresponds to a transmitter that belongs to the vehicle. The list may be split into a member and a candidate list comprising those identity tags that are deemed to refer and that possibly refer respectively to transmitters associated with the vehicle respectively. Initiators may be provided to initiate transmission from the transmitters in order to locate the position of each tyre.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.