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Apparatus, system and method for configuring a tire information sensor with a transmission protocol based on vehicle trigger characteristics

  • US 10,220,660 B2
  • Filed: 08/01/2016
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tire pressure sensor for a motor vehicle having a tire pressure monitor, the tire pressure sensor comprising:

  • a non-Bluetooth wireless receiver located inside a vehicle tire, the non-Bluetooth wireless receiver being configured to;

    receive from the vehicle tire pressure monitor, a first, non-Bluetooth low-frequency (LF) wireless message when the non-Bluetooth wireless receiver is inside the vehicle tire, the received first non-Bluetooth message being formed using one of a plurality of different types of first wireless message protocols;

    while the non-Bluetooth wireless receiver is inside the tire, identify a particular type of wireless message protocol that was used to form the received first non-Bluetooth wireless message; and

    generate a non-Bluetooth output message to a non-Bluetooth wireless transmitter co-located with the non-Bluetooth wireless receiver while the non-Bluetooth wireless receiver is inside the vehicle tire, the non-Bluetooth output message from the non-Bluetooth wireless receiver comprising an identifier, which identifies the non-Bluetooth wireless message protocol by which the received non-Bluetooth first wireless message was formed by the vehicle tire pressure monitor; and

    a non-Bluetooth wireless transmitter co-located with the non-Bluetooth wireless receiver inside the vehicle tire, the non-Bluetooth wireless transmitter being coupled to the non-Bluetooth wireless receiver, and configured to transmit to the tire pressure monitor from inside the tire, a second, non-Bluetooth, high-frequency message containing tire information using a second non-Bluetooth wireless message protocol, which is selected in response the identifier for the tire pressure sensor;

    wherein the reception of the first non-Bluetooth message by the non-Bluetooth wireless receiver, the identification of the first non-Bluetooth wireless message protocol by the non-Bluetooth wireless receiver and selection of the second non-Bluetooth wireless message protocol by the non-Bluetooth wireless receiver takes place inside the tire.

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