ADDRESSABLE VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An addressable monitoring system, the system comprising:
- a harness having a common bus line;
a plurality of sensors, each respective sensor having at least one address input, operable to be connected to the harness, and operable to determine an address of the respective sensor based on a connection made between the harness and the respective sensor; and
a controller operable to be connected to the common bus line of the harness and operable to send a control signal through the common bus line to each of the plurality of sensors.
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Abstract
An addressable monitoring system and method for addressing sensors. In one embodiment, the invention provides an addressable monitoring system for a vehicle. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of sensors each having at least one address input; a harness; and a controller. The harness includes a common bus coupled to each of the plurality of the sensors. Each sensor is operable to determine its own address according between the sensor and the harness. The controller sends a signal having address information and control or command information through the harness. The sensor having an address that corresponds to the address information in the signal sent by the controller responds. The system is applicable to a tire pressure monitoring system having multiple sensors, one sensor located on or in each tire. Each sensor may be paired with an addressable initiator located in the proximity of the tire.
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1. An addressable monitoring system, the system comprising:
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a harness having a common bus line;
a plurality of sensors, each respective sensor having at least one address input, operable to be connected to the harness, and operable to determine an address of the respective sensor based on a connection made between the harness and the respective sensor; and
a controller operable to be connected to the common bus line of the harness and operable to send a control signal through the common bus line to each of the plurality of sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of addressing a plurality of sensors, each sensor having an address input and a bus input, the method comprising:
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providing a harness, the harness having at least two connectors, a common bus line, and at least one address line;
physically configuring each connector of the harness such that the at least one address line is assigned a value;
connecting one sensor to each connector such that the address input is coupled to the at least one address line and the bus input is coupled to the common bus line; and
determining an address for each sensor based on the value of the at least one address line. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An addressable tire pressure monitoring system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a plurality of initiators, each initiator having at least one address input;
a plurality of tire pressure sensors, each of the plurality of tire pressure sensors operable to be in wireless communication with each of the plurality of initiators;
a harness having a common bus line and at least one address line and a plurality of connectors, each initiator operable to assign itself an address based upon a connection between the initiator and one of the plurality of connectors; and
a controller operable to send a signal on the common bus line, the signal having a command information and an address information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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