ID registration method for tire pressure sensor, ID registration apparatus, ID registration tool for tire pressure monitoring system, and tire with air pressure sensor
First Claim
1. A method of registering a tire air pressure sensor ID in a tire pressure monitoring system in which a tire pressure monitoring apparatus mounted on a body of a vehicle receives an air pressure signal transmitted together with an ID of an air pressure sensor of each of tires mounted on said vehicle from said air pressure sensor to monitor an air pressure of each of said tires mounted on said vehicle, comprising:
- a step of reading said ID offered as readable information; and
a step of writing the read ID in an ID storage unit of each of said air pressure sensors and in an ID storage unit of said tire pressure monitoring apparatus.
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Abstract
Provided is a tire pressure monitoring system capable of preventing mistaken registration of ID due to radio interference. In the system, a tire pressure monitoring apparatus is switched into an ID registration mode while an ID is read out from a bar code or the like and is transmitted to the tire pressure monitoring apparatus. The tire pressure monitoring apparatus registers the received ID in a memory. After the completion of the registration of a necessary number of IDs, the tire pressure monitoring apparatus is switched into a normal mode, before the ID registration operation comes to an end. On the other hand, in the case of tire replacement, through the use of an ID registration tool, an ID is read out from a bar code adhered onto a tire detached and is transmitted to the tire pressure monitoring apparatus. The tire pressure monitoring apparatus removes an ID corresponding to this ID from the memory, and through the use of the ID registration tool, an ID is read out from a bar code adhered onto a tire to be newly mounted and is transmitted to the tire pressure monitoring apparatus to be registered therein.
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Citations
45 Claims
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1. A method of registering a tire air pressure sensor ID in a tire pressure monitoring system in which a tire pressure monitoring apparatus mounted on a body of a vehicle receives an air pressure signal transmitted together with an ID of an air pressure sensor of each of tires mounted on said vehicle from said air pressure sensor to monitor an air pressure of each of said tires mounted on said vehicle, comprising:
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a step of reading said ID offered as readable information; and
a step of writing the read ID in an ID storage unit of each of said air pressure sensors and in an ID storage unit of said tire pressure monitoring apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (3, 5, 7)
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2. A method of registering a tire air pressure sensor ID in a tire pressure monitoring system in which a tire pressure monitoring apparatus mounted on a body of a vehicle receives an air pressure signal transmitted together with an ID of an air pressure sensor of each of tires mounted on said vehicle from said air pressure sensor to monitor an air pressure of each of said tires mounted on said vehicle, comprising:
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a step of indicating a sensor ID as readable information on each of said air pressure sensors, each of said tires, a wheel of each of said tires or a wheel cover of each of said tires;
a step of reading said ID from said readable information; and
a step of writing the read ID in an ID storage unit of said tire pressure monitoring apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (4, 6, 8)
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9. A tire air pressure sensor ID registration apparatus for use in a tire pressure monitoring system in which a tire pressure monitoring apparatus mounted on a body of a vehicle receives an air pressure signal transmitted together with an ID of an air pressure sensor of each of tires mounted on said vehicle from said air pressure sensor to monitor an air pressure of each of said tires mounted on said vehicle, comprising:
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an ID indicating unit for indicating readable information including an ID;
a reading unit for reading out said ID from said readable information indicated by said ID indicating unit; and
ID writing unit for writing said ID, read by said reading unit, in an ID storage unit of each of said air pressure sensors and in an ID storage unit of said tire pressure monitoring apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (11, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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10. A tire air pressure sensor ID registration apparatus for use in a tire pressure monitoring system in which a tire pressure monitoring apparatus mounted on a body of a vehicle receives an air pressure signal transmitted together with an ID of an air pressure sensor of each of tires mounted on said vehicle from said air pressure sensor to monitor an air pressure of each of said tires mounted on said vehicle, comprising:
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a readable information indication label including a sensor ID and adhered onto each of said air pressure sensors, each of said tires, a wheel of each of said tires or a wheel cover of each of said tires;
a reading unit for reading out said ID from said readable information indication label; and
an ID writing unit for writing said ID, read out by the reading unit, in an ID storage unit of said tire pressure monitoring apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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17. An ID registration tool for use in a tire pressure monitoring system in which a tire pressure monitoring apparatus mounted on a body of a vehicle receives an air pressure signal transmitted together with an ID of an air pressure sensor of each of tires mounted on said vehicle from said air pressure sensor to monitor an air pressure of each of said tires mounted on said vehicle, comprising:
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a reading unit for reading out a sensor ID from a readable information indication label including said sensor ID and adhered onto each of said air pressure sensors, each of said tires, a wheel of each of said tires or a wheel cover of each of said tires;
ID transmitting unit for transmitting said ID, read out by said reading unit, to said tire pressure monitoring apparatus; and
a storage state instruction unit for giving an instruction on registration or deletion of said ID transmitted from said ID transmitting unit. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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- 21. A tire with an air pressure sensor in which an optically-readable information label indicating information including an ID of said air pressure sensor is adhered onto said air pressure sensor, said tire itself, a tire wheel or a tire wheel cover.
- 23. A method of registering an ID of each of tire air pressure sensors for use in a tire pressure monitoring system in which a tire pressure monitoring apparatus mounted on a body of a vehicle receives an air pressure signal transmitted together with said ID from said air pressure sensor of each of tires mounted on said vehicle to monitor an air pressure of each of said tires, wherein each of said sensors and said tire pressure monitoring apparatus are placed into an ID registration mode, while said ID is transmitted to each of said sensors to be stored therein and the same ID is also transmitted to said tire pressure monitoring apparatus to be stored therein.
- 24. A method of registering an ID of each of tire air pressure sensors for use in a tire pressure monitoring system in which a tire pressure monitoring apparatus mounted on a body of a vehicle receives an air pressure signal transmitted together with said ID from said air pressure sensor of each of tires mounted on said vehicle to monitor an air pressure of each of said tires, wherein each of said sensors and said tire pressure monitoring apparatus are placed into an ID registration mode, while said ID is transmitted to each of said sensors through the use of an ID registration tool to be stored in each of said sensors and is also transmitted to said tire pressure monitoring apparatus through said ID registration tool to be stored in said tire pressure monitoring apparatus.
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32. A tire air pressure sensor ID registration apparatus for use in a tire pressure monitoring system in which a tire pressure monitoring apparatus mounted on a body of a vehicle receives an air pressure signal transmitted together with a registration ID from an air pressure sensor of each of tires mounted on said vehicle to monitor an air pressure of each of said tires, said ID registration apparatus comprising:
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a receiver mode switching unit for switching said tire pressure monitoring apparatus into an ID registration mode;
a transmitter mode switching unit for switching said air pressure sensor of each of said tires into an ID registration mode;
an ID setting unit for setting said registration ID to be stored in said air pressure sensor; and
an ID registration tool including an ID transmitting unit for transmitting the set registration ID to said air pressure sensor switched into said ID registration mode by said transmitter mode switching unit and further to said tire pressure monitoring apparatus switched into said ID registration mode by said receiver mode switching unit. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. An ID registration tool for use in a tire pressure monitoring system in which a tire pressure monitoring apparatus mounted on a body of a vehicle receives an air pressure signal transmitted together with a registration ID from an air pressure sensor of each of tires mounted on said vehicle to monitor an air pressure of each of said tires, and made to register said registration ID in said tire pressure monitoring apparatus, said tool comprising:
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an ID setting unit for setting said registration ID to be stored in said air pressure sensor to be mounted on said vehicle; and
an ID transmitting unit for transmitting said registration ID, set in said ID setting unit, to said air pressure sensor and further to said tire pressure monitoring apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A tire air pressure sensor mounted on each of tires of a vehicle, comprising:
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an air pressure detecting unit for detecting an air pressure of said tire;
an ID storage unit for storing an ID of said tire air pressure sensor;
a transmitting circuit for transmitting the detected tire air pressure together with said air pressure sensor ID; and
a receiving circuit for receiving an ID to be stored in said ID storage unit, wherein the received ID is stored as said air pressure sensor ID in said ID storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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44. A tire with an air pressure sensor, said air pressure sensor comprising:
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an air pressure detecting unit for detecting an air pressure of said tire;
an ID storage unit for storing an ID of said tire air pressure sensor;
a transmitting circuit for transmitting the detected tire air pressure together with said air pressure sensor ID; and
a receiving circuit for receiving an ID to be stored in said ID storage unit, wherein the received ID is stored as said air pressure sensor ID in said ID storage unit.
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45. A tire pressure monitoring apparatus which registers an ID of an air pressure sensor of each of tires mounted on a vehicle and receives, through an antenna, an air pressure signal transmitted together with said ID from said sensor to monitor an air pressure of each of said tires on the basis of a result of the reception, said apparatus comprising:
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a signal line connecting unit for making a connection through a signal line to a predetermined ID registration tool;
an ID registration mode activating unit for activating an ID registration mode;
a tire position judging unit for making a judgment on a tire position on the basis of registration ID data received through said signal line in a state where said ID registration mode is activated;
an ID registration unit for registering said ID of said air pressure sensors in the form of specifying a tire position on the basis of a result of the judgment in said tire position judging unit;
a re-registration judging unit for making a judgment on the basis of a command received from said ID registration tool as to whether or not the present registration is re-registration; and
a re-registration unit for, when the judgment in said re-registration judging unit indicates the re-registration, re-registering an air pressure sensor ID in a memory on the basis of a result of the judgment in said tire position judging unit so that an ID already registered with respect to an air pressure sensor existing at a tire position undergoing the tire position judgment is actually replaced with said air pressure sensor ID.
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Specification