METHOD OF DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN ROTATING WHEELS AND NONROTATING WHEELS OF A VEHICLE WHILE SAID VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN
First Claim
1. Method of discriminating, while a vehicle (1) is being driven, between the rotating wheels (2-5) and the nonrotating wheels (15) of said vehicle, each wheel being fitted with an electronic module (6-9, 16) designed to transmit signals representative of operating parameters of the wheel (2-5, 15) to a central processing unit (14) mounted on the vehicle (1), said method consisting in transmitting signals, called identification request signals, to the electronic modules (6-9, 16) and in commanding, in response, the transmission, by each of said electronic modules, of a signal that includes a parameter for identifying each module to the central processing unit (14), and said method being characterized in that it consists, upon reception of the identification request signals by an electronic module (6-9, 16), in calculating the level of reception of said identification request signals and in declaring that the corresponding wheel is rotating if said level of reception is between 10% and 90%.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of discriminating, while a vehicle (1) is being driven, between the rotating wheels (2-5) and the nonrotating wheels (15) of said vehicle, each wheel being fitted with an electronic module (6-9, 16), said method consisting in transmitting identification request signals to the electronic modules (6-9, 16) and in commanding, in response, the transmission, by each of said electronic modules, of a signal that includes a parameter identifying said module. According to the invention, this method furthermore consists, upon reception of identification request signals by an electronic module (6-9, 16), in calculating the level of reception of said identification request signals and in declaring the corresponding wheel to be a rotating wheel if said level of reception is between 10% and 90%.
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1. Method of discriminating, while a vehicle (1) is being driven, between the rotating wheels (2-5) and the nonrotating wheels (15) of said vehicle, each wheel being fitted with an electronic module (6-9, 16) designed to transmit signals representative of operating parameters of the wheel (2-5, 15) to a central processing unit (14) mounted on the vehicle (1), said method consisting in transmitting signals, called identification request signals, to the electronic modules (6-9, 16) and in commanding, in response, the transmission, by each of said electronic modules, of a signal that includes a parameter for identifying each module to the central processing unit (14), and said method being characterized in that it consists, upon reception of the identification request signals by an electronic module (6-9, 16), in calculating the level of reception of said identification request signals and in declaring that the corresponding wheel is rotating if said level of reception is between 10% and 90%.
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