Wireless tire pressure monitoring system with interactive multiple frequency channel

• US 20090184814A1
• Filed: 01/18/2008
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kingtronoic RF Corp.
• Original Assignee: Kingtronoic RF Corp.
• Inventors: Lee, Hui-Chang, Chang, Liang-Chuan, Chen, Kamwa, Lin, Chien-Lung
• Application Number:
  US12/010,001
• Publication Number:
  US 20090184814A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/447
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/001 Devices for manually or automatically controlling or distributing tyre pressure whilst the vehicle is moving
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/007 having multiple wheels arranged side by side
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/008 having wheels on more than two axles
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0408 transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver

Abstract

A wireless tire pressure monitoring system with interactive multiple frequency channel includes a controlling host module and multiple tire detection units. The controlling host module includes a first CPU, a key unit, a display unit, a low-frequency wireless transmitter, and a high-frequency wireless receiver. The tire detection units are separately provided on tires of a vehicle and each include a second CPU, a tire information detecting device, a low-frequency wireless receiver, and a high-frequency wireless transmitter. A default standard value may be set via the key unit. The low-frequency wireless transmitter transmits a low-frequency signal to each of the low-frequency wireless receivers for requesting the tire detection units to transmit current tire information, which is then sent via a high-frequency signal transmitted by the high-frequency wireless transmitter to the high-frequency wireless receiver.

Claims

1. A wireless tire pressure monitoring system, comprising a controlling host module and a plurality of tire detection units;

the controlling host module including;

a first central processing unit (CPU);

a key unit electrically connected to the first CPU for setting a default standard value;

a display unit electrically connected to the first CPU;

a low-frequency wireless transmitter electrically connected to the first CPU for transmitting a low-frequency signal to the tire detection units and thereby informing the tire detection units to return current tire information; and

a high-frequency wireless receiver electrically connected to the first CPU for receiving the tire information returned by the tire detection units and sending the received tire information to the first CPU; and

the tire detection units being separately provided on tires of a transport vehicle, and each including;

a second CPU;

a tire information detecting device electrically connected to the second CPU for detecting tire information;

a low-frequency wireless receiver electrically connected to the second CPU for receiving the low-frequency signal transmitted from the low-frequency wireless transmitter of the controlling host module; and

a high-frequency wireless transmitter electrically connected to the second CPU for transmitting a high-frequency signal to transmit the tire information detected by the tire information detecting device to the high-frequency wireless receiver of the controlling host module.

2. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controlling host module further includes a memory unit electrically connected to the first CPU for storing the default standard value set via the key unit.

3. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tire information detecting device is a pressure detector for detecting a tire pressure of a tire.

4. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controlling host module further includes a relay electrically connected to the first CPU for connecting a car power supply to a tire pressure inflator;

whereby when the first CPU of the controlling host module compares the received tire information with the default standard value set via the key unit and, if a current tire pressure value that is lower than the default standard value is detected, the first CPU generates a tire inflating signal to control and actuate the relay for the same to connect the car power supply to the tire pressure inflator.

5. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controlling host module further includes a tire pressure warning unit electrically connected to the first CPU;

whereby when the first CPU of the controlling host module compares the received tire information with the default standard value set via the key unit and, if a current tire pressure value that is lower than the default standard value is detected, the first CPU generates a tire warning signal to the tire pressure warning unit for the same to emit a warning.

6. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the tire detection units further includes a memory unit electrically connected to the second CPU for storing the tire information detected by the tire information detecting device thereof.

7. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tire detection unit is a temperature detector.

8. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tire detection unit is a voltage detector.

9. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tire detection unit is a centrifugal force detector.

10. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the tire detection units includes an identification code electrically connected to the second CPU, and the high-frequency wireless transmitter transmits both the tire information detected by the tire information detecting device and the identification code of the tire detection unit to the high-frequency wireless receiver of the controlling host module;

and the high-frequency wireless receiver of the controlling host module sends the received tire information detected by the tire information detecting device and the received identification code of the tire detection unit to the first CPU.

11. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controlling host module includes an identification code storing unit electrically connected to the first CPU for storing the identification codes of the plurality of tire detection units;

whereby when the first CPU receives the tire information detected by the tire information detecting device and the identification code of the tire detection unit, the first CPU compares the received identification code with the identification codes of the tire detection units stored on the identification code storing unit to determine from which one of the tire detection units the tire information comes from.

12. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the low-frequency signals transmitted from the low-frequency wireless transmitter of the controlling host module to the tire detection units have a different frequency each.

13. The wireless tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the high-frequency signals transmitted from the high-frequency wireless transmitter of the tire detection units to the controlling host module have a different frequency each.