PROGRAMMABLE TIRE PRESSURE DETECTOR

• US 20090231114A1
• Filed: 03/12/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Orange Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: YU, Hung-Chih
• Application Number:
  US12/046,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20090231114A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/447
• 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 programmable tire pressure detector has a body, a programmable micro-controller, a sensor, a low-frequency receiver and a radio-frequency transceiver. The body is mounted inside a tire. The programmable micro-controller is mounted inside the body and has a programming interface protruding from the body. The sensor detects a tire pressure and a tire temperature inside the tire. Wherein, the programming interface is selectively connected to a programmer and receives setting signals and data formats form the programmer. Hence, the programmable tire pressure detector can be applied to different vehicles with writing different setting signals and the data formats in the programmable micro-controller.

Claims

1. A programmable tire pressure detector comprising:

a body;

a programmable micro-controller being mounted inside the body, being capable of rewriting settings and data formats thereof and having

a programmable interface protruding from the body and receiving setting signals to rewrite the setting signals in the programmable micro-controller;

a sensor being electronically connected to the programmable micro-controller for detecting a tire pressure and sending the tire pressure to the programmable micro-controller;

a low-frequency receiver being electronically connected to the programmable micro-controller and receiving low-frequency signals; and

a radio-frequency transceiver being electronically connected to the programmable micro-controller and being controlled by the programmable micro-controller to send out radio-frequency signals corresponding to the tire pressure.

2. The tire pressure monitoring system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor is a temperature sensor for detects tire temperatures therein.