RFID ENABLED TIRE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A tire control system for a vehicle having at least one wheel unit, the wheel unit including a wheel rim and tire mounted to the wheel rim, the control system comprising:
- at least one tire-based RFID tag mounted to the tire and having a unique tire serial number stored within tag memory accessible to an external reader;
a pass-through portal operatively entered and exited by the vehicle;
at least one tire-directed antenna positioned within the portal for operatively receiving at least one data transmission of the unique tire serial number from the tire-based RFID tag; and
at least one tire-directed RFID reader coupled to the tire-directed antenna for operably reading and storing within a tire-based database the unique tire serial number data.
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Abstract
A tire control system for a vehicle is provided includes an RFID tag mounted to the tire and having a unique tire serial number stored within tag memory accessible to an external reader; a pass-through portal operatively entered and exited by the vehicle; one or more tire-directed antenna positioned within the portal for operatively receiving one or more one data transmissions of the unique tire serial number from the tire-based RFID tag; and one or more tire-directed RFID reader coupled to the tire-directed antennas for operably reading and storing within a tire-based database the unique tire serial number data. A vehicle-based RFID tag is mounted to the vehicle having a unique vehicle serial number stored within tag memory and transmitted to an external reader as the vehicle moves through the portal. A data processing computer is coupled to receive the portal-read unique tire serial number and vehicle serial number and conducts of the portal-read unique tire serial number data and the unique vehicle serial number data against prestored reference tire serial number data and prestored reference vehicle serial number data, respectively.
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20 Claims
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1. A tire control system for a vehicle having at least one wheel unit, the wheel unit including a wheel rim and tire mounted to the wheel rim, the control system comprising:
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at least one tire-based RFID tag mounted to the tire and having a unique tire serial number stored within tag memory accessible to an external reader; a pass-through portal operatively entered and exited by the vehicle; at least one tire-directed antenna positioned within the portal for operatively receiving at least one data transmission of the unique tire serial number from the tire-based RFID tag; and at least one tire-directed RFID reader coupled to the tire-directed antenna for operably reading and storing within a tire-based database the unique tire serial number data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of tire control for a vehicle having at least one wheel unit, the wheel unit including a wheel rim and a tire mounted to the wheel rim, comprising:
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positioning the vehicle within a pass-through portal configured for vehicle entry and exit, the tire having at least one tire-based RFID tag mounted to the tire, the tire-based RFID tag having a unique tire serial number stored within tag memory accessible to an external reader; transmitting in a read sequence to a tire-directed reader by at least one data transmission of the unique tire serial number from the tire-based RFID tag. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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