Tire-Pressure Signal Transmitting Device

• US 20120139751A1
• Filed: 12/01/2010
• Published: 06/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chia Development Inc.
• Original Assignee: Chia Development Inc.
• Inventors: Lin, Chih-Hen
• Application Number:
  US12/957,449
• Publication Number:
  US 20120139751A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.07
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0479 Communicating with external units being not part of the vehicle, e.g. tools for diagnostic, mobile phones, electronic keys or service stations

Abstract

A tire-pressure signal transmitting device includes a tire pressure detector mounted in a tire of a vehicle. The tire pressure detector detects pressure in the tire. A transmitting device includes a data receiver and a wireless transmitter. The data receiver receives data containing pressure of the tire detected by the tire pressure detector. The wireless transmitter is connected to the data receiver by a transmission interface. The transmission interface converts the data from the data receiver into a signal indicative of the data and transmits the signal to the wireless transmitter. The wireless transmitter sends out the signal indicative of the data. A portable electronic device receives the signal sent by the wireless transmitter, allowing a user of the portable electronic device to know the pressure of the tire.

Claims

1. A tire-pressure signal transmitting device comprising:

a tire pressure detector adapted to be mounted in a tire of a vehicle, with the tire pressure detector adapted to detect pressure in the tire;

a transmitting device including a data receiver and a wireless transmitter, with the data receiver receiving data containing pressure of the tire detected by the tire pressure detector, with the wireless transmitter connected to the data receiver by a transmission interface, with the transmission interface converting the data from the data receiver into a signal indicative of the data and sending the signal to the wireless transmitter, with the wireless transmitter sending out the signal indicative of the data; and

a portable electronic device receiving the signal sent by the wireless transmitter, allowing a user of the portable electronic device to know the pressure of the tire.

2. The tire-pressure signal transmitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission interface is a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter.

3. The tire-pressure signal transmitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission interface is a universal serial bus.

4. The tire-pressure signal transmitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission interface is a serial peripheral interface.

5. The tire-pressure signal transmitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless transmitter is a Bluetooth wireless transmitter.

6. The tire-pressure signal transmitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless transmitter is a WiFi transmitter.

7. The tire-pressure signal transmitting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is a notebook, mobile phone, mini-notebook, smart phone, or tablet personal computer.