TIRE STATUS MONITORING-TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20150367691A1
• Filed: 02/09/2015
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nanjing Silergy Semiconductor (Hong Kong) Technology Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Gofull Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LIU, CHI-KANG
• Granted Patent: US 9,420,408 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A tire status monitoring-transmission system and a transmission device thereof are disclosed. The system comprises a Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer having a display interface and sending out a response signal after detecting an upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal; a plurality of transmission modules each including a Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit persistently emitting the upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal and receiving the response signal; a control unit electrically connected with the Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit and generating a trigger signal according to the response signal; and a sensor module electrically connected with the control unit, triggered by the trigger signal to detect a tire status, and generating detection signals to the control unit, wherein the control unit further transmits the detection signals to the Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer through the Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit, and the Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer presents the tire status on the display interface.

Claims

1. A tire status monitoring-transmission system comprising

a Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer having a display interface and sending out a response signal if having detected an upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal;

a plurality of transmission modules wirelessly linking to said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer and each including

a Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit persistently emitting said upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal and receiving said response signal after said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer receives said upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal and generates said response signal; and

a control unit electrically connected with said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit and generating a trigger signal according to said response signal; and

a sensor module electrically connected with said control unit, triggered by said trigger signal to detect a tire status, and generating detection signals to said control unit, wherein said control unit further transmits said detection signals to said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer through said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit, and wherein said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer presents said tire status and on said display interface.

2. The tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 1, wherein said response signal includes an identity label.

3. The tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 1 further comprising an energy storage unit electrically connected with said control unit, said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit, and said sensor module.

4. The tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 3, wherein said sensor module includes a tire pressure transducer sensing tire pressure and generating a tire pressure value, a tire temperature transducer sensing tire temperature and generating a tire temperature value, and a voltage transducer sensing voltage of said energy storage unit and generating a voltage value.

5. The tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 4, wherein said sensor module undertakes measurements a given number of times in each measurement cycle, and wherein said control unit respectively averages said given number of said tire pressure values, said tire temperature values and said voltage values to generate said detection signals, and wherein said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit encodes said detection signals into a transmission signal in a format of a data packet of a broadcasting mode and sends out said transmission signal carrying information of said detection signals in a broadcasting way.

6. The tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 1, wherein if said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit does not receive said response signal corresponding to said upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal after said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit has sent out said upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal a given number of times, it indicates that said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer is turned off.

7. The tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 1, wherein if said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer has not received said upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal for over a given period of time, it indicates that said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit is damaged or turned off.

8. A transmission device for a tire status monitoring-transmission system, which comprises a Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer sending out a response signal if having detected an upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal, and which further comprises

a Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit persistently emitting said upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal and receiving said response signal after said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer receives said upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal and generates said response signal;

and

a control unit electrically connected with said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit and sending out a trigger signal according to said response signal.

9. The transmission device for a tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 8, wherein said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer includes a display interface.

10. The transmission device for a tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 9 further comprising a sensor module which is electrically connected with said control unit and triggered by said trigger signal to detect a tire status and generate detection signals to said control unit, wherein said control unit further transmits said detection signals to said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer through said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit, and said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer presents said tire status on said display interface.

11. The transmission device for a tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 10 further comprising an energy storage unit electrically connected with said control unit, said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit, and said sensor module.

12. The transmission device for a tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 11, wherein said sensor module includes a tire pressure transducer sensing tire pressure and generating a tire pressure value, a tire temperature transducer sensing tire temperature and generating a tire temperature value, and a voltage transducer sensing voltage of said energy storage unit and generating a voltage value.

13. The transmission device for a tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 12, wherein said sensor module undertakes measurements a given number of times in each measurement cycle, and wherein said control unit respectively averages said given number of said tire pressure values, said tire temperature values and said voltage values to generate said detection signals, and said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit encodes said detection signals into a transmission signal in a format of a data packet of a broadcasting mode and sends out said transmission signal carrying information of said detection signals in a broadcasting way.

14. The transmission device for a tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 8, wherein if said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit does not receive said response signal of said upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal after said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit has sent out said upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal a given number of times, it indicates that said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer is turned off.

15. The transmission device for a tire status monitoring-transmission system according to claim 14, wherein if said Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer has not received said upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal for over a given period of time, it indicates that said Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit is damaged or turned off.