MOBILE-PHONE BASED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20160129734A1
• Filed: 11/06/2014
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
• Original Assignee: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
• Inventors: Sinner, Yves Henri, Engel, Marc, Manfreda, Anze, Ganguly, Abhijit
• Application Number:
  US14/534,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20160129734A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 23/04 mounted on the wheel or tyre
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0408 transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
• 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: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A system monitors and controls pressure of vehicle parts. The system consists of a fleet of vehicles, each vehicle of the fleet having a cab and a trailer; a controller maintaining a wireless server and database for the fleet of vehicles; and a cellular device transmitting data to and from an electronic control unit of the cab of each vehicle and the controller. Each trailer has an electronic control unit transmitting data to/from the electronic control unit of each corresponding cab.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring and controlling pressure of vehicle parts, the system consisting of:

a fleet of vehicles, each vehicle of the fleet having a cab and a trailer;

a controller maintaining a wireless server and database for the fleet of vehicles, the controller being a tire provider for the fleet of vehicles, the controller receiving tire pressure and GPS data from each cab and sending control instructions to the electronic control unit of each cab; and

a cellular device transmitting data to and from an electronic control unit of the cab of each vehicle and the controller, the cellular device utilizing a publicly accessible cellular network for transmitting data to and from the electronic control unit of the cab of each vehicle and the controller,

each trailer having an electronic control unit transmitting data to/from the electronic control unit of the cab, the electronic control unit of each trailer of each vehicle only transmitting data to and from the electronic control unit of the cab of the same vehicle, each cab and each corresponding cellular device being located at a single location, the electronic control unit of each trailer sending only tire pressure data to an associated electronic control unit of each corresponding cab.

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