Tire condition sensor communication with tire location provided via vehicle-mounted identification units
First Claim
1. A tire condition communication system for a vehicle that has a tire, wherein a sensed condition signal that includes an identification is transmitted to a vehicle-based unit, said system comprising:
- a tire condition sensor unit, associated with the tire, that sends the sensed condition signal; and
an identification tag, located on the vehicle adjacent to the tire, that sends the identification to said tire condition sensor unit for inclusion in the sensed condition signal which is sent from the tire condition sensor unit to the vehicle-based unit.
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Abstract
A tire condition communication system (10) for a vehicle (12) that has a tire (e.g., 14A). A sensor (e.g., 74), associated with the tire (e.g., 14A), senses at least one tire condition. A memory (e.g., 70), associated with the tire (e.g., 14A), holds an identification. Transmitter components (e.g., 80 and 22), associated with the tire (e.g., 14A) and operatively connected to the sensor (74) and the memory (70), transmit a condition signal (e.g., 24A) that indicates the held identification and the sensed tire condition. A vehicle-based unit (28) receives the transmitted condition signal (e.g., 24A) indicative of the held identification and the sensed tire condition. An identification provision unit (e.g., 42A), located on the vehicle (12) adjacent to the tire (e.g., 14A) and having a location identification, transmits the location identification in response to a request. A communication portion (e.g., 48A) of the tire condition sensor unit (e.g., 18A) communicates a request to the identification provision unit (e.g., 42A) to transmit the location identification. The tire condition sensor unit (e.g., 18A) receives the requested location identification and updates the held identification.
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20 Claims
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1. A tire condition communication system for a vehicle that has a tire, wherein a sensed condition signal that includes an identification is transmitted to a vehicle-based unit, said system comprising:
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a tire condition sensor unit, associated with the tire, that sends the sensed condition signal; and
an identification tag, located on the vehicle adjacent to the tire, that sends the identification to said tire condition sensor unit for inclusion in the sensed condition signal which is sent from the tire condition sensor unit to the vehicle-based unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A tire condition communication system for a vehicle that has a tire, said system comprising:
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sensor means, associated with the tire, for sensing at least one tire condition;
memory means, associated with the tire, for holding an identification;
transmitter means, associated with the tire and operatively connected to said sensor means and said memory means, for transmitting a signal that indicates the held identification and the sensed tire condition;
receiver means, associated with the vehicle, for receiving the transmitted signal indicative of the held identification and the sensed tire condition;
location identification means, located on the vehicle adjacent to the tire and having a location identification, for transmitting the location identification in response to a request;
update request means for communicating the request to said location identification means to transmit the location identification; and
identification update means, associated with the tire and operatively connected to said memory means, for receiving the transmitted location identification and for providing the received transmitted location identification to said memory means to be held as the held identification. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing tire condition communication for a vehicle that has a tire, said method comprising:
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associating a tire condition sensor unit with the tire;
affixing an identification tag to the vehicle adjacent to the tire;
sending an identification from the identification tag to the tire condition sensor unit; and
sending a sensed condition signal from the tire condition sensor unit to a vehicle-based unit, the tire condition sensor unit receiving the identification from the identification tag, the sensed condition signal including the received identification. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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