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Receiver for monitoring vehicle tire pressure and associated transmitter for remote control of other elements of the vehicle

  • US 6,448,892 B1
  • Filed: 09/05/2000
  • Issued: 09/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A receiver for monitoring tire pressure of tires of a motor vehicle, including receiving means (17) for wireless reception of pressure-signal frames (50) configured so as to forward said frames to a processing means (15) configured to also process frames (70) representative of another type of signal, and frame-discrimination means (12, 13, 14) are provided which are configured to control in consequence the processing means (15), wherein the receiving means (17) are configured to pass alternately from a standby state to an alert state according to a predetermined cycle (41, 42), and the discrimination means (12, 13, 14) are configured to discriminate between the two particular types of frames (50, 70) by discrimination between two particular data-transmission frequencies in two respective headers (51, 71) of the frames (50, 70), with durations at least equal to the cycle (41, 42).

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