Tire monitoring system and its monitor receiver, monitor and sensor
First Claim
1. A tire monitoring system comprising:
- sensors, each of which is provided for each of the tires equipped to a vehicle and detects conditions of the tire and wirelessly sends the detected result, anda monitor with a monitor receiver, which receives the detected result sent from each of said sensors, for monitoring conditions of each of said tires on the basis of said detected result received by the monitor receiver;
wherein at least either said sensor or said monitor comprises;
a storage unit for storing more than two types of transmission method information for a data communication between said sensor and said monitor; and
switch means for selecting one type of transmission method information from said stored transmission method information and setting a data communication with a transmission method on the basis of the selected transmission method information available,wherein said transmission method information comprises data transfer bit rate information and transferred data format information.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a tire monitoring system, its monitor receiver, a monitor and a sensor for monitoring conditions of a tire even when a tire is replaced with another tire fixed with a sensor employing a transmission method different from that employed by a monitor. In other words, the present invention has a communication methods table listing more than two types of transmission method information for a data communication between a sensor 100 and a monitor 200 stored in a monitor 200 and enables to set a data communication with any transmission method selected from the transmission methods table available in a tire monitoring system including sensors 100, each of which is provided for each of the tires 300 equipped to a vehicle and wirelessly sends the detected results about conditions of tires 300, and a monitor 200 for monitoring conditions of each of said tires 300 by receiving the detected result sent from each of sensors 100.
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51 Claims
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1. A tire monitoring system comprising:
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sensors, each of which is provided for each of the tires equipped to a vehicle and detects conditions of the tire and wirelessly sends the detected result, and a monitor with a monitor receiver, which receives the detected result sent from each of said sensors, for monitoring conditions of each of said tires on the basis of said detected result received by the monitor receiver; wherein at least either said sensor or said monitor comprises; a storage unit for storing more than two types of transmission method information for a data communication between said sensor and said monitor; and switch means for selecting one type of transmission method information from said stored transmission method information and setting a data communication with a transmission method on the basis of the selected transmission method information available, wherein said transmission method information comprises data transfer bit rate information and transferred data format information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A monitor receiver in a tire monitoring system comprising:
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sensors, each of which is provided for each of the tires equipped to a vehicle and detects conditions of the tire and wirelessly sends the detected result, and a monitor with said monitor receiver, which receives the detected result sent from each of said sensors, for monitoring conditions of said tires on the basis of said detected result received by the monitor receiver; wherein said monitor receiver comprises; a storage unit for storing more than two types of transmission method information for a data communication with said sensors; and switch means for selecting one type of transmission method information from said stored transmission method information and setting a data communication with a transmission method on the basis of the selected transmission method information available, wherein said transmission method information comprises data transfer bit rate information and transferred data format information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A monitor receiver in a tire monitoring system comprising:
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sensors, each of which is provided for each of the tires equipped to a vehicle and detects conditions of the tire and wirelessly sends the detected result, and a monitor with said monitor receiver, which receives the detected result sent from each of said sensors, for monitoring conditions of said tires on the basis of said detected result received by the monitor receiver; wherein said monitor receiver comprises; a storage unit for storing more than two types of transmission method information for a data communication with said sensors; and switch means for selecting one type of transmission method information from said stored transmission method information and setting a data communication with a transmission method on the basis of the selected transmission method information available, wherein said switch means comprises means for selecting one type of transmission method information from said more than two types of transmission method information and setting a data communication with a transmission method based on the selected transmission method information available, individually for each of the sensors. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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36. A monitor receiver in a tire monitoring system comprising:
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sensors, each of which is provided for each of the tires equipped to a vehicle and detects conditions of the tire and wirelessly sends the detected result, and a monitor with said monitor receiver, which receives the detected result sent from each of said sensors, for monitoring conditions of said tires on the basis of said detected result received by the monitor receiver; wherein said monitor receiver comprises; a storage unit for storing more than two types of transmission method information for a data communication with said sensors; switch means for selecting one type of transmission method information from said stored transmission method information and setting a data communication with a transmission method on the basis of the selected transmission method information available; and communication means for carrying out a data communication in a time sharing method with each of said sensors, wherein said switch means comprises means for setting one of said transmission methods available individually for a transmission time for each of said time-sharing sensors. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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39. A monitor receiver in a tire monitoring system comprising:
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sensors, each of which is provided for each of the tires equipped to a vehicle and detects conditions of the tire and wirelessly sends the detected result, and a monitor with said monitor receiver, which receives the detected result sent from each of said sensors, for monitoring conditions of said tires on the basis of said detected result received by the monitor receiver; wherein said monitor receiver comprises; a storage unit for storing more than two types of transmission method information for a data communication with said sensors; switch means for selecting one type of transmission method information from said stored transmission method information and setting a data communication with a transmission method on the basis of the selected transmission method information available, wherein said switch means comprises; a control unit for setting a data communication with a transmission method on the basis of transmission method information stored in said storage unit available; means for receiving data sent from said sensor with any of more than two types of demodulation methods on the basis of an instruction from said control unit; and a switch for switching said control unit to the default state when a sensor is changed, wherein said control unit comprises means for receiving data sent from said sensor by switching said more than two demodulation methods one after the other in said default state and for setting a transmission method available by automatically determining a transmission method corresponding to said sensor on the basis of predetermined information in the received data. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A sensor of a tire monitoring system comprising:
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sensors, each of which is provided for each of the tires equipped to a vehicle and detects conditions of the tire and wirelessly sends the detected result, and a monitor with a monitor receiver, which receives the detected result sent from each of said sensors, for monitoring conditions of said tires on the basis of said detected result received by the monitor receiver, wherein said sensors comprises; a storage unit for storing more than two types of transmission method information for a data communication with said monitor; and switch means for selecting one type of transmission method information from transmission method information stored in said storage unit and setting a data communication with a transmission method on the basis of the selected transmission method information available, wherein said transmission method information comprises data transfer bit rate information and transferred data format information. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51)
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