Hand-held tire pressure gauge and method for assisting a user to determine whether a tire pressure is within a target range using a hand-held tire pressure gauge
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1. A handheld tire pressure gauge comprising:
- a housing adapted to fit in a user'"'"'s hand, the housing containing;
a display comprising a plurality of indicators, wherein a first of the indicators is indicative of a low tire pressure condition, a second of the indicators is indicative of a target tire pressure condition and a third of the indicators is indicative of a high tire pressure condition;
a pressure sensor;
a memory;
a processor being operatively coupled to said display, pressure sensor and memory; and
,code being stored in said memory and operable by said processor to;
retrieve at least one value indicative of the target tire pressure condition from said memory, determine a pressure sensed by said pressure sensor, and selectively activate one of the plurality of indicators.
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Abstract
A handheld tire pressure gauge including: a display; a pressure sensor; a memory; a processor being operatively coupled to the display, pressure sensor and memory; and, code being stored in the memory and operable by the processor to: retrieve at least one value indicative of a target tire pressure from the memory, determine a pressure sensed by the pressure sensor, and, cause the display to present information indicative of the target tire pressure and sensed pressure.
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1. A handheld tire pressure gauge comprising:
a housing adapted to fit in a user'"'"'s hand, the housing containing; a display comprising a plurality of indicators, wherein a first of the indicators is indicative of a low tire pressure condition, a second of the indicators is indicative of a target tire pressure condition and a third of the indicators is indicative of a high tire pressure condition; a pressure sensor; a memory; a processor being operatively coupled to said display, pressure sensor and memory; and
,code being stored in said memory and operable by said processor to;
retrieve at least one value indicative of the target tire pressure condition from said memory, determine a pressure sensed by said pressure sensor, and selectively activate one of the plurality of indicators.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for assisting a user to determine whether a tire pressure is within a target range using a handheld digital tire pressure gauge having a housing adapted to fit in a user'"'"'s hand, comprising:
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retrieving at least one value indicative of said target range; comparing a measured pressure to said target range using said at least one value; and
,selectively activating one of a plurality of indicators dependently upon the comparing, wherein a first of the indicators is indicative of a low tire pressure condition, a second of the indicators is indicative of a target tire pressure condition and a third of the indicators is indicative of a high tire pressure condition. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A handheld tire pressure gauge comprising:
- a housing adapted to fit in a hand of a user, the housing containing a display;
a pressure sensor;
a memory;
a processor being operatively coupled to said display, pressure sensor and memory; and
, code being stored in said memory and operable by said processor to;retrieve a first value indicative of a target first tire pressure from said memory, determine a first tire pressure sensed by said pressure sensor, and selectively activate one of a plurality of indicators dependently upon the retrieved first value and sensed first pressure, wherein a first of the indicators is indicative of a low tire pressure condition, a second of the indicators is indicative of a target tire pressure condition and a third of the indicators is indicative of a high tire pressure condition; and
,retrieve a second value indicative of a target second tire pressure from said memory, determine a second tire pressure sensed by said pressure sensor, and selectively activating one of the plurality of indicators dependently upon the second retrieved value and sensed second pressure. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
- a housing adapted to fit in a hand of a user, the housing containing a display;
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28. A handheld tire pressure gauge comprising:
- a housing adapted to fit in a hand of a user, the housing containing;
a pressure sensor; a processor operatively coupled to a display, said pressure sensor, and a memory; and a user interface in communication with said processor for enabling display of information indicative of;
a sensed tire pressure determined by said pressure sensor in response to user activation, and wherein said display comprises a first graphical indicator for identifying a high pressure condition where said sensed pressure is above a first threshold value associated with said target pressure value retrieved from said memory;
a second graphical indicator for identifying low pressure condition where said sensed pressure is below a second threshold value less than the first threshold value associated with said target pressure value retrieved from said memory; and
a third graphical indicator for identifying nominal pressure condition where said sensed pressure is between said first and second threshold values. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
- a housing adapted to fit in a hand of a user, the housing containing;
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