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Method and system for monitoring tyres

  • US 7,729,823 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/2001
  • Issued: 06/01/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for monitoring tyres fitted to vehicles of a fleet of vehicles comprising:

  • parking a vehicle of the fleet of vehicles at a predetermined position of a parking area;

    said vehicle being fitted with a tyre;

    detecting data from a sensor disposed inside the tyre;

    sending the data to a central processing unit located at a tyre supplier premises remote from said parking area via a telecommunications network;

    causing automatic processing of the data by the central processing unit to obtain at least one value for an index characterizing the tyre during use of the tyre; and

    sending the at least one value from the central processing unit to a local processing unit located at said parking area via the telecommunications network;

    wherein the data from the sensor comprises;

    a code identifying the tyre; and

    at least one item regarding a state of the tyre.

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