System and method for identifying a spare wheel
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1. A method for identifying a first wheel on a vehicle, the vehicle including a wireless receiver, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of wheel identifiers at the wireless receiver, wherein the plurality of wheel identifiers include known wheel identifiers and unknown wheel identifiers;
storing each unknown wheel identifier and a count of the number of times that it is received at the wireless receiver;
selecting one of the plurality of wheel identifiers that corresponds to the first wheel based on the number of times that the selected one of the plurality of wheel identifiers is received at the wireless receiver by identifying a first unknown wheel identifier having a largest count, identifying a second unknown wheel identifier having a second largest count, and selecting the first unknown wheel identifier if the difference between the count of the first unknown wheel identifier and the count of the second unknown wheel identifier is greater than a first predetermined number.
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Abstract
A method is presented for identifying a first wheel on a vehicle, the vehicle including a wireless receiver. The method comprising receiving a plurality of wheel identifiers at the wireless receiver and selecting one of the plurality of wheel identifiers that corresponds to the first wheel based on the number of times that the selected one of the plurality of wheel identifiers is received at the wireless receiver.
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1. A method for identifying a first wheel on a vehicle, the vehicle including a wireless receiver, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of wheel identifiers at the wireless receiver, wherein the plurality of wheel identifiers include known wheel identifiers and unknown wheel identifiers; storing each unknown wheel identifier and a count of the number of times that it is received at the wireless receiver; selecting one of the plurality of wheel identifiers that corresponds to the first wheel based on the number of times that the selected one of the plurality of wheel identifiers is received at the wireless receiver by identifying a first unknown wheel identifier having a largest count, identifying a second unknown wheel identifier having a second largest count, and selecting the first unknown wheel identifier if the difference between the count of the first unknown wheel identifier and the count of the second unknown wheel identifier is greater than a first predetermined number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for learning a wheel identifier for a spare wheel on a vehicle, the vehicle including a wireless receiver, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of wheel identifiers at the wireless receiver, including both known wheel identifiers and unknown wheel identifiers; storing each unknown wheel identifier and a count of the number of times that it is received at the wireless receiver; selecting a first unknown wheel identifier that corresponds to the spare wheel based on the number of times that the first unknown wheel identifier is received at the wireless receiver by identifying the first unknown wheel identifier having a largest count, identifying a second unknown wheel identifier having a second largest count, and selecting the first unknown wheel identifier if the count of the first unknown wheel identifier exceeds a first predetermined number, and if the difference between the count of the first unknown wheel identifier and the count of the second unknown wheel identifier exceeds a second predetermined number; and associating the first unknown wheel identifier with the wheel position for the spare wheel. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A remote wheel monitoring system configured to learn a wheel identifier for a spare wheel on a vehicle, the remote wheel monitoring system comprising:
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a wireless transmitter coupled to the spare wheel for transmitting a first unknown wheel identifier; a wireless receiver coupled to the vehicle for receiving a plurality of wheel identifiers, including both known wheel identifiers and unknown wheel identifiers; and a processor, coupled to the wireless receiver and configured to; store each unknown wheel identifier and a count of the number of times that it is received at the wireless receiver; identify the first unknown wheel identifier having a largest count; identify a second unknown wheel identifier having a second largest count; select the first unknown wheel identifier from the plurality of wheel identifiers based on the number of times that the first unknown wheel identifier is received at the wireless receiver, wherein the processor is configured to select the first unknown wheel identifier if the count of the first unknown wheel identifier exceeds a first predetermined number, and if the difference between the count of the first unknown wheel identifier and the count of the second unknown wheel identifier exceeds a second predetermined number; and associate the first unknown wheel identifier with the wheel position for the spare wheel. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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