Tire pressure monitoring system using wireless network

• US 8,618,925 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2012
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Measurement Ltd (Measurement Ltd., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Measurement Ltd (Measurement Ltd., Inc.)
• Inventors: Petrucelli, Steven, Kuskovsky, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieu, Julie
• Application Number:
  US13/351,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20120176233A1
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 340/442
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0401 characterised by the type of alarm
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0408 transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0496 Valve stem attachments positioned outside of the tyre chamber
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 17/00 Devices or apparatus for measuring tyre pressure or the pressure in other inflated bodies

Abstract

A tire pressure monitoring using wireless network includes a remote command device and a valve-stem mountable tire pressure gauge. The tire pressure gauge includes a pressure sensor for detecting a pressure of a fluid in a tire and providing an output signal indicative of the detected fluid pressure, and a first radio-frequency module for transmitting data indicative of the detected fluid pressure based on the output signal of the pressure sensor. The remote command device includes a second radio-frequency module for wirelessly receiving the data transmitted by the data transmitted by the first radio frequency module, a wireless communication module for communicating via a wireless network, information based at least one data received by the second radio frequency module, and a display for displaying at least the fluid pressure detected by the pressure sensor.

Claims

1. A tire pressure monitoring system comprising:

a valve-stem mountable tire pressure gauge comprising;

a pressure sensor adapted for detecting a pressure of a fluid in a tire, said pressure sensor providing an output signal indicative of the detected fluid pressure in the tire; and

a first radio frequency module for transmitting data indicative of said detected fluid pressure based on said output signal of said pressure sensor; and

a remote command device comprising;

a second radio frequency module adapted for wirelessly receiving the data transmitted by said first radio-frequency module;

a wireless communication module adapted for communicating, via a wireless network, information based at least on the data received by said second radio frequency module;

at least one of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), and a Removable User Identity Module (R-UIM); and

a display for displaying at least the fluid pressure detected by said pressure sensor.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said pressure gauge further comprises a motion sensor for detecting motion of the tire and providing an output signal indicative of the motion of the tire,

wherein said first radio frequency module is adapted to transmit data indicative of said detected tire motion based on said output signal of said motion sensor, and

wherein, responsive to the receipt of the data indicative of said detected tire motion at the second radio frequency module, said wireless communication module communicates, via the wireless network, information based on the tire motion data received by said second radio frequency module.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said remote command device further comprises a memory for storing a plurality of values, said values comprising at least one of a target pressure value, a detected pressure value, a threshold pressure value, a threshold temperature value, and a detected temperature value, and

wherein said wireless communication module is adapted for communicating information via the wireless network, if a detected pressure value is less than the threshold pressure value or if a detected temperature value exceeds a threshold temperature value.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said display is configured to display at least one graphical symbol representative of the tire associated with the pressure gauge, said symbol comprising a plurality of segments, wherein each segment is adapted to selectively illuminate depending on a relationship between the detected tire pressure and the threshold tire pressure value stored in said memory.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said display is configured to display at least one numerical value indicative of at least one of a preset pressure value and a pressure detected by said pressure sensor.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said wireless communication module is adapted for communicating via a GSM network.

7. A tire pressure monitoring system comprising:

a valve-stem mountable tire pressure gauge comprising;

a pressure sensor adapted for detecting a pressure of a fluid in a tire, said pressure sensor providing an output signal indicative of the detected fluid pressure in the tire; and

a first radio frequency module for transmitting data indicative of said detected fluid pressure based on said output signal of said pressure sensor; and

a remote command device comprising;

a second radio frequency module adapted for wirelessly receiving the data transmitted by said first radio-frequency module;

a wireless communication module adapted for communicating, via a wireless network, information based at least on the data received by said second radio frequency module; and

a display for displaying at least the fluid pressure detected by said pressure sensor,

wherein the remote command device is configured to wirelessly receive a communication from a telecommunication device via the wireless network, said communication indicative of the identity of said telecommunication device, and to register the telecommunication device as a master telecommunication device, wherein said remote command device is responsive to a control signal transmitted by only said master telecommunication device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said remote command device further comprises an accelerometer for sensing an acceleration and providing an output signal indicative of the sensed acceleration, and

wherein said wireless communication module is adapted for communicating information indicative of said sensed acceleration based on said output signal of said accelerometer, if the sensed acceleration exceeds a pre-set threshold.