Tire pressure monitoring apparatus and method
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1. A method of operating a tire pressure monitoring system comprising:
- sensing tire pressure information;
storing the sensed tire pressure information in a transmission buffer;
executing a control program; and
transmitting a burst having a burst pattern from the transmission buffer to an external receiver device, the burst comprising the tire pressure information, the transmitting occurring according to a plurality of communications formats for a plurality of automobile manufacturers, the burst pattern incorporated into the control program and not associated with a manufacturers'"'"' code; and
wherein compilations of the control program that are associated with modifications to the burst pattern are made only by a manufacturer such that tampering with the burst pattern by unauthorized users is discouraged.
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Abstract
Tire pressure information is sensed. The sensed tire pressure information is stored in a transmission buffer. A control program is executed to transmit the tire pressure information from the transmission buffer to an external receiver device according to each of a plurality of communications formats incorporated into the control program and not according to a manufacturers'"'"' code.
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1. A method of operating a tire pressure monitoring system comprising:
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sensing tire pressure information; storing the sensed tire pressure information in a transmission buffer; executing a control program; and transmitting a burst having a burst pattern from the transmission buffer to an external receiver device, the burst comprising the tire pressure information, the transmitting occurring according to a plurality of communications formats for a plurality of automobile manufacturers, the burst pattern incorporated into the control program and not associated with a manufacturers'"'"' code; and wherein compilations of the control program that are associated with modifications to the burst pattern are made only by a manufacturer such that tampering with the burst pattern by unauthorized users is discouraged. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for sensing tire pressure information, the apparatus comprising:
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a sensing device that is configured to sense tire pressure information of a tire; a transmission buffer communicatively coupled to the sensing device, the buffer configured to store the sensed tire pressure information; a transmitter coupled to the transmission buffer; a memory, the memory storing a control program; a processor, the processor communicatively coupled to the sensing device, the transmitter, the memory, and the transmission buffer, the processor configured to execute the control program stored in the memory, execution of the control program effective to transmit a burst having a burst pattern from the transmission buffer to an external receiver via the transmitter, the burst comprising the tire pressure information according to a plurality of communications formats for a plurality of automobile manufacturers, the burst pattern being incorporated into the control program and not associated with a manufacturers code, and wherein compilations of the control program that are associated with modifications to the burst pattern are made only by a manufacturer such that unauthorized tampering with the burst pattern is discouraged. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer usable non-transitory medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method of operating a tire pressure monitoring system, the method comprising:
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sensing tire pressure information; storing the sensed tire pressure information in a transmission buffer; executing a control program; and transmitting a burst having a burst pattern from the transmission buffer to an external receiver device, the burst comprising the tire pressure information according to a plurality of communications formats for a plurality of automobile manufacturers, the burst pattern being incorporated into the control program and not associated with a manufacturers'"'"' code, and wherein compilations of the control program that are associated with modifications to the burst pattern are made only by a manufacturer such that unauthorized tampering with the burst pattern is discouraged.
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17. A computer usable non-transitory medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to form the following means when executed on a computer:
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means for sensing tire pressure information; means for storing the sensed tire pressure information in a transmission buffer; means for executing a control program; and means for transmitting a burst having a burst pattern from the transmission buffer to an external receiver device, the burst comprising the tire pressure information according to a plurality of communications formats for a plurality of automobile manufacturers, the burst pattern being incorporated into the control program and not associated with a manufacturers'"'"' code, wherein compilations of the control program that are associated with modifications to the burst pattern are made only by a manufacturer such that unauthorized tampering with the burst pattern is discouraged.
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