Method for setting multiple TPMS sensors

• US 9,604,510 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2014
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cub Elecparts Inc.
• Original Assignee: Cub Elecparts Inc.
• Inventors: Yu, San-Chuan, Wang, Tsan-Nung, Chen, Chi-Hung, Hu, Chao-Ching
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): Casillashernandez, Omar
• Application Number:
  US14/288,982
• Publication Number:
  US 20150239308A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• Field of Search: 340/10.52, 340/442, 340/447
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0462 Structure of transmission protocol
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0471 System initialisation, e.g. upload or calibration of operating parameters
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0479 Communicating with external units being not part of the vehicle, e.g. tools for diagnostic, mobile phones, electronic keys or service stations

Abstract

A TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor setting method is disclosed to use a setting tool for selecting the ID codes of multiple TPMS sensors and burning a communication protocol into the multiple selected TPMS sensors at a time, significantly shortening the operation time.

Claims

1. A TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor setting method, comprising:

providing a burning tool, said burning tool comprising a display unit, an input device, a low-frequency transmission unit and a wireless transmitter receiver unit;

operating said burning tool to transmit a trigger signal to TPMS sensors, enabling each TPMS sensor to feed back a response signal after receipt of the trigger signal, which response signal containing an ID code of the respective TPMS sensor;

said burning tool displaying on the display unit thereof ID codes of all TPMS sensors that fed back the respective response signals to said burning tool; and

operating the input device of said burning tool to select the ID codes of the TPMS sensors and communication protocol to be burned where the selected communication protocol contains coding of a vehicle brand of a vehicle carrying the TPMS sensors, and then operating said burning tool to transmit the selected communication protocol to each selected TPMS sensor, enabling the selected communication protocol to be simultaneously burned into all the selected TPMS sensors without burning the ID codes.

2. The TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor setting method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the order of the selection of the ID codes of the selection of the TPMS sensors and the communication protocol in is exchangeable.

3. The TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor setting method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said burning tool is controlled to transmit a check command to each selected TPMS sensor after completion of the communication protocol burning operation, enable each selected TPMS sensor to feed back a check data after receipt of said check command, said check data containing the ID code of the respective TPMS sensor.

4. The TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor setting method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said burning tool starts up a checksum procedure after receipt of the check data of each selected TPMS sensor, ensuring successful completion of the burning operation and data correctness.

5. The TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor setting method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said burning tool transmits said check command to all the selected TPMS sensors after all the selected TPMS sensors finished the communication protocol burning operation.

6. The TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor setting method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said burning tool transmits said check command to each individual selected TPMS sensor after each individual selected TPMS sensor finished the communication protocol burning operation.

7. The TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor setting method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising operating said burning tool to transmit a clear command to all the selected TPMS sensors prior to said operating the input device, driving each selected TPMS sensor to clear memory means thereof.