Method for determining the movement of a motor vehicle provided with a system for monitoring the pressure of a tire
First Claim
1. A method for determining a start of movement of a motor vehicle equipped with at least one emitter for monitoring a pressure of a tire of the motor vehicle and with a receiver for monitoring the pressure of at least one tire, which is connected to an electronic control unit of the vehicle and able to communicate with the at least one emitter for monitoring the pressure, the method comprising:
- subjecting the communication between the monitoring receiver and each emitter for monitoring the pressure to a Doppler effect so that a periodic component is inserted into a signal emitted, by the emitter, to the receiver,the receiver comprising an intermediate filter being able to reconstruct an intermediate-frequency signal from the radiofrequency signal and from a reference signal,demodulating the intermediate-frequency signal by a computing means with a view to extracting data carried by the radiofrequency signal,acquiring the intermediate-frequency signal,determining the fast Fourier transform of the intermediate-frequency signal,determining an average value of the fast Fourier transform of the intermediate-frequency signal over a preset duration,determining whether there is a frequency deviation by comparing the instantaneous value of the fast Fourier transform to the average value of the fast Fourier transform,if such is the case, determining whether the absolute value of the amplitude of the deviation is higher than a threshold,if such is the case, determining whether the deviation is periodic, andif such is the case, determining that the frequency deviation corresponds to a periodic component inserted into the signal emitted by the emitter because of the Doppler effect, that the emitter for monitoring the pressure of a tire is moving and that the vehicle is moving.
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Abstract
A method for determining the start of movement of a motor vehicle equipped with a system for monitoring tire pressure of a motor vehicle. Communication between the receiver and each pressure monitoring system emitter being subjected to a Doppler effect so that a periodic component is inserted by the emitter into the signal emitted to the receiver. The method includes: acquiring the intermediate-frequency signal before demodulation by a processor to extract data carried by the radiofrequency signal, determining the FFT of the IF signal, determining the average value of the FFT of the IF signal over a preset duration, and determining whether there is a frequency deviation by comparing the instantaneous value of the fast Fourier transform to the average value of the fast Fourier transform, if so, determining whether the emitter for monitoring the pressure of a tire is moving and that the vehicle is moving.
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1. A method for determining a start of movement of a motor vehicle equipped with at least one emitter for monitoring a pressure of a tire of the motor vehicle and with a receiver for monitoring the pressure of at least one tire, which is connected to an electronic control unit of the vehicle and able to communicate with the at least one emitter for monitoring the pressure, the method comprising:
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subjecting the communication between the monitoring receiver and each emitter for monitoring the pressure to a Doppler effect so that a periodic component is inserted into a signal emitted, by the emitter, to the receiver, the receiver comprising an intermediate filter being able to reconstruct an intermediate-frequency signal from the radiofrequency signal and from a reference signal, demodulating the intermediate-frequency signal by a computing means with a view to extracting data carried by the radiofrequency signal, acquiring the intermediate-frequency signal, determining the fast Fourier transform of the intermediate-frequency signal, determining an average value of the fast Fourier transform of the intermediate-frequency signal over a preset duration, determining whether there is a frequency deviation by comparing the instantaneous value of the fast Fourier transform to the average value of the fast Fourier transform, if such is the case, determining whether the absolute value of the amplitude of the deviation is higher than a threshold, if such is the case, determining whether the deviation is periodic, and if such is the case, determining that the frequency deviation corresponds to a periodic component inserted into the signal emitted by the emitter because of the Doppler effect, that the emitter for monitoring the pressure of a tire is moving and that the vehicle is moving. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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