Method and apparatus for wireless networks in wheel alignment systems
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1. An improved vehicle service system having a processing system, said improvement comprising:
- a transceiver operatively coupled to said processing system, said transceiver configured with an IEEE 802.15.4 standard physical layer to establish a wireless communications link between said processing system and at least one additional transceiver in proximity to the vehicle service system utilizing an IEEE 802.15.4 packet structure and modulation format; and
wherein said processing system is configured to utilize said communications link to at least receive data from said at least one additional transceiver.
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Abstract
A vehicle service system having a processing system operatively coupled to a transceiver compliant with the IEEE 802.15.4 standard physical layer. The transceiver is configured to establish a wireless communications link based on an IEEE 802.15.4 packet structure and modulation format between the processing system and at least one additional transceiver located in proximity to the vehicle service system, enabling the processing system to utilize the wireless communications link to receive data from a system or component associated with the additional transceiver.
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1. An improved vehicle service system having a processing system, said improvement comprising:
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a transceiver operatively coupled to said processing system, said transceiver configured with an IEEE 802.15.4 standard physical layer to establish a wireless communications link between said processing system and at least one additional transceiver in proximity to the vehicle service system utilizing an IEEE 802.15.4 packet structure and modulation format; and
wherein said processing system is configured to utilize said communications link to at least receive data from said at least one additional transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An improved vehicle service system having a processing system, said improvement comprising:
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a transceiver operatively coupled to said processing system, said transceiver configured to establish at least one wireless communications link optimized for low duty-cycle applications between said processing system and at least one additional transceiver in proximity to the vehicle service system; and
wherein said processing system is configured to utilize said at least one communications link to at least receive data from said at least one additional transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An improved vehicle wheel alignment system including a processing system configured with at least one vehicle wheel alignment software application, at least one input device for receiving operator commands, at least one output device for displaying vehicle wheel alignment-related information, and a plurality of wheel alignment sensors, the improvement comprising:
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a network coordinator radio-frequency transceiver operatively coupled to the processing system;
a radio-frequency transceiver operatively coupled to the at least one input device;
a radio-frequency transceiver operatively coupled to the at least one output device;
each of the plurality of wheel alignment sensors operatively coupled to an associated radio-frequency transceiver; and
wherein each of said radio-frequency transceivers is configured to communicate with said network coordinator radio-frequency transceiver using an IEEE 802.15.4 standard packet structure and modulation format. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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