Device for electronic system for monitoring the pressure of the tyres of a motor vehicle
AssigneeAteq
InventorJean Luc Regef
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Abstract
A tool device for use with a motor vehicle tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) operable to send and receive signals to a TPMS tire pressure sensor and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag positioned in a vehicle tire. In one example, the tool is operable to communicate with the RFID tag to receive information from the RFID tag through an ultra-high frequency communication module and send that received RFID tag information to the tire pressure sensor for storage on the tire pressure sensor. The tool may then retrieve the tire pressure sensor information and associated RFID tag information from the sensor and transmit that information to the motor vehicle on-board computer.
Claims19
A device for an electronic tire pressure monitoring system of a motor vehicle, said device comprising:
- a transmission means for communicating with at least one tire pressure sensor positioned in a respective tire;
- a means for receiving signals coming from the at least one tire pressure sensor;
- an electronic entity operable to at least one of store or process information conveyed by the signals sent by said at least one tire pressure sensor;
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- an ultra-high frequency communication module operable to communicate with a tire radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag mounted in the respective tire, the tire RFID tag including a tire RFID tag identifier and a characteristic of the respective tire, the ultra-high frequency module configured to receive the tire RFID tag identifier.
A device for an electronic tire pressure monitoring system of a motor vehicle, said device comprising:
- a transmission means for communicating with at least one tire pressure sensor positioned in a respective tire;
- a means for receiving signals coming from the at least one tire pressure sensor;
- an electronic entity operable to at least one of store or process information conveyed by the signals sent by said at least one tire pressure sensor;
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- an ultra-high frequency communication module operable to communicate with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag positioned in the respective tire, said ultra-high frequency module is operable to transmit on at least a first and a second frequency band (Δf1 and Δf2), the second frequency band distinct from the first frequency band.
A tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) tool for use with a TPMS of a motor vehicle, said tool comprising:
- a signal transmitter operable to send signals to a tire pressure sensor positioned in a motor vehicle tire;
- a signal receiver operable to receive information signals from the tire pressure sensor;
- an electronic entity operable to at least one of store or process information from the signals received from the tire pressure sensor;
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- an ultra-high frequency communication module operable to send signals to and receive information signals from a tire radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag directly connected to the tire, the tire RFID tag including a tire RFID tag identifier, the ultra-high frequency module comprising:
- at least one antenna;
- a management circuit;
- a first frequency band Δf1;
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- a second frequency band Δf2, the second frequency band distinct from the first frequency band, the tool operable to selectively transmit the signals to the tire RFID tag to include at least one of the first frequency band or the second frequency band through the at least one antenna in compliance with an authorized RFID frequency transmission band of a geographic location where the tire RFID tag is located.
A device for an electronic tire pressure monitoring system of a motor vehicle, said device comprising:
- a transmission means for communicating with at least one tire pressure sensor positioned in a respective tire;
- a means for receiving signals coming from the at least one tire pressure sensor;
- an electronic entity operable to at least one of store or process information conveyed by the signals sent by said at least one tire pressure sensor;
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- an ultra-high frequency communication module operable to communicate with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag positioned in the respective tire, said ultra-high frequency module is operable to transmit on at least a first and a second frequency band (Δf1 and Δf2), the second frequency band distinct from the first frequency band, and wherein said ultra-high frequency module is operable to transmit in a frequency band between 800 and 1000 MHz.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.