Indicating errors in a tire monitoring system
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorAndrew Bill
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Abstract
A tire monitoring device and method in which an error can be detected and indicated. The tire monitoring device includes an indicator and a wireless communication interface. The method of operating the tire monitoring device includes: receiving an instruction to measure a tire pressure via the wireless communication interface; measuring a tire pressure; determining an error status of the tire pressure monitoring device; and responsive to a determination that the error status is not indicative of an error, activating the indicator to provide an indication based on the tire pressure.
Claims10
A method of operating a tire monitoring device associated with a vehicle, the tire monitoring device comprising an indicator and a wireless communication interface, the method comprising:
- receiving an instruction to measure a tire pressure via the wireless communication interface;
- measuring a tire pressure;
- determining an error status of the tire monitoring device;
- and
- responsive to a determination that the error status is not indicative of an error, activating the indicator to provide an indication based on the tire pressure.
A system comprising:
- a control device comprising a wireless communication interface;
- and
- a plurality of tire monitoring devices configured to be affixed to a wheel, the tire monitoring devices comprising a wireless communication interface and an indicator;
- wherein, the plurality of tire monitoring devices are configured to receive a measurement command from the control device via the wireless communication interface and to indicate that they have an error by:
- not activating the indicator;
- and
- not transmitting a response to the measurement command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.