Tyre pressure monitoring devices enforcing range limitation on communication
AssigneesAirbus Operations GmbH, Meggitt SA
InventorsAndrew Bill, Kevin Stanley-Adams, Christophe Blouët
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Abstract
A tyre monitoring device, tyre monitoring system and method including a wireless interface having range determining capability and a processor. The processor: receives a command via the wireless interface from a second device of the tyre monitoring system; determines a range to the second device; and executes the command if the range to the second device is less than a predetermined threshold.
Claims20
A tire monitoring device configured to be mounted on an aircraft wheel and for use in a tire monitoring system, the tire monitoring device comprising:
- a wireless interface having distance determining capability;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive a command via the wireless interface from a wireless transmission from a second device of the tire monitoring system;
- in response to receiving the command, determine a distance to the second device, wherein the distance to the second device is the length between the second device and the wireless interface;
- and
- execute the command if the distance to the second device is less than a predetermined threshold.
A tire monitoring device configured to be mounted on an aircraft wheel for use in a tire monitoring system, the tire monitoring device comprising:
- a wireless interface having distance determining capability;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive data via the wireless interface from a wireless transmission from a second device of the tire monitoring system;
- in response to receiving the data, determine a distance to the second device, wherein the distance to the second device is the length between the second device and the wireless interface;
- and
- reject the data if the distance to the second device is greater than a predetermined threshold.
A method for a wireless tire monitoring device mounted on an aircraft wheel and including a wireless interface, the method comprising:
- receiving wirelessly a command via the wireless interface from a second device;
- in response to the receiving the command, the tire monitoring device determining a distance to the second device, wherein the distance to the second device is the length between the second device and the wireless tire monitoring device;
- and
- the tire monitoring device acting on the command if the distance to the second device is less than a predetermined threshold.
A method for a wireless tire monitoring device mounted on an aircraft wheel and including a wireless interface, the method comprising:
- receiving wirelessly data via the wireless interface from a second device;
- in response to the receiving of the data, the tire monitoring device determining a distance to the second device, wherein the distance to the second device is the length between the second device and the wireless interface;
- and
- rejecting the data, by the tire monitoring device, if the distance to the second device is greater than a predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.