Aircraft system and method
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsAndrew Bill, Stephan Marwedel, Christelle Duchossoy
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Abstract
A method of communicating configuration data of a tire pressure monitoring device configured to be affixed to a wheel in use. The method includes, at the tire pressure monitoring device, receiving a request to confirm configuration data, and responsive to receipt of the request to confirm configuration data, transmitting a configuration data signal which encodes the configuration data. The configuration data signal is configured to be received and understood by a human. The configuration data signal is indicative of any of an aircraft wheel location at which the tire pressure monitoring device is intended to be located, and a security code representative of security parameters of the tire pressure monitoring device.
Claims20
A method of communicating configuration data of a tire pressure monitoring device affixed to a wheel of a vehicle, the method comprising, at the tire pressure monitoring device:
- receiving a request to confirm the configuration data;
- and
- responsive to the receipt of the request to confirm the configuration data, transmitting a configuration data signal which encodes the configuration data;
- wherein the configuration data signal includes data identifying at least one of an intended wheel location on the vehicle to which the tire pressure monitoring device is intended to be located or a security code representative of at least one security parameter of the tire pressure monitoring device;
- wherein the configuration data signal is configured to be received and understood by a human,
- wherein the configuration data signal is indicative of the at least one of the wheel location or the security code,
- wherein the configuration data signal comprises at least one of an audible signal or a visual signal, and
- wherein the audible signal is transmitted using a transducer of the tire pressure monitoring device and/or the visual signal is transmitted using a visual indicator of the tire pressure monitoring device.
A tire pressure monitoring device comprising:
- a memory configured to store configuration data,
- a light source, and
- a processor configured to selectively illuminate the light source to transmit a visual signal indicative of the configuration data stored in the memory,
- wherein the configuration data identifies at least one of an aircraft wheel location on an aircraft at which the tire pressure monitoring device is intended to be located, or a security code representative of security parameters of the tire pressure monitoring device, and
- wherein the tire pressure monitoring device is configured to be affixed to a wheel of a vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.