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US 12,479,245 B2Granted
Tire monitor with close proximity connectivity
AssigneeSensata Technologies, Inc.
InventorsWilliam D. Stewart, Ian Elliott
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Abstract
A tire monitor includes a sensor generating tire data. The tire monitor is configured to wake in response to a low frequency interrupt signal received from a remote source. Upon waking, the tire monitor scans Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) channels to establish a BLE connection with the remote source. The tire monitor communicates with the remote source over the BLE connection.
Claims18
A vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of tires;
- and
- a tire monitor associated with a tire of the plurality of tires, the tire monitor being configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a computing device remote from the tire, a wake signal transmitted at a first frequency, the wake signal comprising a modulated signal including data associated with the remote computing device or the BLE connection;
- determining, at least in part in response to receiving the wake signal, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) channel for corresponding with the computing device, wherein the first frequency is lower than a frequency associated with the BLE channel;
- establishing a BLE connection with the computing device via the BLE channel;
- and
- sending, via the BLE connection and to the computing device, the data associated with the tire.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a tire monitor associated with a tire, a wake signal comprising a modulated signal including data associated with a remote device;
- scanning, at the tire sensor and based at least in part on receiving the wake signal, one or more channels for a communication channel to communicate with the remote device, the communication channel having an associated second frequency higher than the first frequency;
- establishing communication with the remote device via the communication channel;
- and
- sending, via the communication channel and from the tire monitor, information about the tire.
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A tire monitor comprising:
- a sensor configured to generate information about a tire with which the tire sensor is associated;
- and
- a computing device configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a remote device, a wake signal transmitted at a first frequency, the wake signal comprises a modulated signal including information about the remote device or about the communication channel,
- scanning, based at least in part on the receiving the wake signal, a plurality of channels for a communication channel to communicate with the remote device, the communication channel having an associated second frequency higher than the first frequency,
- sending, via the communication channel and from the tire monitor, the information about the tire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.