Method and apparatus for monitoring tire pressure
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsM. Buck, Thomas Tu, Ryan Frakes, David Osinski
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AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsM. Buck, Thomas Tu, Ryan Frakes, David Osinski
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Methods and apparatus are provided for relearning associations between tire pressure detectors and tire locations on an automobile. An apparatus comprises tire pressure detectors installed on each wheel having a tire, each configured to transmit a unique identification code in response to a tire pressure change greater than a predetermined magnitude in a predetermined time. The apparatus also includes a monitor having a receiver for receiving and a memory for storing the transmitted identification codes and a processor for associating the identification codes with predetermined locations. A method comprises exciting the tire pressure detectors in a predetermined sequence while monitoring transmitted identification codes. The method may further include storing the received unique identification codes in a predetermined order corresponding to the predetermined sequence.
A method of learning associations between a plurality of tires each having a unique identification code and a plurality of locations for tires, the method comprising the steps of,
A tire pressure monitor system for a vehicle having a plurality of tires each mounted on a wheel at one of a plurality of locations relating to said vehicle, the tire pressure monitor system comprising:
An apparatus comprising an electronic automotive tire pressure monitor receiver configured to relearn associations between tire pressure transmitter identification codes and locations for vehicle tires based at least partially upon a user-supplied tire pressure change to each tire in a predetermined order.
A method of relearning associations between a plurality of tire pressure transmitters and a plurality of locations for tires, the method comprising the step of inducing transmission of tire-specific identification codes to a tire pressure monitor receiver configured to store the identification codes correlated to the locations for tires by an operator manually interrogating, in a predetermined order, tire pressure detectors at each location of the plurality of locations for tires.
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