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US 2009/0289783 A1Published application
System for automatically recognizing locations of respective tires
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorYou Keun Kim
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Abstract
A system for automatically recognizing the locations of respective tires includes tire sensors, startup antennas, and a control unit. Locations of the respective tire sensors can be recognized based information of which antenna is involved and whether signals transmitted are identical. With this system, the locations of respective tires of a vehicle can be recognized in a simpler and more efficient way.
Claims14
A system for automatically recognizing locations of respective tires of a vehicle, comprising:
- tire sensors installed in, on, or near respective tires of a vehicle;
- startup antennas installed at or near one of front and rear sides of the vehicle and both right and left sides of the vehicle, each of the startup antennas being configured to send, in response to operation signals, startup signals to a pair of the tire sensors that are closer to each of the respective antennas;
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- a control unit configured to send the operation signals to the respective startup antennas, receive Identification (ID) signals from the respective tire sensors, and recognize locations of the respective tire sensors based information of which antenna the ID signals come from and whether the ID signals received are identical.
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