Tyre pressure monitoring system
AssigneeWheely-Safe Ltd.
InventorGary Broadfield
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Abstract
A tyre pressure sensing module (104) for fitting to a wheel (106) of a vehicle (100) comprising a pneumatic tyre, a driver indicator unit (102) and a TPMS comprising the two. The sensing module comprising: a pressure sensor (214) for sensing a pressure of a gas retained within the pneumatic tyre; an alert generator (216) configured to generate an alert signal based on the sensed pressure of the gas and one or more parameters; and a transmitter (202) configured to transmit the alert signal to the driver indicator unit fitted to the vehicle. The driver indicator unit comprising a receiver (304) configured to receive alert signals from a plurality of tyre pressure sensing modules; and a display (314) configured to display an indication to a driver of the vehicle that the alert signal has been received.
Claims16
A tyre pressure sensing module for fitting to a wheel of a vehicle comprising a pneumatic tyre, the sensing module comprising:
- a pressure sensor for sensing a pressure of a gas retained within the pneumatic tyre;
- an alert generator configured to generate an alert signal based on the sensed pressure of the gas and one or more parameters;
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- a transmitter configured to transmit the alert signal to a driver indicator unit fitted to the vehicle.
A driver indicator unit for fitting to a vehicle comprising a plurality of wheels, each wheel comprising a pneumatic tyre, the driver indicator unit comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive alert signals from a plurality of tyre pressure sensing modules, each fitted to one of the wheels and configured to sense a pressure of a gas retained within the pneumatic tyre;
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- a display configured to display an indication to a driver of the vehicle that the alert signal has been received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.