Determination of location of tire-mounted sensors among a plurality of vehicle tire positions

An apparatus for determining location of at least one of a plurality of tire-mounted sensors among a plurality of tire positions on a vehicle having a plurality of tires, each of the plurality of tires uniquely having one of the plurality of tire-mounted sensors deployed thereon, and each of the plurality of tire-mounted sensors having a unique sensor identification associated therewith, the apparatus comprising:

• a pressure sensor, other than the plurality of tire-mounted sensors, operatively connected to the plurality of tires;
• a processing device, operatively connected to the pressure sensor and to the plurality of tire-mounted sensors;
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• memory, operatively connected to the processing device and having stored thereon machine-readable instructions defining a process and that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to:
• for a tire position of the plurality of tire positions, determine a tested pressure reading of a tire of the plurality of tires at the tire position via the pressure sensor;
• compare the tested pressure reading with an associated past pressure reading provided by a tire-mounted sensor of the plurality of tire-mounted sensors most recently associated with the tire position;
• when the tested pressure reading does not compare favorably with the associated past pressure reading, compare the tested pressure reading with non-associated past pressure readings provided by tire-mounted sensors of the plurality of tire-mounted sensors that were not most recently associated with the tire position;
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• when the tested pressure reading compares favorably with a particular non-associated past pressure reading of the non-associated past pressure readings corresponding to a particular tire-mounted sensor of the plurality of tire-mounted sensors, associate the sensor identification of the particular tire-mounted sensor with the tire position.