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US 8,299,910 B2Granted
Intelligent tire systems and methods
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsDirk Hammerschmidt, Jakob Jongsma
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Abstract
Embodiments relate to intelligent tire systems and methods. In an embodiment, a sensor module mounted in a tire includes a sensor configured to generate sensor data related to a condition of the tire; and a transceiver communicatively coupled to the sensor and configured to communicate with another in-tire sensor module and with a control unit external to the tire.
Claims18
A sensor module mounted in a tire comprising:
- a sensor configured to generate sensor data related to a condition of the tire;
- and
- a transceiver communicatively coupled to the sensor and configured to communicate with another in-tire sensor module and with a control unit external to the tire wherein the transceiver is configured to communicate with the other in-tire sensor module by a signal of a first range and with the control unit by a signal of a second range, the first range being shorter than the second range.
An integrated circuit sensor device for mounting in a tire of a vehicle, comprising:
- a first sensor element configured to obtain first sensor data;
- and
- a transceiver coupled to the first sensor element and configured to receive second sensor data from a second sensor element mounted in the tire and to transmit the first sensor data and the second sensor data to a receiver mounted in the vehicle external to the tire wherein the transceiver is configured to communicate with the second sensor element by a signal of a first range and with the receiver by a signal of a second range, the first range being shorter than the second range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.