GB2497374A - A tire pressure sensor device setting method - Google Patents

A tire pressure sensor device setting method Download PDF

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GB2497374A
GB2497374A GB201210688A GB201210688A GB2497374A GB 2497374 A GB2497374 A GB 2497374A GB 201210688 A GB201210688 A GB 201210688A GB 201210688 A GB201210688 A GB 201210688A GB 2497374 A GB2497374 A GB 2497374A
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San-Chuan Yu
Ting-Chun Chien
Chi-Hung Chen
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Cub Elecparts Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/02—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure
    • B60C23/04—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/02—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure
    • B60C23/04—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
    • B60C23/0408—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/02—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure
    • B60C23/04—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
    • B60C23/0408—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
    • B60C23/0422—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver characterised by the type of signal transmission means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/02—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure
    • B60C23/04—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
    • B60C23/0408—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
    • B60C23/0422—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver characterised by the type of signal transmission means
    • B60C23/0423—Photo-electric, infrared or visible light means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/02—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure
    • B60C23/04—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
    • B60C23/0408—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
    • B60C23/0471—System initialisation, e.g. upload or calibration of operating parameters
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/02—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure
    • B60C23/04—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
    • B60C23/0408—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
    • B60C23/0479—Communicating with external units being not part of the vehicle, e.g. tools for diagnostic, mobile phones, electronic keys or service stations

Abstract

A tire pressure sensor device setting method, comprising the steps of: providing a setting tool comprising an infrared transmitter and selecting a control program to be downloaded onto a tire pressure sensor device; providing a tire pressure sensor device comprising an infrared receiver; driving the infrared transmitter of said setting tool to encode the selected control program into an infrared signal and to transmit the infrared signal to the infrared receiver of said tire pressure sensor device; enabling said tire pressure sensor device to transmit a feedback signal to said setting tool wirelessly to stop said setting tool from transmitting the infrared signal; and enabling said processor and memory unit of said tire pressure sensor to decode the received infrared signal into a decoded control program and to store the decoded control program in a memory thereof, thereby finishing the setting.

Description

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Tire Pressure Sensor Device and its Setting Method
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present iivention relates to tire pressure monitoring technologf and more partici4arly, toe tire pressure senscr device and its setting method.
2. Description of the Related Art
Setting a commercial tire pressure sensor device can be ddwn in hwo ways.
The frst way s o electrically conrect the tire pressure sensor de'iice to a sethng device by a cab's enabling the control program to be loaded from the setting device onto the tire pressure sensor device. This first way requires complicated plugging and unpluggng op&ations Further, as the tire pressure sensor dev:ce must provrde a connection port for the conflection of the cable. ft has a large size. The second way is a neIess sethng method whicn uses a low frequency signal, for exarnpe, 125kHz, to link the setting device ano the tire pressure sensor device and to transmit the confrol program fr.m the setting device to the* *re* pressure sensor device. This wireless setting method eliminates complicated plugging and unplugging operations, and enables the size of the tire pressure ehor to be minimized. However, as the wireless signal is penetrative, the program in the tire pressure sensor device may be edited accidentally. For example. when the user is. downloading a control program to the tire pressure sensor dcvice at the front left wheel of the car wirelessly, the tire pressure sensor at the front right wheel of the cAr may simultaneously receive the wireless signal and load the signal onto its niemoty, causing an error.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been accompHshed under the circumstances in view. It is the main object of the present invention to provide a tire pressure sensor device Setting method, which employs infrared transmission technofogy to achieve setting, eliminating wire connection and avoiding accidental false. editing.
To achieve this and other objects of the present invention, a th-e pressure sensor devce acting method includes the steps of (a) pro'.iding a sett ng tool comprising an infrared transmitter and selecting a control program to be downloaded onto a tire pressure sensor device; (b) providing a tire pressure sensor device comprising an ihfrared receiver; (q) driving the irMräted transmitter Cf the settirg toot to encode the selected control program into an infrared signal and to transmit the infrarea signal to the infrared receiver of the tire pressure sensor device; (d) enabflng the tire pressure sensor device, to transmit a feedback signal to the setting toot wirelessly to stop the setting tool from transmitting the infrared signal; and () enabling the processor and memory unit of the tire pressure sensor to decode the received infrared signal ititb a decoded control program and to store the decoded control program in a memory thereof, thereby finishing the setting.
Other advantages and features of the present invention will be fully understood by reference to the folowing specification n coniunction with tne accompanying drawings, in which like reference signs denote like components of structure,
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a setting tool operation flow chart according to the present invention.
FiG. 2 is a tire pressure sensor device operation flow chart according to the precent invention.
FIG. 3 is a fundlion blodk diagram of a setting tool according to the present invention FIG. 4 is a function bPoc diagram of a tire pressure sensor device according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE NVENTION
Referring to FIG. 4. a fire pressure sensor device in accordance with the present invention is shown tomprising C processor and memory unit, a pressure sensor electrically coupled to the processor and memory unit for sensing the internal pressure of a tire of a vehicle, a temperature sensor electricafly coupled to th.e processor and memory unit for sensing the internal temperature of the tire of the vehicle, an acceleration sensor electrically coupled to the processor and memory unit for sensing the cceleration alue of the tire, a LF (low frequency) transmission S interface anci a RE (rado frequency) transmission interface respectively electrically caupied to the processor and memory unit for transmitting the sensed dta to an on-vehcle receiver by a low frequency o iatho frequency, a balery cack electrically coupled to the processor and memory unit for providing the programmable tire pressure sensor device with the necessary working power supply, and an infrared receiverelectricafly coupled to the pracessorand memory unit for.receiving an external infrared signal.
For setting Inc tire pressure sensor device, a setting tool shii be used. As shown in FIG. 3, the setting tool comprises a microprocessor unit; a memory unit, a display unit elActrically coupled to the microprocessor unit for displaying operation data, a power source for providing the setting tQol with the necessary working eiectrlcity, a warning uh.it electrically coupled to the microprocessor unit for givin.g of a warning siçnel, an infrared transmittr electrically coupled to the nicroprocesSor unit, and a wireless RE (radio frequency) unit and a LF (low frequency) receiver unit respectively electrically coupled to the microprocessor unit.
Referring to FIGS I and 2 the setting method of the present nveqtlon is to encode the control program to be downloaded onto the infrared tire.sensor device. The control program may vary with different brands or mod&s of cars. Thereafter, drive the infrared transmitter of the setting tool to transmit the encoded control program to the infrared receiver of the tire pressure sensor device. After receipt of the ehcdded control program, the tire pressure sensor device gives oft a feedback signal to the setting tool wirelesslsi. Upon receive of the feedback signal by** the LF ([:0w &equency) receiver unit Of the setting tool, the settihg tool immediately stops the trtsrnissibn. The setting tool will keen transmitting the control program througri its infrared transmitter before receiving the feedback signal, The infrared signal received by the infrared receiver of the tire pressure sensor device will be transmitted to the processor and memory unit,. and then decoded by the proceas.or and memory unit. The decoded control program will then bG Stored in the memory of the processor and memory unit completing the setting of the downloaded control program. After setting, the tire. pressure sensor dSce can transmit the sensed temperature, pressure and acceleration data through its LF (low frequency) transmission interface and RF (radio frequency) transmission interface to the on-vehide head unit wi.relessiy.
As infrared transmission is a hgny directional w,reess transmission, setting the tire pressure sensor device by means of infrared transmission eliminates compicated plugging/unp1ugging operabons and avoids accidental edting in a wrong ocation due to non-directional wffle.ss signa penetration. infrared signal transmission is a known technology for transmitting signaL However, this technology has not been used for downloading programs. Using infrared transmission technology in the present invention eliminates the problems. of conventional tire pressure sensor devices improving product. instaflation efficiency.
Aittough a particuar embodiment of the invention has been øescribed in detail for purposes of Wustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly. the Thvention is not to be limited except as by the appended ciaims.
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