US20030001735A1 - Using signal strength to identify tire position - Google Patents
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- a typical tire pressure monitor includes a plurality of transmitter circuits coupled to each of a plurality of tires on a vehicle, each transmitter circuit including a tire pressure sensor inserted into the tire and a radio frequency transmitter.
- the transmitter circuits sense tire pressure and generate radio frequency signals in the form of a message, the message including a tire identification number and the sensed tire pressure.
- the tire pressure monitor also includes a receiver circuit coupled to the vehicle for receiving the radio frequency signals. The receiver circuit processes the signals by, for example, displaying the tire pressures of each tire, providing warnings when the tire pressures are outside predetermined parameters, etc.
- One challenge in tire pressure monitoring is identifying the location of the tires on the vehicle (e.g., left front, left rear, right rear, etc.). As tires are changed or rotated, the tire locations must be updated. In order to display the proper tire pressure to the driver for each tire, the locations of the tires must be known.
- signals coming via various reception antennas are processed not individually but rather together, and evaluated as to signal intensity for purposes of allocation to a specific wheel.
- the signals are summed, and the intensity of the summed signal is determined and compared to the intensity of a summed signal constituted by temporarily switching only N-1 reception antennas to the input of the receiver.
- the disconnected reception antenna is changed cyclically.
- the antenna whose deactivation results in the greatest intensity loss in the summed signal is normally that antenna which is located closest to the transmitting wheel electronics package, and thus receives the signal with the greatest field strength.
- a method of identifying the position of a tire on a vehicle includes receiving a plurality of wireless messages from a transmitter associated with the tire and determining the signal strengths of the received wireless messages. The method further includes providing a frequency distribution of the wireless messages based on the signal strengths and comparing the frequency distribution to a predetermined frequency distribution to determine the position of the tire on the vehicle.
- a system for identifying the position of a tire on a vehicle based on wireless messages received from the tire includes a receiver circuit, a signal strength circuit, a memory, and a processing circuit.
- the receiver circuit is configured to receive the wireless messages.
- the signal strength circuit is; configured to determine the signal strengths of the wireless messages.
- the memory is configured to store a predetermined frequency distribution.
- the processing circuit is configured to provide a frequency distribution of the wireless messages based on the signal strengths and to compare the frequency distribution to the predetermined frequency distribution to determine the position of the tire on the vehicle.
- a system for determining the position of a tire on a vehicle includes a means for receiving a plurality of transmitted messages from a transmitter associated with the tire.
- the system further includes a means for determining the signal strength of the plurality of transmitted messages and a means for providing a pattern of the messages based on the signal strengths of the plurality of transmitted messages.
- the system further includes a means for determining the position of the tire on the vehicle based on the pattern of the messages and a stored pattern of signal strength values.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a tire monitoring circuit having a system for identifying the position of a tire on a vehicle, according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the system for identifying the position of a tire in a vehicle of FIG. 1, according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a step of comparing the frequency distribution to one or more predetermined frequency distributions, according to an exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method of identifying the position of a tire in a vehicle, according to an exemplary embodiment.
- Tire monitoring system 10 is illustrated on a vehicle 12 .
- Tire monitoring system 10 is configured to monitor one or more characteristics of one or more tires 14 , 16 , 18 , 20 , such as, tire pressure, temperature, alignment, tread wear, etc.
- Tire monitoring system 10 is a wireless system, which utilizes radio frequency, infrared, or other wireless signal transmission technology to provide tire characteristic data from tires 14 - 20 to a tire monitor 22 .
- tire monitoring system 10 includes a plurality of tire sensors 24 , 26 , 28 , 30 , each coupled to one of tires 14 - 20 .
- Tire sensors 24 - 30 are configured to sense one or more characteristics of tires 14 - 20 , respectively, and to provide tire characteristic data wirelessly to tire monitor 22 .
- Tire monitor 22 includes a single antenna 32 in this exemplary embodiment for receiving wireless messages from one or more of tire sensors 24 - 30 .
- multiple antennas may be coupled to tire monitor 22 for receiving wireless messages at a plurality of locations on vehicle 12 .
- tire monitor 22 may include four antennas, one disposed in the vicinity of each of tire sensors 24 - 30 .
- Tire monitor 22 is configured to receive wireless messages from one or more of tire sensors 24 - 30 , to monitor the tire characteristic data on the wireless messages, and to selectively display tire characteristic data to an operator of vehicle 12 .
- tire monitor 22 may receive tire pressure data from tire sensors 24 - 30 and may monitor the tire pressure data to determine if the tire pressure of any of tires 14 - 20 is greater than or less than predetermined maximum and/or minimum thresholds and may provide a display and associated alarm (visible, audible, etc.) to the operator of vehicle 12 .
- the alarm indicates to the operator that maintenance of the tire causing the alarm may be needed.
- Each of tire sensors 24 - 30 is configured to transmit tire identification data, which may be any type of message uniquely identifying the tire.
- tire identification data may be any type of message uniquely identifying the tire.
- a tire identification of “000f”, in hexadecimal representation may indicate a first tire, while a tire identification of “01af” may identify a different tire.
- Tire monitor 22 is configured to receive the tire identification data on the wireless message and to identify a location of the tire on vehicle 12 , to provide more meaningful tire data to the operator of vehicle 12 .
- tire monitor 22 may associate a tire identification of “000f” with the vehicle position of “left front”, and display the tire pressure data associated with tire “000f” along with a display indicating that the tire is the left front tire, such as, “LF 28 ”. In this manner, useful information can be provided to the operator of vehicle 12 to determine alarm conditions, such as, “LF LOW”, “RR LOW”, etc.
- Tire monitor 22 includes a receiver circuit 34 , a signal strength circuit 36 , a processing circuit 38 , and a memory 40 .
- Circuits 34 , 36 , and 38 and memory 40 are illustrated in block form to indicate that these elements are functional units which may be embodied in hardware circuitry, software, or other processing elements.
- circuits 34 , 36 , and 38 and memory 40 may be disposed on one or more integrated circuits, and may be part of a system-on-chip (SOC), and may further include programmable logic, microprocessors, microcontrollers, or other control circuitry.
- memory 40 may include volatile memory portions and non-volatile memory portions, and may include random access memory, read-only memory, and other memory types.
- Receiver circuit 34 is configured to receive wireless messages via antenna 32 from tire sensors 24 - 30 . Portions of receiver circuit 34 may be duplicated to receive wireless messages from a plurality of antennas simultaneously.
- Tire sensors 24 - 30 are configured to transmit blocks of wireless messages, each block including eight identical frames of data, in this exemplary embodiment. Due to interference, multipath, and other sources of error, tire sensors 24 - 30 send duplicative data in each of the frames of each block.
- Tire sensors 24 - 30 are configured to transmit blocks of data periodically, wherein the rate of transmissions is greater when the vehicle is in motion than when the vehicle is idle.
- a block of data may be sent from each of tire sensors 24 - 30 at a rate of one transmission per 60 seconds, and when vehicle 12 is idle, tire sensors 24 - 30 are each configured to send a block of data at a rate of one transmission per 60 minutes.
- Receiver circuit 34 may include amplifying circuitry, filtering circuitry, buffering circuitry, demodulating circuitry, and/or other circuit elements necessary to receive wireless messages from tire sensors 24 - 30 via antenna 32 .
- Signal strength circuit 36 is coupled to receiver circuit 34 and is configured to determine the signal strengths of the wireless messages.
- signal strength circuit 36 generates a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for each frame of each block of data.
- RSSI received signal strength indicator
- the RSSI of the first bit in each frame of each block is used to determine the RSSI for the frame.
- signal strength circuit 36 may be configured to measure a plurality of signal strength values for each frame.
- Signal strength circuit 36 may measure signal strength values for one or more of the first bit of each frame, the last bit of each frame, or any other bits in the frame or message.
- Signal strength circuit 36 uses RSSI in this exemplary embodiment, but may alternatively use other measures of signal strength.
- RSSI is calculated in this exemplary embodiment by demodulating the selected bit or bits of the frame or message.
- the demodulated bit or bits are associated with an RF power (i.e., signal strength), and are digitized with an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter.
- A/D converter provides the RSSI counts of the sample.
- RSSI may be generated for either frequency-modulated (FM) or amplitude-modulated (AM) signals.
- Processing circuit 38 is configured to store the signal strengths provided by signal strength circuit 36 in memory 40 .
- Processing circuit 38 is configured to identify the positions of the tires on vehicle 12 (e.g., left front, right front, right rear, left rear) based on the signal strengths of the wireless messages.
- processing circuit 38 is configured to provide a pattern of the signal strengths (e.g., a statistical distribution such as, a frequency distribution), to compare the pattern of the signal strengths to one or more predetermined patterns (e.g., frequency distributions) stored in memory 40 and to determine the position of the tire on the vehicle based on the comparison.
- the frequency distributions may include one or more counts of signal strengths that provide sufficient data to correlate a new frequency distribution with one of a plurality of stored frequency distributions. In this example, frequency distributions include the number of samples per bin. This advantageous feature of this exemplary embodiment will now be described with reference to FIG. 3.
- a histogram 42 illustrating the frequency distribution stored by processing circuit 38 and memory 40 is illustrated.
- processing circuit 38 is configured to generate a frequency distribution or count pattern by sorting the received messages by signal strength value into bins of 2 RSSI counts ranging from approximately 60 counts to 180 counts.
- bins 44 includes a count (represented by bars 46 in histogram 42 ) of signal strength values falling within the range of the bin values.
- the resulting frequency distribution 48 or pattern provides an indication of the tire position on the vehicle, since the signal strengths of the messages are affected by the positions of tire sensors 24 - 30 relative to antenna 32 of tire monitor 22 (FIG. 1).
- the distance, angle, and any interfering objects, such as, the vehicle frame, etc. affect the frequency distribution for each tire position.
- various conductive shielding shapes can be implemented in or around tires 14 - 20 (e.g., in the wheel wells) to create desired or unique frequency distribution patterns at each of tires 14 - 20 .
- processing circuit 38 compares pattern 48 to one or more predetermined frequency distributions or patterns 50 , 52 , 54 , 56 to determine the position of the tire in the vehicle.
- Predetermined patterns 50 - 56 are stored in memory 40 , for example, during manufacture of vehicle 12 .
- Predetermined patterns 50 - 56 may be generated based on a testing phase during manufacture, and may subsequently be updated during the life of vehicle 12 .
- Each of patterns 50 , 52 , 54 , 56 represents a typical pattern of signal strength samples of wireless messages received from the left front vehicle location (pattern 50 ), the left rear vehicle location (pattern 52 ), the right front vehicle location (pattern 54 ), and the right rear vehicle location (pattern 56 ).
- processing circuit 38 may compare one characteristic of the patterns or may compare multiple characteristics of the patterns. These characteristics may include: mean, variance, the count or bin range from the largest count or bin to the smallest count or bin, position of mode or highest peak, position of mode relative to minimum, maximum, or mean, squared difference of each bar between pattern 48 (i.e., an incoming pattern) and each of predetermined patterns 50 - 56 to find the predetermined pattern having least squared difference from the incoming pattern, etc. Other characteristics may be compared to determine the best match between pattern 48 and patterns 50 - 56 . In this exemplary embodiment, pattern 48 most closely corresponds to pattern 54 . Accordingly, processing circuit 38 determines that the position of the tire identified by the wireless messages in pattern 48 is the right front tire.
- tire monitor 22 does not require a specialized protocol to identify the position of the tires.
- the frequency distribution patterns can be improved by increasing the number of bins, decreasing the size of the bins, or increasing the number of signal strength samples in each frequency distribution.
- processing circuit 38 is configured to communicate with a display 60 and an operator input device 62 .
- Processing circuit 38 may be configured to generate display signals for display of tire characteristic data along with the position of the tire associated with the tire characteristic data on display 60 .
- Operator input device 62 which may include a button, switch, touch screen, voice recognition device, etc. may be used by the operator to select characteristic data to be displayed from memory 40 via processing circuit 38 .
- Operator input device 62 may further be used to calibrate tire monitor 22 initially, as will be described in exemplary form in FIG. 4 hereinbelow.
- processing circuit 38 when a new tire is provided to vehicle 12 , or tires 14 - 20 have been rotated, processing circuit 38 is configured to automatically detect the change and adjust the display of tire characteristics accordingly.
- Processing circuit 38 receives signal strengths of wireless messages from each of the tires in their new positions.
- Processing circuit 38 is configured to provide frequency distributions for each of tire sensors 24 - 30 associated with tires 14 - 20 , based on the tire identification data within the wireless messages.
- Processing circuit 38 is further configured to compare each new frequency distribution to the predetermined patterns stored in memory 40 to determine the new positions of the tire or tires that have changed position, or the new tire.
- Processing circuit 38 is then configured to store the new tire positions in memory 40 , and/or provide the new tire positions on display 60 .
- initial signal strength patterns are stored in memory 40 of tire monitor 22 .
- the initial or predetermined signal strength patterns may be provided by testing of the vehicle 12 during manufacture.
- the purchaser of a new vehicle or the purchaser of a new tire monitoring system 10 may user operator input device 62 to provide an initial calibration procedure to train tire monitor to store the predetermined signal strength patterns in memory 40 .
- tire monitor 22 may display a tire identification on display 60 , and the operator may input the tire position associated with that tire identification using operator input device 62 , wherein the tire identification can be read from a label affixed to tire sensors 24 - 30 on their associated tires.
- Various other techniques are contemplated for storing initial signal strength patterns in step 70 , including updating the stored signal strength patterns during the lifetime of the system.
- tire monitor 22 enters an operation phase during which wireless messages are received from transmitters associated with tire sensors 24 - 30 .
- the signal strengths of the wireless messages are determined, for example, using RSSI techniques and signal strength circuit 36 .
- processing circuit 38 is configured to provide a frequency distribution or pattern of signal strength samples, for example, by saving the incoming signal strengths in memory 40 .
- step 78 the frequency distribution for one or more of tire sensors 24 - 30 is compared with signal strength samples stored in step 70 .
- One or more characteristics of the frequency distributions may be compared in step 78 .
- step 80 the position of the tire having the tire identification of the frequency distribution compared in step 78 is identified.
- step 82 if a change in position is detected, the new position is stored at step 84 in memory 40 for the given tire identification.
- the operator may receive an indication on display 60 that a new position for a tire ID has been identified, either in textual indication, audible indication, via a light-emitting diode or via a graphical or pictorial image (e.g., an icon).
- the method returns to step 72 to repeat the process for additional incoming wireless messages.
- this exemplary method does not require manual intervention to identify tire positions, since tire monitor 22 automatically receives and processes wireless messages from tire sensors 24 - 30 .
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- Increasing attention is being given to monitoring the pressure of tires on a vehicle while the vehicle is in motion. A typical tire pressure monitor includes a plurality of transmitter circuits coupled to each of a plurality of tires on a vehicle, each transmitter circuit including a tire pressure sensor inserted into the tire and a radio frequency transmitter. The transmitter circuits sense tire pressure and generate radio frequency signals in the form of a message, the message including a tire identification number and the sensed tire pressure. The tire pressure monitor also includes a receiver circuit coupled to the vehicle for receiving the radio frequency signals. The receiver circuit processes the signals by, for example, displaying the tire pressures of each tire, providing warnings when the tire pressures are outside predetermined parameters, etc.
- One challenge in tire pressure monitoring is identifying the location of the tires on the vehicle (e.g., left front, left rear, right rear, etc.). As tires are changed or rotated, the tire locations must be updated. In order to display the proper tire pressure to the driver for each tire, the locations of the tires must be known.
- According to one prior system, signals coming via various reception antennas are processed not individually but rather together, and evaluated as to signal intensity for purposes of allocation to a specific wheel. The signals are summed, and the intensity of the summed signal is determined and compared to the intensity of a summed signal constituted by temporarily switching only N-1 reception antennas to the input of the receiver. The disconnected reception antenna is changed cyclically. According to the teachings of this system, the antenna whose deactivation results in the greatest intensity loss in the summed signal is normally that antenna which is located closest to the transmitting wheel electronics package, and thus receives the signal with the greatest field strength.
- One drawback of this system is that some signals may be received with a higher signal strength at a reception antenna which is not closest to the position of the transmitting wheel, due to multipath, interference caused by spinning tires and surrounding objects, and other disturbances. This can lead to inaccurate results, which is disadvantageous in a system where it is very important to avoid providing misleading tire pressure data to the operator. Furthermore, this; system requires multiple reception antennas, and, therefore, cannot be used with a tire pressure monitoring system having only one antenna.
- Accordingly, what is needed is an accurate system and method for identifying tire position that does not require manual programming. Further, what is needed is a system and method usable on tire monitoring systems having one antenna or a plurality of antennas. Further still, what is needed is a system and method for passively identifying tire position that is more accurate and reliable than prior systems. Further yet, what is needed is a system that can detect tire position universally, i.e., without the need for a specialized transmission protocol. The teachings hereinbelow extend to those embodiments which fall within the scope of the appended claims, regardless of whether they accomplish one or more of the above-mentioned needs.
- According to one exemplary embodiment, a method of identifying the position of a tire on a vehicle includes receiving a plurality of wireless messages from a transmitter associated with the tire and determining the signal strengths of the received wireless messages. The method further includes providing a frequency distribution of the wireless messages based on the signal strengths and comparing the frequency distribution to a predetermined frequency distribution to determine the position of the tire on the vehicle.
- According to another exemplary embodiment, a system for identifying the position of a tire on a vehicle based on wireless messages received from the tire includes a receiver circuit, a signal strength circuit, a memory, and a processing circuit. The receiver circuit is configured to receive the wireless messages. The signal strength circuit is; configured to determine the signal strengths of the wireless messages. The memory is configured to store a predetermined frequency distribution. The processing circuit is configured to provide a frequency distribution of the wireless messages based on the signal strengths and to compare the frequency distribution to the predetermined frequency distribution to determine the position of the tire on the vehicle.
- According to yet another exemplary embodiment, a system for determining the position of a tire on a vehicle includes a means for receiving a plurality of transmitted messages from a transmitter associated with the tire. The system further includes a means for determining the signal strength of the plurality of transmitted messages and a means for providing a pattern of the messages based on the signal strengths of the plurality of transmitted messages. The system further includes a means for determining the position of the tire on the vehicle based on the pattern of the messages and a stored pattern of signal strength values.
- The invention will become more fully understood from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts, and in which:
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a tire monitoring circuit having a system for identifying the position of a tire on a vehicle, according to an exemplary embodiment;
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the system for identifying the position of a tire in a vehicle of FIG. 1, according to an exemplary embodiment;
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a step of comparing the frequency distribution to one or more predetermined frequency distributions, according to an exemplary embodiment; and
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method of identifying the position of a tire in a vehicle, according to an exemplary embodiment.
- Referring first to FIG. 1, a
tire monitoring system 10 is illustrated on avehicle 12.Tire monitoring system 10 is configured to monitor one or more characteristics of one ormore tires monitoring system 10 is a wireless system, which utilizes radio frequency, infrared, or other wireless signal transmission technology to provide tire characteristic data from tires 14-20 to atire monitor 22. Thus,tire monitoring system 10 includes a plurality oftire sensors tire monitor 22. - Tire
monitor 22 includes asingle antenna 32 in this exemplary embodiment for receiving wireless messages from one or more of tire sensors 24-30. In alternative embodiments, multiple antennas may be coupled totire monitor 22 for receiving wireless messages at a plurality of locations onvehicle 12. For example,tire monitor 22 may include four antennas, one disposed in the vicinity of each of tire sensors 24-30. - Tire
monitor 22 is configured to receive wireless messages from one or more of tire sensors 24-30, to monitor the tire characteristic data on the wireless messages, and to selectively display tire characteristic data to an operator ofvehicle 12. For example,tire monitor 22 may receive tire pressure data from tire sensors 24-30 and may monitor the tire pressure data to determine if the tire pressure of any of tires 14-20 is greater than or less than predetermined maximum and/or minimum thresholds and may provide a display and associated alarm (visible, audible, etc.) to the operator ofvehicle 12. The alarm indicates to the operator that maintenance of the tire causing the alarm may be needed. - Each of tire sensors24-30 is configured to transmit tire identification data, which may be any type of message uniquely identifying the tire. For example, a tire identification of “000f”, in hexadecimal representation, may indicate a first tire, while a tire identification of “01af” may identify a different tire. Tire
monitor 22 is configured to receive the tire identification data on the wireless message and to identify a location of the tire onvehicle 12, to provide more meaningful tire data to the operator ofvehicle 12. For example,tire monitor 22 may associate a tire identification of “000f” with the vehicle position of “left front”, and display the tire pressure data associated with tire “000f” along with a display indicating that the tire is the left front tire, such as, “LF 28”. In this manner, useful information can be provided to the operator ofvehicle 12 to determine alarm conditions, such as, “LF LOW”, “RR LOW”, etc. - Referring now to FIG. 2, a block diagram of
tire monitor 22 is illustrated according to an exemplary embodiment.Tire monitor 22 includes a receiver circuit 34, a signal strength circuit 36, aprocessing circuit 38, and amemory 40.Circuits 34, 36, and 38 andmemory 40 are illustrated in block form to indicate that these elements are functional units which may be embodied in hardware circuitry, software, or other processing elements. For example,circuits 34, 36, and 38 andmemory 40 may be disposed on one or more integrated circuits, and may be part of a system-on-chip (SOC), and may further include programmable logic, microprocessors, microcontrollers, or other control circuitry. Furthermore,memory 40 may include volatile memory portions and non-volatile memory portions, and may include random access memory, read-only memory, and other memory types. - Receiver circuit34 is configured to receive wireless messages via
antenna 32 from tire sensors 24-30. Portions of receiver circuit 34 may be duplicated to receive wireless messages from a plurality of antennas simultaneously. Tire sensors 24-30 are configured to transmit blocks of wireless messages, each block including eight identical frames of data, in this exemplary embodiment. Due to interference, multipath, and other sources of error, tire sensors 24-30 send duplicative data in each of the frames of each block. Tire sensors 24-30 are configured to transmit blocks of data periodically, wherein the rate of transmissions is greater when the vehicle is in motion than when the vehicle is idle. For example, when the vehicle is in motion, a block of data may be sent from each of tire sensors 24-30 at a rate of one transmission per 60 seconds, and whenvehicle 12 is idle, tire sensors 24-30 are each configured to send a block of data at a rate of one transmission per 60 minutes. Receiver circuit 34 may include amplifying circuitry, filtering circuitry, buffering circuitry, demodulating circuitry, and/or other circuit elements necessary to receive wireless messages from tire sensors 24-30 viaantenna 32. - Signal strength circuit36 is coupled to receiver circuit 34 and is configured to determine the signal strengths of the wireless messages. In this exemplary embodiment, signal strength circuit 36 generates a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) for each frame of each block of data. In particular, the RSSI of the first bit in each frame of each block is used to determine the RSSI for the frame. If additional signal strength values are required, signal strength circuit 36 may be configured to measure a plurality of signal strength values for each frame. Signal strength circuit 36 may measure signal strength values for one or more of the first bit of each frame, the last bit of each frame, or any other bits in the frame or message.
- Signal strength circuit36 uses RSSI in this exemplary embodiment, but may alternatively use other measures of signal strength. RSSI is calculated in this exemplary embodiment by demodulating the selected bit or bits of the frame or message. The demodulated bit or bits are associated with an RF power (i.e., signal strength), and are digitized with an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter. The output of the A/D converter provides the RSSI counts of the sample. RSSI may be generated for either frequency-modulated (FM) or amplitude-modulated (AM) signals.
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circuit 38 is configured to store the signal strengths provided by signal strength circuit 36 inmemory 40. Processingcircuit 38 is configured to identify the positions of the tires on vehicle 12 (e.g., left front, right front, right rear, left rear) based on the signal strengths of the wireless messages. In one exemplary embodiment, processingcircuit 38 is configured to provide a pattern of the signal strengths (e.g., a statistical distribution such as, a frequency distribution), to compare the pattern of the signal strengths to one or more predetermined patterns (e.g., frequency distributions) stored inmemory 40 and to determine the position of the tire on the vehicle based on the comparison. The frequency distributions may include one or more counts of signal strengths that provide sufficient data to correlate a new frequency distribution with one of a plurality of stored frequency distributions. In this example, frequency distributions include the number of samples per bin. This advantageous feature of this exemplary embodiment will now be described with reference to FIG. 3. - Referring to FIG. 3, a histogram42 illustrating the frequency distribution stored by processing
circuit 38 andmemory 40 is illustrated. In this simplified example, only eight signal strength samples; are illustrated, but in alternative embodiments, the accuracy of tire monitor 22 can be improved by providing a frequency distribution having sample sizes of tens, hundreds, or thousands of signal strength samples. Each of the signal strength samples provided in histogram 42 is associated with the same tire identification data. In this exemplary embodiment, processingcircuit 38 is configured to generate a frequency distribution or count pattern by sorting the received messages by signal strength value into bins of 2 RSSI counts ranging from approximately 60 counts to 180 counts. Each ofbins 44 includes a count (represented bybars 46 in histogram 42) of signal strength values falling within the range of the bin values. The resultingfrequency distribution 48 or pattern provides an indication of the tire position on the vehicle, since the signal strengths of the messages are affected by the positions of tire sensors 24-30 relative toantenna 32 of tire monitor 22 (FIG. 1). The distance, angle, and any interfering objects, such as, the vehicle frame, etc. affect the frequency distribution for each tire position. Also, various conductive shielding shapes can be implemented in or around tires 14-20 (e.g., in the wheel wells) to create desired or unique frequency distribution patterns at each of tires 14-20. - Once a predetermined number of signal strength samples have been acquired by processing circuit38 (e.g., as a number of samples, a number of samples per wavelength of the wireless message, etc.), or if signal strengths have been acquired for a predetermined period of time, processing
circuit 38 comparespattern 48 to one or more predetermined frequency distributions orpatterns memory 40, for example, during manufacture ofvehicle 12. Predetermined patterns 50-56 may be generated based on a testing phase during manufacture, and may subsequently be updated during the life ofvehicle 12. Each ofpatterns - In comparing
pattern 48 to predetermined patterns 50-56, processingcircuit 38 may compare one characteristic of the patterns or may compare multiple characteristics of the patterns. These characteristics may include: mean, variance, the count or bin range from the largest count or bin to the smallest count or bin, position of mode or highest peak, position of mode relative to minimum, maximum, or mean, squared difference of each bar between pattern 48 (i.e., an incoming pattern) and each of predetermined patterns 50-56 to find the predetermined pattern having least squared difference from the incoming pattern, etc. Other characteristics may be compared to determine the best match betweenpattern 48 and patterns 50-56. In this exemplary embodiment,pattern 48 most closely corresponds to pattern 54. Accordingly, processingcircuit 38 determines that the position of the tire identified by the wireless messages inpattern 48 is the right front tire. - Advantageously, tire monitor22 does not require a specialized protocol to identify the position of the tires. The frequency distribution patterns can be improved by increasing the number of bins, decreasing the size of the bins, or increasing the number of signal strength samples in each frequency distribution.
- Referring again to FIG. 2, processing
circuit 38 is configured to communicate with adisplay 60 and anoperator input device 62. Processingcircuit 38 may be configured to generate display signals for display of tire characteristic data along with the position of the tire associated with the tire characteristic data ondisplay 60.Operator input device 62, which may include a button, switch, touch screen, voice recognition device, etc. may be used by the operator to select characteristic data to be displayed frommemory 40 viaprocessing circuit 38.Operator input device 62 may further be used to calibrate tire monitor 22 initially, as will be described in exemplary form in FIG. 4 hereinbelow. - In an exemplary application, when a new tire is provided to
vehicle 12, or tires 14-20 have been rotated, processingcircuit 38 is configured to automatically detect the change and adjust the display of tire characteristics accordingly. Processingcircuit 38 receives signal strengths of wireless messages from each of the tires in their new positions. Processingcircuit 38 is configured to provide frequency distributions for each of tire sensors 24-30 associated with tires 14-20, based on the tire identification data within the wireless messages. Processingcircuit 38 is further configured to compare each new frequency distribution to the predetermined patterns stored inmemory 40 to determine the new positions of the tire or tires that have changed position, or the new tire. Processingcircuit 38 is then configured to store the new tire positions inmemory 40, and/or provide the new tire positions ondisplay 60. - Referring now to FIG. 4, an exemplary method of identifying the position of a tire in a vehicle will now be described. It is understood that one or more of the steps in this exemplary method may be eliminated or rearranged in various embodiments. At
step 70, initial signal strength patterns are stored inmemory 40 oftire monitor 22. As mentioned, the initial or predetermined signal strength patterns may be provided by testing of thevehicle 12 during manufacture. Alternatively, the purchaser of a new vehicle or the purchaser of a newtire monitoring system 10 may useroperator input device 62 to provide an initial calibration procedure to train tire monitor to store the predetermined signal strength patterns inmemory 40. For example, tire monitor 22 may display a tire identification ondisplay 60, and the operator may input the tire position associated with that tire identification usingoperator input device 62, wherein the tire identification can be read from a label affixed to tire sensors 24-30 on their associated tires. Various other techniques are contemplated for storing initial signal strength patterns instep 70, including updating the stored signal strength patterns during the lifetime of the system. - At
step 72, after calibration or training instep 70, tire monitor 22 enters an operation phase during which wireless messages are received from transmitters associated with tire sensors 24-30. Atstep 74, the signal strengths of the wireless messages are determined, for example, using RSSI techniques and signal strength circuit 36. At step 76, processingcircuit 38 is configured to provide a frequency distribution or pattern of signal strength samples, for example, by saving the incoming signal strengths inmemory 40. - When a sufficient number of signal strength samples have been received for a given tire identification, or when a predetermined period of time has passed between prior comparison steps, such as step78, the frequency distribution for one or more of tire sensors 24-30 is compared with signal strength samples stored in
step 70. One or more characteristics of the frequency distributions may be compared in step 78. Instep 80, the position of the tire having the tire identification of the frequency distribution compared in step 78 is identified. Atstep 82, if a change in position is detected, the new position is stored atstep 84 inmemory 40 for the given tire identification. Optionally, the operator may receive an indication ondisplay 60 that a new position for a tire ID has been identified, either in textual indication, audible indication, via a light-emitting diode or via a graphical or pictorial image (e.g., an icon). The method returns to step 72 to repeat the process for additional incoming wireless messages. - Advantageously, this exemplary method does not require manual intervention to identify tire positions, since tire monitor22 automatically receives and processes wireless messages from tire sensors 24-30.
- While the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the FIGURES and described above are presently preferred, it should be understood that these embodiments are offered by way of example only. For example, various patterns of signal strength values may be compared to identify tire positions, other than or in addition to frequency distributions. Further, the teachings herein may be applied to various types of vehicles, including cars, trucks, all-terrain vehicles, construction vehicles, etc. Accordingly, the present invention is not limited to a particular embodiment, but extends to various modifications that nevertheless fall within the scope of the appended claims.
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