Patent ID: 9428015
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B60C

Claim Text:
1. A tire identification code registration system for use with a plurality of tire pressure detectors and a tire pressure monitoring system receiver, wherein each of the tire pressure detectors includes a unique tire identification code and is configured to be coupled to a tire, each of the tire pressure detectors is configured to detect pressure of a corresponding tire and transmit a wireless signal that includes tire pressure information, and the receiver is configured to receive the wireless signal and monitor the pressure of the corresponding tire based on the received wireless signal, the tire identification code registration system comprising: a storage manager configured to store, in a memory, tire identification codes included in wireless signals received during a predetermined storage period as candidate tire identification codes; a registration processor configured to register the candidate tire identification codes in the memory as formal tire identification codes after the candidate tire identification codes are stored in the memory by the storage manager, when a number of candidate tire identification codes stored in the memory is equal to a predetermined storage number; and a deletion processor that deletes a candidate identification code from the candidate identification codes stored in the memory, when the number of candidate identification codes stored in the memory is greater than the predetermined storage number, and when the candidate tire identification code is not included in a wireless signal received during a predetermined deletion period.