Patent ID: 6340930
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
A tire condition monitoring system for monitoring a condition of a vehicle tire, said tire condition monitoring system comprising:a tire-based unit comprising means for monitoring a condition of a vehicle tire, means for assembling tire condition data indicative of said condition of the vehicle tire, and means for transmitting at least one radio frequency signal including a signal indicative of said tire condition data; and a vehicle-based unit comprising means for receiving said at least one radio frequency signal, means for determining an actual reception success rate of said at least one radio frequency signal, means for comparing said actual reception success rate to known reception success rates corresponding to known tire positions on the vehicle, means for identifying one of said known reception success rates that is closest to equal said actual reception success rate, and means for associating said at least one radio frequency signal with a known tire position corresponding to said one of said known reception success rates.