Patent ID: 6710708
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
A programming method for a remote tire monitor system of a vehicle, the method comprising:(a) in a factory environment, applying a relatively low frequency activation signal from an exciter positioned proximate the vehicle to a coil of a tire monitor of the vehicle; (b) at the exciter, detecting a data signal from the tire monitor, the data signal produced by modulating a relatively low frequency tire monitor signal with tire data produced in response to a measured tire parameter; (c) at the exciter, receiving the tire data from the data signal; (d) associating the tire data with position information for the tire monitor on the vehicle; (e) repeating acts (a), (b), (c) and (d) for all tires of the vehicle; and (f) downloading the tire data and position information from the exciter to a receiving unit of the vehicle.