Patent ID: 9139054
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A controller for a tire pressure monitoring system comprising: a plurality of wheel speed ports for receiving wheel speed sensor signals, each of the plurality of wheel speed ports correlated with a specific wheel location; a communication port for receiving a plurality of tire characteristic messages, the tire characteristic messages including at least one of a unique sensor identification and tire characteristic information; and a processing unit comprising control logic, wherein the processing unit is in communication with the plurality of wheel speed ports and the communication port and the control logic is capable of: receiving a signal indicative of a wheel speed at a first wheel speed port correlated with a first wheel location; receiving a tire characteristic message at the communication port within a predetermined time period of receiving the signal indicative of the wheel speed correlated with a first wheel location; determining the wheel location of the tire characteristic message as being the first wheel location based on the association of the wheel speed signal and the tire characteristic message; and assigning the unique sensor identification to the first wheel location.