Patent ID: 7202777

Claim:
A system for monitoring tire conditions including pressure in a tire of a vehicle, the system comprising: a detector configured to facilitate detecting tire conditions including pressure in the tire, the detector being installed in each tire of the vehicle, the detector wirelessly further being configured to facilitate transmitting detected data concerning the tire conditions, the detector having memorized therein a vehicle identification code; a transmitter configured to facilitate wirelessly transmitting an initiation signal for initiating detection of the tire conditions to the detector, the transmitter being installed in the vicinity of each tire; and a monitor configured to facilitate sending the initiation signal to the transmitter and receiving the detected data from the detector, the initial signal including the vehicle identification code identifying this vehicle on which the monitoring system is installed, the monitor informing a driver of the vehicle of detected tire conditions, wherein the detected data are transmitted only when the vehicle identification code included in the initiation signal coincides with the vehicle identification code memorized in the detector.