Patent ID: 8368524

Claim:
A tire state variables management system provided with: a sensor module mounted on each tire of a vehicle having plural tires, for detecting tire state variables including tire internal pressure and transmitting data of the tire state variables on the basis of a command signal from the outside of the vehicle; and an external module disposed on the outer side of the vehicle, for transmitting the command signal to the sensor module and receiving the data transmitted from the sensor module to acquire data of the tire state variables, characterized in that: each sensor module possesses a self-identifying code for distinguishing itself from other sensor modules; the command signal transmitted by the external module includes the self-identifying code possessed by the sensor Module from which data is to be acquired; and each sensor module is adapted to transmit the data only when the self-identifying code included in the command signal from the external module coincides with the self-identifying code possessed by the sensor module itself, wherein the sensor module is adapted to possess a serial number which is inherent thereto and irrelevant to the tire state, the tire state variables management system further comprises a vehicle body side module provided on the body side of the vehicle, for transmitting to the sensor module a command signal for requesting transmission of data regarding the tire state variables, the command signal transmitted by the vehicle body side module includes the serial number possessed by the sensor module of which data is to be acquired, information for identifying the vehicle having the tire on which the sensor module of which data is to be acquired is mounted, and information of a position at which the tire is mounted in the vehicle, in combination, and each sensor module has a memory and is adapted to store therein the information for identifying the vehicle and the information of a position at which the tire is mounted in the vehicle, which are included in combination in the command signal, only when the serial number included in the command signal from the vehicle body side module coincides with the serial number possessed by the sensor module.