Patent ID: 8332104

Claim:
A wheel auto-location method, comprising: receiving a radio frequency (RF) transmission that indicates a one-measurement point during a rotation of a wheel and TPM sensor parameters, wherein the RF transmission is associated with a phase correlation data storage event trigger; storing a current content of a rolling window of an antilock brake system (“ABS”) data indicative of a wheel phase angle in response to the phase correlation data storage event trigger, wherein a time period covered by the rolling window is the same or greater than a time period between the one-measurement point and a receipt point of the RF transmission, and the current content of the rolling window corresponds to the ABS data between the one-measurement point and the receipt point of the RF transmission; calculating, by a processor, the one-measurement point based on the time period between the one-measurement point and the receipt point of the RF transmission; determining, by the processor, relevant ABS data from the current content of the rolling window of the ABS data based on the one-measurement point over time; and applying, by the processor, an auto-location algorithm to the relevant ABS data to identify a specific location of the wheel where the TPM sensor parameters are associated with the specific location of the wheel.