Abstract: A method of determining a status of a tyre monitoring device that includes a power supply. The method includes determining a value indicative of consumption of the power supply, determining a status of the tyre monitoring device based on the value indicative of consumption of the power supply, and providing an indication based on the determined status.

Abstract: Methods, system, apparatuses, and computer program products for securely pairing a vehicle-mounted wireless sensor with a central device are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, securely pairing a vehicle-mounted wireless sensor with a central device in accordance with the present disclosure includes a vehicle sensor device pairing with a vehicle control system (VCS) using a pre-shared passkey. The pre-shared passkey is shared between the vehicle sensor device and the VCS via an out-of-band exchange. This embodiment also includes the vehicle sensor device transmitting an identifier for a resolvable private address (RPA) to the VCS. In addition, the vehicle sensor device communicates with the VCS using the RPA. In this example embodiment, the RPA is periodically regenerated by the vehicle sensor device.

Abstract: A tire maintenance management device includes a travel environment obtainer and a maintenance timing determiner. The travel environment obtainer obtains a travel environment of a vehicle. The maintenance timing determiner determines a maintenance timing of a tire of the vehicle based on the travel environment obtained by the travel environment obtainer.

Abstract: A programming system includes a mobile device and a programmer, in which the programmer includes a wireless communication module, a control module, and a communication module. A programming method of the programming system includes: storing a program code in the mobile device; establishing wireless communication between the control module and the mobile device via the wireless communication module to obtain the program code of the mobile device; and, sending the program code from the control module to a tire pressure detector via the communication module to program the program code whereby it is convenient for the user to operate and the manufacturing cost of the programmer can be reduced.

Abstract: A telematics device for a barrier transfer machine with machine sensors that capture operational data of the barrier transfer machine associated with a barrier segment includes a processing element, a communication element, and a memory element. The processing element is configured to receive the captured operational data. The communication element is in communication with the processing element and is configured to wirelessly transmit a signal representative of at least a portion of the captured operational data. The memory element is in communication with the processing element and is configured to store at least a portion of the captured operational data.

Abstract: A communication system includes a master device and a slave device. The master device can transmit a signal to a slave device. The slave device includes an antenna, a sensor unit, an RFID unit, a changeover switch that connects the antenna to one of the sensor unit and the RFID unit, and a switching circuit that switches the changeover switch based on a switching signal transmitted from the master device. When the antenna in the slave device receives the switching signal from the master device, the switching circuit switches the changeover switch in the slave device from a state in which the antenna and the sensor unit are connected to a state in which the antenna and the RFID unit are connected, in accordance with the switching signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an implant and method of making an implant. The implant having a housing that defines a cavity. The housing includes a sensor comprising a base attached to a diaphragm wherein said base may be positioned within said cavity. The sensor may be a capacitive pressure sensor. The diaphragm may be connected to the housing to hermetically seal said housing. The sensor may include electrical contacts positioned on the diaphragm. The base may define a capacitive gap and a vent wherein the electrodes may be positioned within said capacitive gap such that at least a portion of the electrical contacts extend through the vent. The implant may include a coil in electric communication with the sensor, said coil may be positioned within said housing. A printed circuit board having at least one component may be attached to the floating base.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle-mounted monitoring device and a vehicle-mounted monitoring system. The vehicle-mounted monitoring device includes a main body detachably arranged on a vehicle, and the main body is arranged with a circuit board, a display screen, a first communication module and a second communication module, and the display screen, the first communication module and the second communication module are all electrically connected to the circuit board. The first communication module is configured to receive image data wirelessly transmitted from at least one camera and then transmit the image data to the circuit board, the second communication module is configured to receive tire pressure data wirelessly transmitted from at least one tire pressure sensor and then transmit the tire pressure data to the circuit board, and the circuit board transmits both the image data and tire pressure data to the display screen for display.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire with a carcass layer mounted between a pair of bead portions, a transponder is embedded in an outer side of the carcass layer in the tire width direction, a rubber member having the largest storage modulus at 20° C. of rubber members located on an outer side of the transponder in the tire width direction has a modulus M50out(0° C.) during 50% deformation at 0° C. and a modulus M50out(?20° C.) during 50% deformation at ?20° C. that satisfy a relationship 0.50?M50out(0° C.)/M50out(?20° C.)<1.00, and a rubber member having the largest storage modulus at 20° C. of rubber members located on an inner side of the transponder in the tire width direction has a modulus M50in(0° C.) during 50% deformation at 0° C. and a modulus M50in(?20° C.) during 50% deformation at ?20° C. that satisfy a relationship 0.25?M50in(0° C.)/M50in(?20° C.)<1.00.

Abstract: A monitoring unit that serves as a tire pressure monitoring device includes an acquisition section, a calculation section and a determination section. The acquisition section acquires air pressure data of plural tires mounted at a vehicle. On the basis of the air pressure data, for each tire, the calculation section calculates a first representative value relating to air pressures of the tire in a first period, calculates a second representative value relating to air pressures of the tire in a second period that is longer than the first period, and calculates a decrease level of the first representative value relative to the second representative value. The determination section determines that air pressure is decreasing when the decrease level of one tire is equal to or more than a first threshold value and the decrease level of another tire, which is different from the one tire, is less than the first threshold value.

Abstract: A method for controlling, by a remote monitoring and/or control device, an activation of a command in a wheel unit that has previously stored a group of authorized UHF communication devices and checked whether a device that has sent a response message belongs to the group. If it does, the wheel unit sends a series of command-related signaling messages with each message associated with a single command. When the authorized device receives a message relating to a specific command that the authorized device requests to have activated by the wheel unit, the authorized device sends back to the wheel unit a standard response message interpreted as an activation order for the wheel unit to activate the specific command.

Abstract: An assembly of a wheel hub on a wheel carrier for a vehicle, in which the wheel hub, on which at least one wheel of the vehicle is fastenable in a rotationally-fixed manner, is rotatably mounted via a wheel bearing on the wheel carrier, including at least one surroundings sensor at least partially arranged in the wheel hub, by which at least a part of the surroundings of the vehicle can be registered.

Abstract: The application discloses a tire pressure sensor communication method, device, electronic equipment and storage medium. The method comprises the follow steps: acquiring a first tire state when a tire pressure sensor is awakened; collecting first tire pressure data corresponding to the first tire state, and determining whether the first tire state meets a preset state switching condition according to the first tire pressure data; controlling the first tire state to switch to a corresponding second tire state if the first tire state meets the state switching condition; acquiring a preset tire pressure data transmission control parameter corresponding to the second tire state; collecting second tire pressure data corresponding to the second tire state according to the tire pressure data transmission control parameter, and sending the second tire pressure data to a vehicle-mounted tire pressure monitoring module.

Abstract: A tire fitting system and a method therein for assisting in fitting a tire on a rim of a wheel prior to assembly of the wheel on a vehicle is provided. The tire fitting system comprising a processing circuitry configured to determine a location of a RFID tag on the tire of the wheel, determine a location for an air valve on the rim of the wheel, determine the distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim, and provide instructions for aligning the tire on the rim based on the determined distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim.

Abstract: A tire wear measurement device detects a magnetic field of a magnetic body embedded in a tread portion of a tire and measures the degree of wear of the tire from a change in the magnetic field. The tire wear measurement device includes a first magnetic field detection portion placed at a position at which the magnetic field of the magnetic body can be detected, and a second magnetic field detection portion disposed at a position at which the intensity of the magnetic field of the magnetic body differs from the intensity at the position at which the first magnetic field detection portion is disposed.

Abstract: The invention relates to sensor assemblies and systems for monitoring the condition inside a container, such as an aquarium, vivarium, or terrarium. The sensor assemblies operate in a manner to conserve battery life and minimize power usage. The system includes one or more sensor assemblies, one or more output device associated with the one or more sensor assemblies, a user interface, and a main system. The components of the system communicate with each other wirelessly and include hardware and software platforms for their operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electric vehicle charging connector, in which a heat sink is provided to effectively cool the electric vehicle charging connector during charging of an electric vehicle, heat generated in an interface between an electric vehicle cable and a conductor of a connector connection unit is quickly absorbed by the heat sink, and a cooling fluid flows in the heat sink to cool an electric vehicle charging cable and is collected in an electric vehicle charger after cooling of the heat sink, and an electric vehicle charging assembly.

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for persistent alarm transmissions associated with a vehicle mounted wireless sensor device are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, persistent alarm transmission includes a vehicle mounted wireless sensor device monitoring one or more operational parameters of a vehicle and detecting that the one or more operational parameters violates a configurable threshold that is configured by another device. In response to detecting that the one or more operational parameters violates the configurable threshold, the vehicle mounted wireless sensor device persistently transmits an alarm message.

Abstract: Restricting commands for a tire monitoring device including controlling entry into a configuration mode and restricting operation based on detection of an abnormal command pattern. The method includes, at a tire monitoring device: receiving a configuration request from a first device for the tire monitoring device to operate in a configuration mode, the configuration request provided using a first wireless communication protocol; responsive to receipt of the configuration request, initiating communication using a second wireless communication protocol; establishing successful communication using the second wireless protocol; and entering the configuration mode responsive to establishing successful communication using the second wireless communication protocol.

Abstract: A tire force estimation system includes a sensor, a sensor information acquisition unit, and a tire force calculator. The sensor measures a physical quantity of a tire. The sensor information acquisition unit acquires the physical quantity measured by the sensor. The tire force calculator includes an arithmetic model for calculating tire force F based on the physical quantity, and calculates the tire force F by inputting the physical quantity acquired by the sensor information acquisition unit into the arithmetic model.

Abstract: A transmitter is attached to each of wheel assemblies of a vehicle and transmits transmission data to a receiver. The transmitter includes a nonvolatile memory that stores multiple types of protocols, a volatile memory that stores selection information, and a transmitting unit. The selection information represents a protocol that is selected from the multiple types of protocols stored in the nonvolatile memory and corresponds to the receiver. The transmitting unit transmits transmission data conforming to a protocol. The transmitting unit transmits the transmission data conforming to the protocol represented by the selection information when the selection information is stored in the volatile memory. Also, the transmitting unit transmits the transmission data conforming to all the protocols stored in the nonvolatile memory when the selection information is not stored in the volatile memory.

Abstract: An emergency rescue equipment having a harmonic reflector circuit comprising an antenna connected to a non-linear circuit via a matching circuit and a casing that in part enclose the harmonic reflector circuit, wherein the harmonic reflector circuit is configured to receive a signal at a receive frequency (fRX), and configured to transmit said received signal at a transmit frequency (fTX), where the transmit frequency is a multiple of the receive frequency, the harmonic reflector circuit wherein the receive frequency (fRX) is in an interval from a first frequency to a second frequency, where the first frequency is at least 800 MHz; and the second frequency is at least 34 MHz larger than the first frequency; the received signal is transmitted at the transmit frequency (fTX) with an output power (Pout) of at least 70% of the maximum available output power (Pmax).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for a tire pressure monitoring system. Embodiments may include receiving and storing an input signal in a memory; receiving a digital signal from the memory at a digital signal processor, wherein the digital signal processor includes a plurality of selectable filters; filtering the digital signal through the plurality of selectable filters, wherein filtering the digital signal generates a forward-filtered digital signal; storing the forward-filtered digital signal in the memory; reversing the forward-filtered digital signal, wherein reversing the forward-filtered digital signal generates a reverse-filtered digital signal; and filtering the reverse-filtered digital signal through the plurality of selectable filters, wherein filtering the reverse-filtered digital signal generates a processed signal.

Abstract: A system and method which uses pattern recognition in assessing or monitoring a vehicle status and/or an operator's driving behavior. A vehicle, for use by an operator or driver, can be equipped with a data collection and assessment system. The system can comprise one or more data collection devices, e.g., accelerometers, which can be used to capture data and information, or otherwise measure vehicle actions. A pattern recognition module is configured with one or more defined operating patterns, each of which operating patterns reflects either a known change in vehicle status corresponding to, e.g., when a passenger has embarked or disembarked the vehicle, or a known vehicle operating or driving behavior. Information collected as events describing a current vehicle status or a current driving behavior can be compared with the known operating patterns.

Abstract: A feature avoidance system for a vehicle including at least one ultrasonic sensor disposed on a vehicle and communicatively coupled to a vehicle controller. A dynamic vehicle model is stored in the controller. The dynamic vehicle model is a computer model of current and expected dynamic vehicle component positioning. An analysis module configured cause at least one of the controller and a remote processing system to identify a feature at least partially via data from the at least one ultrasonic sensor, compare a predicted feature position and an estimated vehicle component position, and generate an output in response to the predicted feature position and the estimated vehicle component position intersecting.

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for sensor auto-location using phased antenna array beamforming are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method of sensor auto-location using phased antenna array beamforming includes sending a radio frequency (RF) signal beam directed towards a given tire placement direction of a vehicle. In this embodiment, the method includes receiving an acknowledgement from a sensor and determining whether one or more signal attributes indicated in the acknowledgement are within one or more predefined ranges for the one or more signal attributes and corresponding to the given tire placement direction. In response to the one or more signal attributes being within the one or more predefined ranges, the method includes determining that the sensor is fitted on the given tire placement direction.

Abstract: A tire mounting state detection system (100) is provided with a vehicle configuration holding unit (230) holding a vehicle configuration including the number of wheels of a vehicle (10); a transmitter number detection unit (250) detecting the number of transmitters based on a radio signal received by a receiving unit; a state detection unit (260) detecting whether or not the number of transmitters exceeds or is short the number of wheels based on the number of wheels based on the vehicle configuration and the number of transmitters detected; and an output unit (270) outputting that the state of the transmitter is abnormal when it is determined that the number of transmitters exceeds or is short the number of wheels.

Abstract: Techniques are described for determining weight distribution of a vehicle. A method of performing autonomous driving operation includes determining a vehicle weight distribution that values for each axle of the vehicle that describe weight or pressure applied on a respective axle. The values of the vehicle weight distribution are determined by removing at least one value that is outside a range of pre-determined values from a set of sensor values. The method further includes determining a driving-related operation of the vehicle weight distribution. For example, the driving-related operation may include determining a braking amount for each axle and/or determining a maximum steering angle to operate the vehicle. The method further includes controlling one or more subsystems in the vehicle via an instruction related to the driving-related operation. For example, transmitting the instruction to the one or more subsystems causes the vehicle to perform the driving-related operation.

Abstract: The present application provided a monitoring method and a monitoring device based on RF technology, where the monitoring method includes: collecting monitoring information of a target object through a MEMS chip; and outputting a pulse sequence carrying the monitoring information to an oscillator and a power amplifier in a RF circuit through the MEMS chip, where the monitoring information is characterized through the pulse sequence by a time interval between two adjacent pulses; and modulating a phase of a generated carrier by the oscillator according to the pulse sequence, and amplifying a modulated signal by the power amplifier, so that an amplified signal is transmitted through an antenna; where the MEMS chip works in an operation mode when outputting a high level of the pulse sequence, and in an idle mode when outputting a low level of the pulse sequence or ending outputting the pulse sequence.

Abstract: A portable electronic device and method therein for locating tire sensors on a vehicle is provided. The portable electronic device comprises a camera and RFID circuitry. The portable electronic device determines the tire location of each tire on the vehicle using image recognition on image data from the camera. The portable electronic device also detects one or more tire sensors of each tire via the RFID circuitry as the portable electronic device sequentially guides a user of the portable electronic device via a user interface to motion the portable electronic device in proximity of each tire at each determined tire location. Further, the portable electronic device also identifies each of the one or more detected tire sensors on the vehicle.

Abstract: A transmitter is configured to be integrated with a tire valve attached to a wheel. The transmitter includes a data generating unit, a transmitting unit, and a controlling unit. The data generating unit is configured to generate transmission data. The transmitting unit is configured to transmit the transmission data to a receiver that includes a setting unit that sets a threshold related to control of a vehicle in accordance with a type of the wheel. The controlling unit causes the transmitting unit to transmit the transmission data. The transmission data includes wheel identification information. The wheel identification information is required by the setting unit when setting the threshold and allows the setting unit to recognize the type of the wheel to which the tire valve is attached.

Abstract: A management apparatus monitors and/or controls a facility device. The management apparatus includes a setting unit, a storage unit, a determination unit, and an extraction unit. The setting unit sets association information associating identification information in order to specify a register used by the facility device with a data point regarding monitoring and/or control of the facility device. The storage unit stores history information that is association information previously set by the setting unit. The determination unit determines the use state of the register in the facility device. The extraction unit extracts the history information identical or similar to the use state of the register determined by the determination unit from the history information.

Abstract: A method and system for measuring a physical parameter, such as speed and/or distance travelled by a bicycle, includes a permanent magnet disposed on a front fork and a measuring circuit with a magnetic sensor disposed on a rim of the wheel at the same distance from the wheel axis of rotation as the magnet. The sensor passes in front of the magnet to generate an induced voltage pulse at each passage. The induced voltage is rectified and stored on a capacitor. Energy recovery during the sensor passing in front of the magnet allows powering of the measuring circuit. The parameter is calculated in the calculation unit clocked by an oscillator based on the received induced voltage pulses by knowing the bicycle wheel diameter. Measurements performed from the measuring circuit are transmitted to a portable device carried by the user or mounted on the bicycle to be displayed.

Abstract: A packaging method for a tire pressure monitoring sensor includes a step of placing, a step of pouring, and a step of hardening. In the step of placing, a sensing transmission module is put into a cavity of a modeling unit, and a positioning portion in the cavity restricts the sensing transmission module from moving transversely and toward an inner bottom of the cavity. In the step of pouring, a rubber compound is poured into the cavity and fills the cavity. The sensing transmission module is coated by the rubber compound to form a case on the outer surface of the sensing transmission module. In the step of hardening, the case is hardened and integrally formed with the sensing transmission module to form a tire pressure monitoring sensor which is removed from the cavity.

Abstract: A method for controlling a smart plug of a home system, a smart plug, and a home system. The method includes acquiring conditions of currently running household appliances accessing sockets and setting the priority sequence of the currently running household appliances according to the conditions of the currently running household appliances accessing the sockets. Household appliances accessing different sockets of a smart plug can have a priority sequence, and therefore, a user can rank the priorities of a plurality of household appliances by means of the smart plug and can flexibly adjust the priority sequence according to usage habits, thereby not only facilitating integrated management of usage conditions, power consumption conditions and running states of the plurality of household appliances, but also ensuring the flexibility of setting the priority sequence, such that the entire running condition of a home system is more adapted to real-time usage requirements of the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for estimating tread depth remaining on a tire mounted on a vehicle. One or more sensors are provided for detecting operational data associated with the vehicle and tire measurements corresponding to ambient temperature and contained air temperature, which may be directly measured or derived from measured tire pressure. A thermal mass of the tire is estimated based on at least the detected operational data and tire conditions, and a current tread depth of the tire is estimated based at least in part on the respective estimated thermal mass. In certain embodiments, the thermal mass estimation may be performed using heat transfer models limited to measurements captured during a cooling down phase of the tire while the vehicle is not moving, thereby simplifying calculation of a corresponding time constant.

Abstract: A tire monitoring device and method in which an error can be detected and indicated. The tire monitoring device includes an indicator and a wireless communication interface. The method of operating the tire monitoring device includes: receiving an instruction to measure a tire pressure via the wireless communication interface; measuring a tire pressure; determining an error status of the tire pressure monitoring device; and responsive to a determination that the error status is not indicative of an error, activating the indicator to provide an indication based on the tire pressure.

Abstract: A tire electronics assembly includes a base and a plurality of modules. The base is mechanically attached to the tire and includes an electronic device. A plurality of mechanical attachment elements are arranged on the base in a circular array. Each module includes an electronic device and a mechanical attachment element. Each mechanical attachment element on a module is configured to releasably mechanically attach to any one of the mechanical attachment elements on the base. In this configuration, the modules are interchangeably mechanically attachable to the base in the circular array. The base further includes a plurality of electrical terminals arranged in a circular array. Each module has an electrical terminal that is configured to releasably electrically connect with any one of the electrical terminals on the base, whereby the modules are interchangeably electrically connectable with the base in the circular array.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of operating apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus comprises a flexible substrate and circuitry fabricated on the flexible substrate to perform data processing. At least one strain detector generates a strain signal which is dependent on a flexing state of the strain detector on the flexible substrate. A strain history control unit samples the at least one strain signal from the at least one strain detector at a plurality of time points and records a strain snapshot at each time point comprising data dependent on the at least one strain signal from the at least one strain detector. The data processing performed by the circuitry is dependent on the plurality of strain snapshots recorded.

Abstract: An anomaly detection server is provided. The anomaly detection server is a server for counteracting an anomalous frame transmitted on an on-board network of a single vehicle. The anomaly detection server acquires information about multiple frames received on one or multiple on-board networks of one or multiple vehicles, including the single vehicle. The anomaly detection server, acting as an assessment unit that, based on the information about the multiple frames and information about a frame received on the on-board network of the single vehicle after the acquisition of the information about the multiple frames, assesses an anomaly level of the frame received on the on-board network of the single vehicle.

Abstract: A method of operating a vibrational energy harvesting system includes providing an energy harvester and an energy storage module. The energy storage module is coupled to the energy harvester to transfer energy to the energy storage module. The method also includes determining whether the energy transferred exceeds a predetermined threshold. The method further includes limiting the energy transferred to the energy storage module by a passive device when the energy transferred exceeds the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A sensor is mounted to or embedded in a wheel hub. The sensor node includes a power source and a sensing device that detects and monitors at least one parameter associated with the wheel hub. The sensor node also includes a communication module that communicates via wireless communication signals and a processing device in communication with the sensing device and the communication module. The processing device collects data from the sensing devices, processes the data, and based on that processing, communicates information relating to the wheel hub to a remote server or network. A mesh network of multiple sensor nodes can be applied to multiple different wheel hubs on a vehicle and communicate with a central processing device. The processing device can thus monitor performance and/or operation of each wheel hub.

Abstract: A self-powered sensing and transmitting device is provided and includes a piezoelectric generator, a carrying structure stacked with the piezoelectric generator, an encapsulation support structure including an encapsulation portion encapsulating the piezoelectric generator and the carrying structure and two supporting portions connected to two ends of the encapsulation portion, and a fixed support structure for being correspondingly coupled with the two supporting portions and fixed on a flexible surface. The self-powered sensing and transmitting device can be applied to a tire monitoring system and a motion monitoring system.

Abstract: A device comprising at least one controller handset possessing a housing and at least one control element that is arranged so as to protrude from the housing and to be movable with respect to the housing so as to allow a user to control at least one movement of at least one object that is external to the device, and a contactless transponder having at least one antenna that is housed in the at least one control element.

Abstract: A device for controlling the pressure of a tire of an aircraft wheel provided with a rim. The device includes a shell defining an open-ended housing; a system for controlling the pressure of a tire; and an annular band having a tensile strength of between 400 and 1500N. The system is received in the housing of the shell, and the annular band is positioned on a bearing face of the shell opposite the open-ended housing and against transverse retaining means. The device can be positioned around the rim to press the shell against the rim and close off the open-ended housing.

Abstract: A tire system includes a tire-side device and a vehicle-body-side system. The tire-side device may be attached to a tire included in a vehicle. The vehicle-body-side system may be attached to a body of the vehicle. The tire-side device may output a detection signal corresponding to each of a plurality of types of detection targets. The tire-side device may perform processing of the detection signal and generate the data related to the detection target. The tire-side device may perform bidirectional communication with the vehicle-body-side system and transmit the data to the vehicle-body-side system. The vehicle-body-side system may perform bidirectional communication with the tire-side device and receive the data. The vehicle-body-side system may acquire the detection result for the detection target based on the data.

Abstract: A control device includes a control portion that controls a power supply portion that supplies power to a load based on received power received by a power receiving portion from a power transmitting device. In the case where the power receiving portion, after receiving a signal having a first frequency and a first duty from the power transmitting device, receives a signal having a second frequency that is different from the first frequency or a signal having a second duty that is different from the first duty, the control portion specifies an issued command based on a length of a reception period of the signal having the second frequency or the signal having the second duty.

Abstract: A duplex Bluetooth transmission tire pressure system and a method thereof are provided. The system includes a Bluetooth tire pressure detector and a transceiver host, and the two can duplex Bluetooth transmit to each other, so that to complete locating and tire condition detecting. The transceiver host controls a locating program that controls the Bluetooth tire pressure detector to start or stop and limit the transmitting packet of the tire condition program of the Bluetooth tire pressure detector.

Abstract: A transmitter is configured to be attached to each of wheel assemblies provided in a vehicle and execute a process in accordance with a command included in a trigger signal transmitted from a trigger device. The transmitter includes a battery, a condition detecting section, which detects a condition of the transmitter, a trigger receiving section, which receives, as the trigger signal, an unmodulated wave having a received signal strength indication greater than or equal to a predetermined received signal strength indication, a transmitting section, which transmits a signal, a controlling section, which performs response transmission, by which the signal is transmitted to the transmitting section in response to the unmodulated wave, when the trigger receiving section receives the unmodulated wave, and a memory section, which stores at least one of reception time of the unmodulated wave and a number of times of the response transmission.

Abstract: A tire high temperature forecasting system includes at least one tire that supports a vehicle, and at least one sensor mounted on the tire for measuring a temperature of the tire. An electronic memory capacity is in a unit mounted on the tire for storing tire identification information. A processor is in electronic communication with the sensor and the electronic memory capacity, in which the processor receives and correlates the measured temperature, a time of the temperature measurement, and the tire identification information. Transmission means transmit the measured temperature, a time of the temperature measurement, and the tire identification information to a remote processor. The remote processor executes a forecasting model, and the forecasting model generates a forecast estimate. If the forecast estimate includes a predicted high temperature that is greater than a predetermined high temperature threshold for the tire, an alert is generated by the forecasting model.