公开(公告)号：US07656282B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-02

申请号：US11798622

申请日：2007-05-15

申请人： Takashi Saitou ,  Akira Takaoka ,  Nobuya Watabe ,  Hideki Saito ,  Tomohiro Kuno

发明人： Takashi Saitou ,  Akira Takaoka ,  Nobuya Watabe ,  Hideki Saito ,  Tomohiro Kuno

IPC分类号： B60C23/00 ,  B60C23/02 ,  B60Q1/00

CPC分类号： B60C23/0408 ,  B60C23/0413

摘要： A tire inflation pressure detecting apparatus includes a second transceiver provided on the body of a vehicle which changes its operation alternately between a second transmitter and a second receiver mode, thereby intermittently transmitting a radio wave. A first transceiver provided on a wheel of the vehicle operates in a first receiver mode to receive the radio wave, thereby charging a charging unit. When the charging unit has been sufficiently charged, the first transceiver changes operation thereof from the first receiver mode to a first transmitter mode, in which the first transceiver first repeatedly transmits an informing signal at predetermined time intervals for a predetermined time period and then transmits a pressure signal. When the informing signal is received by the second transceiver in the second receiver mode, the second transceiver keeps its operation in the second receiver mode until the pressure signal is completely received.

摘要翻译： 轮胎充气压力检测装置包括设置在车辆车体上的第二收发器，其在第二发射机和第二接收机模式之间交替地改变其操作，从而间歇地发送无线电波。 设置在车辆的车轮上的第一收发器以第一接收器模式操作以接收无线电波，从而对充电单元充电。 当充电单元充分充电时，第一收发器将其从第一接收器模式的操作改变为第一发送器模式，其中第一收发器首先在预定时间段以预定时间间隔重复发送通知信号，然后发送 压力信号。 当第二收发器在第二接收机模式下接收到通知信号时，第二收发器将其操作保持在第二接收机模式，直到压力信号被完全接收。

公开(公告)号：US07603895B2

公开(公告)日：2009-10-20

申请号：US12330791

申请日：2008-12-09

申请人： Takashi Saitou ,  Akira Takaoka ,  Nobuya Watabe ,  Masashi Mori

发明人： Takashi Saitou ,  Akira Takaoka ,  Nobuya Watabe ,  Masashi Mori

IPC分类号： G01M17/02

CPC分类号： B60C23/0416 ,  B60C23/0444 ,  B60C23/045

摘要： A first trigger unit and a second trigger unit output trigger signals to transceivers disposed for the four wheels of a vehicle. The first and second trigger units are attached to wall surfaces of tire housings corresponding to the left front and left rear wheels respectively. Each of the first and second trigger units is arranged in a position of the wall surface having an angle from 5 to 25 degrees with respect to the side of the corresponding wheel. Transceivers attached to a right front and right rear wheels are thus located farther from the trigger units than the left front and left rear wheels, respectively. Such arrangement allows the transceivers attached to the right front and right rear wheels to receive the outputted trigger signals with sufficient accuracy due to high field strength.

摘要翻译： 第一触发单元和第二触发单元向车辆的四个车轮设置的收发器输出触发信号。 第一和第二触发单元分别附接到对应于左前后轮和左后轮的轮胎壳体的壁表面。 第一和第二触发单元中的每一个被布置在壁表面相对于相应的轮的侧面具有5至25度的角度的位置。 因此，附接到右前轮和右后轮的收发器分别比左前轮和左后轮远离扳机单元。 这样的布置允许附接到右前轮和右后轮的收发器由于高场强而以足够的精度接收输出的触发信号。

公开(公告)号：US20080276701A1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-13

申请号：US12149589

申请日：2008-05-05

申请人： Masashi Mori ,  Nobuya Watabe

发明人： Masashi Mori ,  Nobuya Watabe

IPC分类号： B60C23/02

CPC分类号： B60C23/0416 ,  B60C23/045 ,  B60C23/0462

摘要： A wheel identifying apparatus includes first and second triggering devices located on the body of a vehicle, a plurality of transceivers each of which is located on one of the running and spare wheels of the vehicle, and a receiver and a wheel identifier both of which are located on the body of the vehicle. The first and second triggering devices continuously transmit first and second trigger signals, respectively. Each of the transceivers monitors the strength of either the first or second trigger signal thereat for a given length of time, and transmits a signal indicating variation in the monitored strength. The receiver receives and provides to the wheel identifier all the signals transmitted by the transceivers. The wheel identifier identifies, for each of the signals, the wheel on which the transceiver having transmitted the signal is located through a comparison between the variations indicated by the signals.

摘要翻译： 车轮识别装置包括位于车辆本体上的第一和第二触发装置，多个收发器，每个收发器位于车辆的行驶和备用轮中的一个上，以及接收器和车轮识别器，两者均为 位于车身上。 第一和第二触发装置分别连续发送第一和第二触发信号。 每个收发器在给定的时间长度上监视第一或第二触发信号的强度，并发送指示所监测强度的变化的信号。 接收机接收并向车轮标识符提供由收发器发送的所有信号。 车轮标识符通过比较由信号指示的变化，为每个信号识别发送信号的收发器所在的车轮。

公开(公告)号：US07425892B2

公开(公告)日：2008-09-16

申请号：US11127306

申请日：2005-05-12

申请人： Masashi Mori ,  Nobuya Watabe ,  Ryouzou Okumura

发明人： Masashi Mori ,  Nobuya Watabe ,  Ryouzou Okumura

IPC分类号： B60C23/00 ,  B60C23/02

CPC分类号： B60C23/0416 ,  B60C23/0466

摘要： A tire inflation pressure sensing apparatus according to the invention includes a plurality of transmitters, each of which is provided on one of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, and a receiver provided on a body of the vehicle. Each transmitter includes a pressure sensor working to generate a pressure signal representative of an inflation pressure of a tire on a corresponding one of the wheels and a noise receiver working to receive a noise generated by a noise source in the vehicle. Each transmitter is configured to transmit the pressure signal and the received noise to the receiver. The receiver is configured to determine the inflation pressures of tires based on the pressure signals and make a determination for each of the transmitters as to whether the transmitter is provided on a front-wheel or a rear-wheel of the vehicle based on a level of the corresponding received noise.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的轮胎充气压力感测装置包括多个发射器，每个发射器设置在车辆的多个车轮中的一个车轮上，以及设置在车辆车身上的接收器。 每个发射器包括压力传感器，其工作以产生代表相应的一个轮胎上的轮胎的充气压力的压力信号和工作以接收由车辆中的噪声源产生的噪声的噪声接收器。 每个发射器被配置为将压力信号和接收到的噪声传送到接收器。 接收器被配置为基于压力信号来确定轮胎的充气压力，并且基于一个等级来确定发射机是否被提供在车辆的前轮或后轮上的每个发射机 对应接收的噪声。

公开(公告)号：US20080150710A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-26

申请号：US11957025

申请日：2007-12-14

申请人： Masashi Mori ,  Nobuya Watabe

发明人： Masashi Mori ,  Nobuya Watabe

IPC分类号： B60C23/02

CPC分类号： B60C23/0416 ,  B60C23/0442 ,  B60C23/0444 ,  B60C23/045

摘要： An apparatus detects positions of the right/left and front/rear four wheels of a vehicle. The detection is performed using transceivers attached to the respective wheels, a triggering device disposed in a body of the vehicle to output the triggering signal, and a receiver disposed on the body. The triggering device includes a first triggering device located closer to the two front wheels than the two rear wheels and located at a position where distances from the right-Front wheel and the left-front wheel are mutually different, and a second triggering device located closer to the two rear wheels than the two front wheels and located at a position where distances from the right-rear wheel and the left-rear wheel are mutually different. Distances between each triggering device and each of the two transceivers receiving the triggering signal from the triggering device are decided at a given ratio in consideration of reception sensitivity.

摘要翻译： 装置检测车辆的左/右前后四轮的位置。 使用附接到各个车轮的收发器进行检测，设置在车辆车身中的触发装置输出触发信号，以及设置在车身上的接收器。 所述触发装置包括位于比所述两个后轮更靠近所述两个前轮的第一触发装置，并且位于与所述右前轮和所述左前轮的距离彼此不同的位置处，并且位于更靠近的第二触发装置 与两个前轮相比，位于与右后轮和左后轮的距离相互不同的位置处的两个后轮。 考虑到接收灵敏度，以给定的比例确定每个触发装置与接收来自触发装置的触发信号的两个收发器中的每一个之间的距离。

公开(公告)号：US20080068147A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-20

申请号：US11902071

申请日：2007-09-18

申请人： Masashi Mori ,  Nobuya Watabe

发明人： Masashi Mori ,  Nobuya Watabe

IPC分类号： B60C23/00

CPC分类号： B60C23/0416 ,  B60C23/045

摘要： A tire air pressure detecting device that determines whether an abnormality has occurred in a transmitter is provided. When a response is not received from the transmitter mounted on a wheel, wheel information detection is retried because an abnormality may have occurred in the transmitter. A triggering device is provided on the vehicle-body side and requests a response from the transmitter corresponding to the relevant wheel. The wheel information detection is retried by the triggering device being instructed to output a trigger signal (re-try trigger signal) at a timing (phase) differing from a steady transmission. As a result, the tire air pressure detecting device can accurately determine whether the unresponsive state of the transmitter is caused by an abnormality in the transmitter or by another cause.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种确定发射机中是否发生异常的轮胎气压检测装置。 当没有从安装在车轮上的发射机接收到响应时，由于发射机中可能发生异常，所以重新进行车轮信息检测。 在车身侧设置触发装置，并请求来自与相关车轮对应的发送器的响应。 由触发装置指示在与稳定传输不同的定时（相位）上输出触发信号（重新尝试触发信号）来重试车轮信息检测。 结果，轮胎气压检测装置可以准确地确定发射机的无响应状态是否由发射机的异常或其他原因引起的。

公开(公告)号：US20080030314A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-07

申请号：US11826269

申请日：2007-07-13

申请人： Nobuya Watabe

发明人： Nobuya Watabe

IPC分类号： B60C23/00 ,  G01L17/00

CPC分类号： B60C23/0459 ,  B60C23/0488

摘要： According to the present invention, a tire pressure monitor, which is provided on a wheel of a vehicle, includes a pressure sensor, a transmitter, an acceleration sensor, and a controller. The pressure sensor works to output a pressure signal representative of the inflation pressure of a tire fitted on the wheel. The transmitter works to transmit the pressure signal. The acceleration sensor works to output an acceleration signal representative of a centrifugal acceleration which increases with the running speed of the vehicle. The controller is configured to: 1) determine a change in the centrifugal acceleration for a predetermined time period based on the acceleration signal, 2) determine the vehicle as being in running state when the determined change is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and 3) control the transmitter to transmit the pressure signal when the vehicle is determined as being in running state.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明，设置在车辆的车轮上的轮胎压力监视器包括压力传感器，发送器，加速度传感器和控制器。 压力传感器用于输出表示安装在车轮上的轮胎的充气压力的压力信号。 变送器用于传输压力信号。 加速度传感器用于输出表示随着车辆行驶速度而增加的离心加速度的加速度信号。 所述控制器被配置为：1）基于所述加速度信号确定所述离心加速度在预定时间段内的变化，2）当所确定的变化大于或等于预定阈值时，确定所述车辆处于运行状态， 以及3）当车辆被确定为处于运行状态时，控制发射器传送压力信号。

公开(公告)号：US07234345B2

公开(公告)日：2007-06-26

申请号：US11336813

申请日：2006-01-23

申请人： Nobuya Watabe ,  Hideki Saito

发明人： Nobuya Watabe ,  Hideki Saito

IPC分类号： B60C23/02

CPC分类号： B60C23/0408 ,  B60C23/0413

摘要： In a vehicle tire air pressure detection system, a charging electromagnetic wave is transmitted for a predetermined period from a vehicle chassis side and stored as a charge voltage in a transmitter unit attached to a tire wheel. When the charge voltage reaches a predetermined level, a sensor in the transmitter unit detects a tire air pressure and a transmitter/receiver of the transmitter unit transmits a detection data on an electromagnetic wave in the same frequency band as the charging electromagnetic wave after the predetermined period from a time point at which the charge voltage has reached the predetermined level. Thus, interference between the charging electromagnetic wave and the electromagnetic wave of the detection data is prevented.

摘要翻译： 在车辆用轮胎气压检测系统中，充电电磁波从车辆底盘侧传送规定期间，作为充电电压存储在安装于轮胎车轮的发送单元中。 当充电电压达到预定水平时，发射机单元中的传感器检测轮胎空气压力，并且发射机单元的发射机/接收机在预定的充电电压之后的充电电磁波的相同频带的电磁波上发送检测数据 从充电电压达到预定电平的时间点开始。 因此，防止了充电电磁波与检测数据的电磁波之间的干扰。

公开(公告)号：US20050285727A1

公开(公告)日：2005-12-29

申请号：US11159419

申请日：2005-06-23

申请人： Nobuya Watabe

发明人： Nobuya Watabe

IPC分类号： B60C23/00 ,  B60C23/04

CPC分类号： B60C23/0408 ,  B60C23/0433 ,  B60C23/0462

摘要： A tire inflation pressure sensing apparatus includes a pressure sensor, a transmitter, a transceiver, a receiver, and a determining device. The pressure sensor and transceiver are provided on a wheel of a vehicle, while the transmitter, receiver, and determining device are provided on the body of the vehicle. The pressure sensor works to generate a pressure signal representative of the inflation pressure of a tire on the wheel. The transmitter works to send out a predetermined radio wave. The transceiver is configured to receive the predetermined radio wave and send out the pressure signal when a transmission of the pressure signal is required and a level of the received predetermined radio wave has reached a predetermined level. The receiver works to receive the pressure signal from the transceiver. The determining device is configured to determine the inflation pressure of the tire based on the pressure signal received via the receiver.

摘要翻译： 轮胎充气压力感测装置包括压力传感器，发射器，收发器，接收器和确定装置。 压力传感器和收发器设置在车辆的车轮上，而发射器，接收器和确定装置设置在车辆的车体上。 压力传感器用于产生代表轮胎上的轮胎的充气压力的压力信号。 发射机工作以发送预定的无线电波。 收发器被配置为在需要压力信号的传输并且接收到的预定无线电波的电平达到预定水平时接收预定的无线电波并发出压力信号。 接收器用于从收发器接收压力信号。 确定装置被配置为基于经由接收器接收的压力信号来确定轮胎的充气压力。

公开(公告)号：US20050253696A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-17

申请号：US11127306

申请日：2005-05-12

申请人： Masashi Mori ,  Nobuya Watabe ,  Ryouzou Okumura

发明人： Masashi Mori ,  Nobuya Watabe ,  Ryouzou Okumura

IPC分类号： G01L17/00 ,  B60C23/00 ,  B60C23/02 ,  B60C23/04 ,  B60C23/20 ,  G08C17/02

CPC分类号： B60C23/0416 ,  B60C23/0466

摘要： A tire inflation pressure sensing apparatus according to the invention includes a plurality of transmitters, each of which is provided on one of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, and a receiver provided on a body of the vehicle. Each transmitter includes a pressure sensor working to generate a pressure signal representative of an inflation pressure of a tire on a corresponding one of the wheels and a noise receiver working to receive a noise generated by a noise source in the vehicle. Each transmitter is configured to transmit the pressure signal and the received noise to the receiver. The receiver is configured to determine the inflation pressures of tires based on the pressure signals and make a determination for each of the transmitters as to whether the transmitter is provided on a front-wheel or a rear-wheel of the vehicle based on a level of the corresponding received noise.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的轮胎充气压力感测装置包括多个发射器，每个发射器设置在车辆的多个车轮中的一个车轮上，以及设置在车辆车身上的接收器。 每个发射器包括压力传感器，其工作以产生代表相应的一个轮胎上的轮胎的充气压力的压力信号和工作以接收由车辆中的噪声源产生的噪声的噪声接收器。 每个发射器被配置为将压力信号和接收到的噪声传送到接收器。 接收器被配置为基于压力信号来确定轮胎的充气压力，并且基于一个等级来确定发射机是否被提供在车辆的前轮或后轮上的每个发射机 对应接收的噪声。