Barometric pressure compensation for tire pressure monitoring system tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016159172-A1
Application number	US-201414564230-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 9, 2014
Priority date	Dec 9, 2014
Publication date	Jun 9, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

At a portable low frequency (LF) tool, a sensor reading of a tire pressure is received. A determination is made of a barometric pressure adjustment based upon received inputs. The adjustment is applied to the reading of the tire pressure to form an adjusted pressure. The adjusted pressure is presented to a user at the portable LF tool

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, the method comprising:
at a portable low frequency (LF) tool: receiving a sensor reading of a tire pressure; determining a barometric pressure adjustment based upon received inputs; applying the adjustment to the reading of the tire pressure to form an adjusted pressure; presenting the adjusted pressure to a user at the portable LF tool.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the received inputs are from a barometric pressure sensor disposed at the tool.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the received inputs are RF signals received from a portable device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the received inputs are signals from an external network.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the external network comprises the internet, a local area network, a wide area network, or a cellular network.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusted pressure is presented on a graphical user interface at the LF tool.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusted pressure is transmitted to a third party.

8 . A portable low frequency (LF) tire pressure programming tool, the tool comprising:
a transmitter/receiver for receiving a sensor reading of a tire pressure; a user interface; a controller, the controller being coupled to the transmitter/receiver and the interface, the controller being configured to determine a barometric pressure adjustment based upon received inputs, apply the adjustment to the sensor reading of the tire pressure to form an adjusted pressure, and present the adjusted pressure via the interface.

9 . The tool of claim 8 , wherein tool further comprises an internal barometric pressure sensor and the received inputs are from the internal barometric pressure sensor disposed at the tool.

10 . The tool of claim 8 , wherein the received inputs are RF signals received from an external portable device that is separate from the tool.

11 . The tool of claim 8 , wherein the received inputs are signals from an external network.

12 . The tool of claim 11 , wherein the external network comprises the internet, a local area network, a wide area network, or a cellular network.

13 . The tool of claim 8 , wherein the interface is a graphical user interface.

14 . The tool of claim 8 , wherein the adjusted pressure is transmitted to a third party via the transmitter/receiver.

15 . A computer usable non-transitory medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method of determining barometric pressure, the method comprising:
at a portable low frequency (LF) tool: receiving a sensor reading of a tire pressure; determining a barometric pressure adjustment based upon received inputs; applying the adjustment to the reading of the tire pressure to form an adjusted pressure; presenting the adjusted pressure to a user at the portable LF tool.

16 . The computer usable non-transitory medium of claim 15 , wherein the received inputs are from a barometric pressure sensor disposed at the tool.

17 . The computer usable non-transitory medium of claim 15 , wherein the received inputs are RF signals received from a portable device.

18 . The computer usable non-transitory medium of claim 15 , wherein the received inputs are signals from an external network.

Assignees

• Continental Automotive Systems

Inventors

• Deniau Jean-Christophe
• Gad Yasser
• Farrell Brian J

Classifications

• B60C23/0479

  Communicating with external units being not part of the vehicle, e.g. tools for diagnostic, mobile phones, electronic keys or service stations · CPC title

• B60C23/0471 Primary

  System initialisation, e.g. upload or calibration of operating parameters · CPC title

• B60C23/0486 Primary

  comprising additional sensors in the wheel or tyre mounted monitoring device, e.g. movement sensors, microphones or earth magnetic field sensors · CPC title