The invention relates to a universal monitoring device for monitoring one or several state variables of a vehicle tire, comprising at least one sensor for detecting a state variable of the vehicle tire; at least one transmitter for transmitting a wireless coded signal depending on the detected state variable; at least one control apparatus which is in connection with the sensor and the transmitter in order to control the detection of the state variable and the transmission of the signal, wherein a memory is assigned to the control apparatus or is integrated therein, in which a computer program which is executable by the control apparatus is stored, which controls the detection of the state variable and the transmission of the signal. The invention is characterized in that the computer program comprises a plurality of functional modules which can be activated individually or in groups and which are designed to change the content and the coding of the signal to be transmitted depending on their activation or deactivation, a receiver is assigned to the control apparatus for receiving a parameter set, the memory is designed for storing the parameter set received by the receiver, and the computer program is designed to activate and deactivate its functional modules depending on parameters of the stored parameter set, and to determine the change in the content and the coding of the signal to be transmitted by the functional modules depending on parameters of the stored parameter set.

A transmitter is configured to be attached to a tire valve and transmit a data signal to a receiver. The transmitter includes a trigger receiving unit configured to receive a trigger signal transmitted from an ID registration device, the trigger signal containing a command to the transmitter, a specification storage unit configured to store multiple types of specifications, an ID storing unit configured such that an ID code contained in the trigger signal received by the trigger receiving unit is written into the ID storing unit, a linking information storing unit configured to store linking information that links each of the specifications and ID codes to each other, and a controlling unit configured to cause, based on the linking information, the transmitter to operate in accordance with the specification, which is linked to the ID code stored in the ID storing unit.

The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for activating a tire pressure sensor, a storage medium and a front-end server. The method includes: obtaining a first identification number of the tire pressure sensor; determining a parameter of an activation signal according to the first identification number, the activation signal being used to activate the tire pressure sensor; and sending the activation signal to the tire pressure sensor according to the parameter. According to the method and the apparatus for activating a tire pressure sensor activation provided in the present invention, the first identification number in a one-to-one correspondence with a model of the tire pressure sensor is obtained, the parameter of the activation signal for activating the tire pressure sensor is determined using the first identification number, and the activation signal is sent according to the determined parameter to activate the tire pressure sensor, so that a plurality of automobile-related parameters do not need to be determined in advance during activation of the tire pressure sensor, thereby improving a success rate of activating the tire pressure sensor.

A triple-band trigger tool for a tire-pressure monitoring system is disclosed. The tool body includes a 315 MHz transceiver circuit and a 315 MHz antenna electrically connected to each other, and the 315 MHz transceiver circuit is electrically connected to a control unit; the tool body also includes a 433 MHz transceiver circuit and a 433 MHz antenna electrically connected to each other, and the 433 MHz transceiver circuit is electrically connected to the control unit; the tool body also includes a Bluetooth transceiver circuit and a Bluetooth antenna electrically connected to each other, and the Bluetooth transceiver circuit is electrically connected to the control unit. Therefore, the triple-band trigger is able to perform a firmware programming operation on a TPMS sensor at 315 MHz, 434 MHz or Bluetooth frequency band.

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.

A method for storing positions of tires and a system for the same are disclosed. The method includes inputting information for a tire by a hand held tool. Transmitting the information for the tire and a storing position of the tire to a remote server, and generating an index information including the storing position of the tire by the remote server. Accordingly, the storing position of the tire can be conveniently inquired, such that the time-consuming of changing the tires of vehicle can be effectively reduced.

A vehicle message managing method includes: providing an operation message of a tire through a tire sensor; receiving the operation message through the tire sensor setting tool, or receiving at least one outer message through the tire sensor setting tool; transmitting at least one of the operation message and the outer message to a remote server; storing and analyzing at least one of the operation message and the outer message and generating an analyzing result.

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.

A method of communicating configuration data of a tire pressure monitoring device configured to be affixed to a wheel is disclosed. The method includes, at the tire pressure monitoring device, receiving a request to confirm configuration data, and responsive to receipt of the request to confirm configuration data, transmitting a configuration data signal which encodes the configuration data. The configuration data signal is configured to be received and understood by a human.

A tool device for use with a motor vehicle tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) operable to send and receive signals to a TPMS tire pressure sensor and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag positioned in a vehicle tire. In one example, the tool is operable to communicate with the RFID tag to receive information from the RFID tag through an ultra-high frequency communication module and send that received RFID tag information to the tire pressure sensor for storage on the tire pressure sensor. The tool may then retrieve the tire pressure sensor information and associated RFID tag information from the sensor and transmit that information to the motor vehicle on-board computer.