A tire pressure monitoring system includes tire pressure sensors installed within vehicle tires, a receiver, an alerting device, an electronic input/output device and an electronic controller. The receiver receives tire pressure signals from the tire pressure sensors, The electronic input/output device provides manual input of instruction and data. The electronic controller is configured to monitor tire pressure and in response to tire pressure in each of vehicle tires achieving a change from a first preset tire pressure to a second preset tire pressure the alerting device is operated to alert a person changing the tire pressure that the change has been achieved. The first preset tire pressure corresponds to paved road driving conditions and the second preset tire pressure corresponds to off-road driving conditions.

The present disclosure discloses a tire pressure sensor burning device for burning at least one tire pressure sensor having or being externally inputted an exclusive code and a joint code. The tire pressure sensor burning device includes a burning tool in which a communication protocol is stored, and the burning tool includes a transmitting unit connected with the tire pressure sensor and sending a switch command thereto for switching the mode of the tire pressure sensor from the exclusive code to the joint code. The burning tool sends a burning command to the tire pressure sensor with the transmitting unit, and unilaterally burns the communication protocol into the tire pressure sensor via the joint code.

A tire pressure monitoring system interface comprising: a receiver configured to receive tire pressure signals from each of a plurality of tire pressure sensors of a corresponding plurality of vehicle wheels; an alerting device; an electronic input/output device configured to display at least one menu with data selections of tire pressure related data and receive manually inputted instructions; and an electronic controller having electronic memory and being electronically connected to the receiver, the alerting device and the electronic input/output device, the electronic controller being configured to: operate the electronic memory to access data that defines a first tire pressure and a second tire pressure for each of the plurality of wheels, the first tire pressure being for on-road driving conditions and the second tire pressure being for off-road driving conditions, display the at least one menu via the electronic input/output device, receive at least one of data input, data selection and operation instructions, the instructions including requesting off-road driving conditions; monitor tire pressure in each of the plurality of vehicle wheels; determining wheel by wheel whether or not the change in tire pressure in each of the plurality of wheels has been manually achieved by a person manually changing the tire pressure outside of the vehicle; and operating the alerting device to alert the person manually changing the tire pressure that the change in tire pressure has been achieved for each wheel, wheel by wheel.

Disclosed is a method for remotely loading digital data to an electronics unit for measuring operating parameters of a wheel of a motor vehicle, the remote loading being carried out by a remote loading tool external to the wheel. The method includes the positioning of the external remote loading tool in the proximity of the wheel at least, emission of at least one frame of mechanical waves by the external remote loading tool toward the electronics unit, the waves being representative of the data to be remotely loaded, reception of at least the frame of mechanical waves by the electronics unit via the mechanical parameter measurement sensor, and the conversion of the mechanical waves into electrical signals and then into digital signals containing the remotely loaded data in digital form, and the storage of the remotely loaded data in the electronics unit.

A data transmission control method and apparatus, and a terminal are disclosed. The method includes: performing, by a master terminal, a timing negotiation with respective slave terminals to obtain timings allocated to the respective slave terminals; sending, upon completion of timing allocation, interactive data by means of broadcasting, the interactive data being sent to the slave terminals; receiving responses of the respective slave terminals to the received interactive data according to the allocated corresponding timings; and acknowledging, using the received responses, completion of transmission of the interactive data to the slave terminals. The data transmission control method and apparatus and the terminal can be used to improve data transmission efficiency and channel utilization.

A method of localizing a TPMS sensor module includes transmitting, by the TPMS sensor module, a TPMS signal; and localizing, by a localization module, the TPMS sensor module based on receiving the TPMS signal at a phase array antenna including a plurality of reception antennas each configured to receive the TPMS signal. Localizing the TPMS sensor module includes measuring a phase of the TPMS signal at each of the plurality of reception antennas such that a plurality of phases corresponding to the TPMS signal are determined, and determining a location of the TPMS sensor module based on the plurality of phases.

A burning device for burning multiple tire pressure sensors includes the multiple tire pressure sensors and a burning tool. Each of the multiple tire pressure sensors includes a unique identification code and a common identification code. The burning tool sends a conversion command to the multiple tire pressure sensors, so that each of the multiple tire pressure sensors is changed from a mode of the unique identification code to a mode of the common identification code. In the mode of the common identification code, a communication protocol is sent to the multiple tire pressure sensors via the burning tool, and then the communication protocol is burned into the multiple tire pressure sensors to complete a burning operation.

A system includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to acquire a first image of a tire of a vehicle upon shutdown of the vehicle. The instructions include instruction to then, upon startup of the vehicle, and in response to determining that the tire is unmoved since the shutdown and, in response, acquire a second image of the tire. The instructions include instruction to actuate a component of the vehicle in response to determining that the first image is different that the second image.

A warrant recording system includes a setting apparatus and a tire pressure detector. The setting apparatus is connected with the internet for acquiring a standard time. The setting apparatus writes the acquired standard time into the tire pressure detector, such that an initial timestamp is recorded in the tire pressure detector. Therefore, the setting apparatus automatically inputs a warrant period into the tire pressure detector, thus assuring the accurate record of the initial time point of the warrant period.

An electronic wheel unit for detecting a tire pressure of a tire of a vehicle wheel, for storing tire information of the tire and for sending tire pressure information and tire information. The wheel unit is configured to allow the alteration of stored tire information in a first mode of operation and to prevent the alteration of stored tire information in a second mode of operation. To improve the integrity and safety of the stored tire information in this case, the wheel unit is further configured to change from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation when a first mode change criterion is satisfied. The satisfaction of the first mode change criterion is dependent at least on an operating parameter of the vehicle wheel that is representative of a rotational movement of the vehicle wheel.