Sensata Technologies, Inc.

Jonathan Edward Barr

Ravindra P Singh

A Tugay Arslan

William David Stewart

Samuel Kane Strahan

Ian S Elliott

Samuel D Houston

Nevin R Molyneaux

Andrew Burgess

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products for wheel theft detection and notification using a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, wheel theft detection and notification using a TPMS includes monitoring, by an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle, one or more parameters associated with a tire monitoring sensor (TMS) coupled to a wheel assembly of the vehicle. In this embodiment, the ECU determines, based on the monitored one or more parameters, that the wheel assembly is in a compromised state associated with the wheel assembly being dislocated from the vehicle or in danger of being dislocated from the vehicle. In response to determining that the wheel assembly is in the compromised state, the ECU triggers an alarm of a vehicle security system.

Wheel theft detection and notification using a tire pressure monitoring system

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.

Sensor auto-location using phased antenna array beamforming

Embodiments included herein are directed towards systems and methods for tire pressure monitoring. Embodiments may include transmitting a first Bluetooth Low Energy ('BLE') event at a Phase Auto-Location ('PAL') block associated with a vehicle electronic control unit (&#x201c;ECU&#x201d;). Embodiments may further include generating a random number to be used for an inter-event delay associated with a BLE system, wherein the inter-event delay includes a fixed time and a randomized delay. Embodiments may also include calculating a time for the randomized delay and adding the time to an encoded Look Back Time (&#x201c;LBT&#x201d;) from the first BLE event to generate frame contents. Embodiments may further include providing the frame contents and the random number to a stack for transmission.

System and method for compensating transmission delays in tire pressure monitoring system

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Jonathan Edward Barr