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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
John William Schmotzer, Canton, MI (US);
Harminder Sandhu, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Embodiments include a vehicle comprising a plurality of wheels, each wheel including a pressure sensor and a wireless transceiver; a central transceiver configured to obtain tire pressure and signal strength information from each of the wireless transceivers; and a processor communicatively coupled to the central transceiver and configured to detect removal of one of the wheels based on the signal strength information obtained from the wireless transceiver included in the removed wheel. Other embodiments include a method comprising obtaining tire pressure and signal strength information from each of a plurality of wireless transceivers respectively coupled to a plurality of wheels included in a vehicle; and detecting, using one or more processors, removal of one of the wheels from the vehicle based on the signal strength information obtained from the wireless transceiver included in the removed wheel.