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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2005
Laurent Fabre, Portet sur Garonne, FR;
Georges Fonzes, Juan-les Pins, FR;
Laurent Fabre, Portet sur Garonne, FR;
Georges Fonzes, Juan-les Pins, FR;
Siemens VDO Automotive, Toulouse Cedex, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for filtering information emitted, on the basis of pressure measurements taken by a pressure sensor mounted on a wheel of a vehicle equipped with a tire, to a central unit mounted on the vehicle. According to this method, a value representative of the pressure of the air in the tire is measured periodically, with a period θ, and from this any possible variations ΔP in pressure between the values of the pressures successively measured are deduced; in parallel, with the same period θ, a value representative of the temperature of the air in the tire is measured. In addition, when there is a variation ΔP in pressure between two measured pressure values, that is greater in terms of absolute value than a predetermined threshold Sp, the variation ΔT between the two temperature values measured at the same instants as the measured pressures is calculated. The emission of a signal representative of a variation in pressure to the central unit is commanded only if the comparative change in the pressure and in the measured temperature might be representative of a variation of the amount of air in the tire.