Wheel information-acquiring system and wheel installation position information-setting device

Abstract

A wheel information-acquiring system () sends wheel information, such as a tire inner pressure, together with preset identification information from a transmitter provided on a wheel installed on a motor vehicle and causes a receiver to receive the transmitted information. In the wheel information-acquiring system, a setting device () transmits by wireless an ID, which the setting device is causing a transmitter () to set, to the transmitter () and causes the transmitter () to set the ID. The setting device then transmits by wireless this ID and wheel installation position information, which is separately set and input, to the receiver, causing the receiver to map the ID and the wheel installation position information and then set and register the result of the mapping. The setting device also can acquire an ID unique to the transmitter () and transmit the ID and wheel installation position information to the receiver. The structure makes it possible that the installation position of a wheel having wheel information received by the receiver is reliably specified. Thus the system with excellent durability and the wheel installation position information-setting device that realizes the system are provided.