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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2008
Dilip B. Patel, Novi, MI (US);
Thomas Michael Mcquade, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mohsen Katiba, Wayne, MI (US);
Greg Swadling, Milford, MI (US);
Dilip B. Patel, Novi, MI (US);
Thomas Michael McQuade, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mohsen Katiba, Wayne, MI (US);
Greg Swadling, Milford, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a tire pressure monitoring system on a vehicle comprising tracking number of burst transmissions sent by a sensor, building a pareto of potential sensor identifications based on the greatest number of burst transmissions received from the sensor associating a potential sensor identification to a respective tire location on the vehicle and storing the associated sensor identification in memory. A tire pressure monitoring system comprising a plurality of tires in respective locations, each of the plurality of tires having a sensor, at least one sensor capable of burst mode transmission, and an auto learn function in a controller coupled to the sensors in the plurality of tires, the controller receiving and counting burst transmissions from the sensor for a predetermined time, the controller creating a pareto of received sensor identifications, filtering the pareto of potential sensor identifications and assigning the potential sensor identifications to a respective tire in the plurality of tires.