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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2010
Dilip B. Patel, Novi, MI (US);
Greg Swadling, Milford, MI (US);
Thomas Michael Mcquade, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jim Michael Weinfurther, Farmington, MI (US);
Dilip B. Patel, Novi, MI (US);
Greg Swadling, Milford, MI (US);
Thomas Michael McQuade, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jim Michael Weinfurther, Farmington, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for setting a warm placard tire pressure threshold for a motor vehicle tire pressure monitoring system that initiates a learn mode in the tire pressure monitoring system, starts a timer upon determining a vehicle speed is greater than a predetermined speed threshold, stops the timer upon determining the vehicle speed is less than or equal to the predetermined speed threshold or a predetermined period of time has expired, detects a plurality of tire pressures for a tire location while the timer is timing, stores the plurality of tire pressures, averages the plurality of tire pressures to determine a warm placard tire pressure threshold upon the predetermined period of time expiring, and sets the warm placard tire pressure threshold in the tire pressure monitoring system.