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Tire information communication system

a technology of information communication and transmission system, applied in vehicle tyre testing, roads, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of unstable communication performed by the system, affecting the safety of the system, and the communication sensitivity of the above-described conventional system is extremely low, so as to achieve cost reduction and cost reduction

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-06-28
PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD
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The present invention provides a tire information communication system that improves communication between a tire and a vehicle body. The system includes a tire-pressure detector, a tire monitor, a tire-side transmission circuit, a vehicle ground isolation, and a body-side receiving circuit. The tire-side transmission circuit applies an AC voltage containing information about tire pressure to the tire, which results in the potential change of the annular conductor and the generation of radio waves. The radio waves cause AC voltage to be generated between the vehicle ground and the vehicle ground isolation. The body-side receiving circuit obtains the information about tire pressure from the AC voltage. The system is grounded through the tire wheel and axle to the vehicle ground and the tire monitor, which improves the communication sensibility and reduces power consumption. The annular conductor may include a metal net embedded in the tire for both reinforcement and communication purposes. The vehicle ground isolation can include the rod antenna or rear-glass antenna for receiving electric waves for the car radio system or car navigation system, or the chassis of the vehicle can be used as the vehicle ground isolation to achieve cost reduction.

Problems solved by technology

However, the above-described conventional system is susceptible to a null point where the communication sensitivity thereof is extremely lowered due to difference in a rotational position of a tire.
As a result, communication performed by the system becomes unstable.

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[0052]Example 1 having the same arrangement as the system 10 of the first embodiment was produced. Prior product 1 of a tire information communication system with a loop antenna was also produced. Experiments 1 to 4 were conducted regarding example 1 and prior product 1.

[0053]FIG. 15 shows an appearance of the vehicle 11 employed in the experiments. The shown vehicle 11 had a minimum space of about 200 mm between the vehicle body 12 and the ground. Each tire 15 mounted on the vehicle 11 was an ordinary tire embedded with a reinforcing metal net 15B. The relay discharge sheet 34 employed in example 1 was 100×100 mm square and was affixed to the inner surface of the tire 15.

Method of Experiment 1:

[0054]The tire-pressure detector 30 of example 1 was mounted on the left front wheel 13 of the vehicle 11. The patch antenna 22 for the tire monitor 50 was disposed on the underside of the chassis 12A. Signals were transmitted from the tire-pressure detector 30 to the tire monitor 50. In this...

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[0055]Graph G1 in FIG. 12A shows the experimental results of example 1, whereas graph G2 of FIG. 12B shows an experimental result of conventional product 1. As obvious from graph G2, the propagation rate R of conventional product 1 was not more than −80 dB on an average, or more specifically, the rate of power received at the receiving side with respect to power P1 delivered from the transmission side was 1 / 108 in the range of overall measured frequency. However, example 1 had a higher propagation rate in the overall frequency range than conventional product 1. In particular, propagation rate R was not less than −50 dB in a frequency range from 40 to 100 MHz or not less than 1 / 105. Thus, the experiment proves that the propagation rate is higher in example 1 than in conventional product 1 and further that communication can be realized with smaller power consumption.

[0056]The receiver sensitivity was higher in the frequency range of carrier wave from 40 to 100 MHz as describe...

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[0059]Graph RL of FIG. 13A shows an experimental result of the case where the patch antenna was disposed beneath the left rear seat, whereas graph RR of FIG. 13B shows an experimental result of the case where the patch antenna was disposed beneath the right rear seat. As obvious from comparison between the graphs RL and RR, a large difference in the propagation rate R does not result from the difference in positions of patch antennas 22.

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[0060]The tire-pressure detector 30 of example 1 was mounted on the wheel 13. The wheel 13 was then rotated so that the changes in propagation rate R relative to the frequency were graphed in the same procedure as in the experiment 2.

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Abstract

A tire information communication system mounted on a vehicle includes a tire-pressure detector mounted on a tire wheel for detecting a pressure of a tire and transmitting a result of detection, a tire monitor mounted on a vehicle body for obtaining information about tire pressure from the tire-pressure detector, a tire transmission circuit provided in the tire-pressure detector for applying AC voltage containing information about tire pressure between the tire wheel and an annular conductor of the tire so that a radio wave is radiated from the annular conductor, a vehicle ground isolation provided in the tire monitor so as to receive the radio wave from the annular conductor thereby to be capable of generating AC voltage between the vehicle ground and itself, and a body-side receiving circuit provided in the tire monitor and connected to the vehicle ground and the vehicle ground isolation respectively for obtaining the information about the tire pressure from the AC voltage generated between the vehicle ground and the vehicle ground isolation.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a tire information communication system comprising a tire-pressure detector mounted on a tire wheel for detecting tire pressure and transmitting a result of detection and a tire monitor provided in a vehicle body for obtaining the result of detection of tire pressure.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Conventional tire information communication systems of the above-mentioned type comprise a tire-pressure detector and a tire monitor. Radio communication is carried out between the tire-pressure detecting device and the tire monitor so that a result of detection of tire pressure by the tire-pressure detector is transmitted to the tire monitor. JP-A-2005-119370 discloses one of the above-described tire information communication systems. The tire-pressure detector includes a loop antenna for radio communication and is fixed on a tire wheel. The tire monitor also includes a loop ante...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B60C23/02
CPCB60C23/0432B60C23/0433B60C23/0444B60C23/0494
Inventor OKUBO, YOUICHIKAWASE, SHINICHITSUJITA, YASUHISAAOYAMA, SYUJI
Owner PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD