	US 12,257,864 B2
	Securely pairing a vehicle-mounted wireless sensor with a central device
Samuel D. Houston, Antrim (GB); Mark Duffy, Antrim (GB); and Samuel K. Strahan, Ballymena (GB)
Assigned to SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Attleboro, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/005,390
Filed by SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Attleboro, MA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/046747 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 13, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/039719, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0256780 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B60C 23/04 (2006.01)

CPC B60C 23/0462 (2013.01) [B60C 23/0472 (2013.01); B60C 23/0479 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method for securely pairing a vehicle-mounted wireless sensor with a central device, the method comprising:

pairing, by a vehicle sensor device, with a vehicle control system (VCS) using a pre-shared passkey, wherein the pre-shared passkey is shared between the vehicle sensor device and the VCS via an out-of-band exchange;

transmitting, by the vehicle sensor device, an identifier for a resolvable private address (RPA) to the VCS; and

communicating, by the vehicle sensor device, with the VCS using the RPA, wherein the RPA is periodically regenerated by the vehicle sensor device.