US 12,304,422 B2
Anti-theft alarm device for wheels / tires of vehicles
Gianni Canal, Turin (IT); and Ivano Salvatore Collotta, Turin (IT)
Assigned to Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan (IT)
Appl. No. 18/037,727
Filed by Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan (IT)
PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/081680
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/106353, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000027786 (IT), filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0415700 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 25/102 (2013.01); B60R 25/32 (2013.01); B60R 25/33 (2013.01)
CPC B60R 25/102 (2013.01) [B60R 25/32 (2013.01); B60R 25/33 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anti-theft alarm device adapted to be associated to a wheel, a rim, or a tire of a vehicle, the anti-theft alarm device comprising:
kinetic sensors configured to detect movements of the wheel, rim, or tire where the anti-theft alarm device is installed;
a communication interface configured for transmitting, over a mobile communication network, data related to the detected movements of the wheel, rim, or tire detected by the kinetic sensors; and
a data processor programmed to execute a data processing algorithm for processing the data provided by the kinetic sensors to discriminate between a condition of coherent movement of the wheel or tire and a condition of non-coherent movement of the wheel or tire based on the movements detected by the kinetic sensors,
wherein the condition of coherent movement is a condition of movement expected in normal use of the wheel, rim or tire and the condition of non-coherent movement is a condition of movement not expected in the normal use of the wheel, rim, or tire, the data related to the detected movements of the wheel, rim, or tire being suitable for being transmitted over the mobile communication network and including an alarm message/notification in case a condition of non-coherent movement of the wheel, rim or tire is detected.