US 12,377,812 B2
Wheel theft detection and notification using a tire pressure monitoring system
William D. Stewart, Antrim (GB); Jonathan E. Barr, Magherafelt (GB); A. Tugay Arslan, Antrim (GB); Ravindra P. Singh, Antrim (GB); Samuel K. Strahan, Ballymena (GB); Andrew Burgess, Ballynahinch (GB); and Ian S. Elliott, Ballybogey (GB)
Assigned to SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Attleboro, MA (US)
Filed by SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Attleboro, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,765.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/352,405, filed on Jun. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406262 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 25/10 (2013.01); B60C 23/04 (2006.01); B60R 25/102 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/30 (2013.01); G01L 17/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01)
CPC B60R 25/1001 (2013.01) [B60C 23/0401 (2013.01); B60R 25/102 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/30 (2013.01); G01L 17/00 (2013.01); G01S 5/0269 (2020.05)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wheel theft detection and notification using a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS), the method comprising:
receiving from an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle, by a tire monitoring sensor (TMS) of the vehicle, an indication that a vehicle security system is activated;
after receiving the indication that the vehicle security system is activated, performing a wheel theft detection operation that includes:
measuring, by the TMS, one or more parameter values associated with a wheel assembly; and
determining, by the TMS, whether the one or more measured parameter values deviate from one or more reference parameter values by one or more predetermined amounts;
in response to determining that the one or more measured parameter values deviate from the one or more reference parameter values by the one or more predetermined amounts, switching, by the TMS, to a rapid transmission state in which the TMS increases a frequency of transmission to the ECU; and
after determining that the one or more measured parameter values deviate from the one or more reference parameter values by the one or more predetermined amounts, transmitting, by the TMS, an indication that the one or more parameter values have changed;
detecting, by the TMS, an end event for the rapid transmission state; and
responsive to detecting the end event for the rapid transmission state, switching, by the TMS, from the rapid transmission state to a normal monitoring state in which the TMS decreases the frequency of transmission to the ECU.