TIRE DATA COLLECTION AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE, MULTI-PURPOSE HANDHELD DATA COLLECTION AND COMMUNICATION TOOL, AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING TIRE DATA BETWEEN A VEHICLE TIRE AND A REMOTE COMPUTING DEVICE

摘要

A direct tire data collection and communication device is adapted for use in a pneumatic vehicle tire. The device incorporates a tire-mounted electronics module comprising a microcontroller, and at least one tire property sensor in electronic communication with the microcontroller and capable of measuring at least one operational property of the vehicle tire. The threshold operational property value defines a positive tire safety condition and a negative tire safety condition. The electronics module calculates accumulated travel data of the vehicle tire while in the negative tire safety condition. A transmitter transmits the travel data to an electronic remote terminal.