Vehicle communications and access

摘要

A communications and access system for a vehicle includes a vehicle module including a microprocessor and a sensor device integrated within each tire of a vehicle. The sensor device includes a tire pressure monitoring sensor and an antenna communicatively coupled to the sensor device. The antenna is configured to receive tire pressure data from the sensor device and a wireless communication from a device external to the vehicle. The system also includes another antenna communicatively coupled to the vehicle module. The other antenna receives the tire pressure data and the wireless communication transmitted by the sensor device via the antenna coupled to the sensor device. The system further includes logic executable by the microprocessor. The logic is configured to identify sources of the tire pressure data and the wireless communication, and transmit instructions to a body control module of the vehicle. The instructions are configured to perform a corresponding function.

主权项

1. A communications and access system for a vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle module including a microprocessor; a vehicle module antenna communicatively coupled to the vehicle module; a sensor device integrated within each tire of a vehicle, the sensor device including a tire pressure monitoring sensor, and each sensor device within each tire is communicatively coupled to a corresponding antenna; an identifier uniquely identifying each corresponding antenna, each corresponding antenna configured to receive tire pressure data from the respective sensor device and a wireless communication from a device external to the vehicle; wherein the vehicle module antenna is configured to receive the tire pressure data, the identifier, and the wireless communication from the sensor device via the respective antenna; and logic executable by the microprocessor, the logic configured to identify the tire pressure monitoring sensor providing the wireless communication via the identifier, and transmit instructions to a body control module of the vehicle, the instructions configured to perform a function with respect to a component of the vehicle that is located relative to a location of the device.