Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Vehicle diagnosis or maintenance indication
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-04
2011-01-04
Tran, Khoi (Department: 3664)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Vehicle diagnosis or maintenance indication
C701S023000, C340S438000, C340S539240, C340S853200, C702S108000, C702S119000, C702S120000, C702S123000, C702S182000, C702S183000, C702S184000, C702S185000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07865278
ABSTRACT:
A diagnostic test sequence optimizer includes a diagnostic test selector that determines a group of diagnostic test procedures related to a specific symptom and vehicle type from a pool of diagnostic procedures. A failure mode analyzer then selects one or more factors that can affect resolution of a vehicle operational problem and performs a failure mode analysis to quantify a comparative utility of the individual tests, and a factor weighter assigns a weight to each of the factors. A vehicle receiver receives information regarding the history of the test subject vehicle, and a sequence optimizer places the diagnostic test procedures in an optimized sequence in accordance with the comparative utilities of the individual diagnostic procedures, user preferences and a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis compiled by the manufacturer of the vehicle.
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Fountain Gregory J.
Gilbert Harry M.
Mayes Randy L.
Portyanko Oleksiy
Underdal Olav M.
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Peche Jorge O
SPX Corporation
Tran Khoi
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