Predictive Diagnostic Calculation
First Claim
1. A method of predicting defects likely to occur in a vehicle ever a predetermined period, the method comprising;
- a) receiving vehicle characteristic data regarding a vehicle under consideration;
b) establishing a defect database having information related to defects that have occurred in different vehicles and the reference mileage at which such defects occurred;
c) identifying defects that occurred in vehicles corresponding to the vehicle under consideration, and the reference mileage at which such defects occurred;
d) filtering out defects that fail to satisfy minimum count requirements; and
e) sorting defects that satisfy the minimum count requirements in order of the highest defect count.
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Abstract
There is provided a method of predicting defects likely to occur in a vehicle over a predetermined period. The method includes receiving vehicle characteristic data regarding a vehicle under consideration, and comparing the received vehicle characteristic data with a defect database. The defect database includes information related to defects that have occurred in different vehicles and the mileage at which such defects occurred. The method additionally includes identifying defects that occurred in vehicles corresponding to use vehicle under consideration, and the mileage at which such defects occurred. Detects which fail to satisfy minimum count requirements are then filtered out, and the defects are then sorted in order of the highest defect count.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of predicting defects likely to occur in a vehicle ever a predetermined period, the method comprising;
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a) receiving vehicle characteristic data regarding a vehicle under consideration; b) establishing a defect database having information related to defects that have occurred in different vehicles and the reference mileage at which such defects occurred; c) identifying defects that occurred in vehicles corresponding to the vehicle under consideration, and the reference mileage at which such defects occurred; d) filtering out defects that fail to satisfy minimum count requirements; and e) sorting defects that satisfy the minimum count requirements in order of the highest defect count. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A predictive diagnostic system for generating a predictive diagnostic report for a vehicle under consideration, the predictive diagnostic system comprising;
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a defect database having information related to defects that have occurred in different reference vehicles and the reference mileage at which such defects occurred, each reference vehicle being associated with characteristic data; and a comparison module in operative communication with the defect database, the comparison module configured to compare vehicle characteristic data associated with the vehicle under consideration and to identify defects that have occurred in certain ones of the different reference vehicles having associated vehicle characteristic data that is substantially similar to the vehicle characteristic data associated with the vehicle under consideration and a reference mileage that is substantially similar to the current mileage of the vehicle under consideration. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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