SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE
First Claim
1. A system for scheduling vehicle maintenance and service comprising:
- an in-vehicle data collection module, including one or more sensors configured to collect information concerning operation of a vehicle;
a maintenance and service estimator module configured to predict when maintenance or service is required for the vehicle based on statistical correlations of historical maintenance and service records, and historical information collected from sensors for similar vehicles or vehicles with similar components and driven under similar conditions when compared with the information collected from sensors from the vehicle.
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Abstract
Described herein is a system and method for predicting when repair and maintenance needs to be performed on a vehicle. The estimates can be based on one or more of in-vehicle sensor measurements during vehicle usage, external observations such as weather and traffic and road conditions and manually or digitally input maintenance and service reports. The gathered information is compared to information in a database from historical maintenance and service and the resulting damage and costs for those. The information is classified by the type of vehicle and the age and usage of the vehicle. Maintaining and refreshing the information and predictive models in the system is also part of the invention.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for scheduling vehicle maintenance and service comprising:
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an in-vehicle data collection module, including one or more sensors configured to collect information concerning operation of a vehicle; a maintenance and service estimator module configured to predict when maintenance or service is required for the vehicle based on statistical correlations of historical maintenance and service records, and historical information collected from sensors for similar vehicles or vehicles with similar components and driven under similar conditions when compared with the information collected from sensors from the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for scheduling vehicle maintenance and service comprising:
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collecting information concerning operation of a vehicle using an in-vehicle data collection module, including one or more sensors; predicting when maintenance or service is required for the vehicle, using a maintenance and service estimator module, based on statistical correlations of historical maintenance and service records, and historical information collected from sensors for similar vehicles or vehicles with similar components and driven under similar conditions when compared with the information collected from sensors from the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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