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Vehicle mounted failure information system

  • US 8,155,823 B2
  • Filed: 03/20/2009
  • Issued: 04/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A failure information system for transmitting failure information of a vehicle to an outside diagnosis center comprising:

  • signal receiving means for receiving a signal indicating a failure of a vehicle-mounted system;

    vehicle-run judging means for judging that the vehicle is running;

    run-distance calculation means for;

    calculating a run-distance of the vehicle since the signal receiving means received the signal indicating a failure in response to a judgment of the vehicle-run judging means that the vehicle is running at a time point when the signal receiving means receives the signal indicating a failure, andnot calculating the run-distance of the vehicle in response to the judgment of the vehicle-run judging means that the vehicle is not running at a time point when the signal receiving means receives the signal indicating a failure, on the basis of a judgment that the signal indicating a failure is not reliable;

    reliability judging means for judging that the signal indicating a failure is reliable instead of not reliable, if the signal receiving means continuously receives the signal indicating a failure until the run-distance exceeds a preset distance level; and

    over-vehicle communication means for transmitting failure information that includes the signal indicating a failure to an outside station when the reliability judging means judges that the signal indicating a failure is reliable.

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