Vehicle diagnostic operation

• US 10,726,645 B2
• Filed: 02/16/2018
• Issued: 07/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Khalifeh, Ahmad, Cronin, Amy Beth, Lauffer, Scott J., Hegde, Rashmi, Tang, Beni, Siciak, Ray C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Elchanti, Hussein
• Application Number:
  US15/898,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20190259226A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0088 characterized by the autonomous decision making process, e.g. artificial intelligence, predefined behaviours using knowledge based models G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/014 Providing recall services for goods or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B

Abstract

A system includes means for identifying a risk condition based on a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) and an operating condition in a vehicle, means for determining an instruction for the vehicle based on the identified risk condition, and means for navigating the vehicle based on the instruction.

Claims

1. A vehicle computer, comprising a processor and a memory,

the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:

identify a risk condition based on a combination of a diagnostic trouble code (DTC), an operating condition in a vehicle, and a plurality of vehicle operating thresholds including at least one of a temperature threshold, a speed threshold, and an acceleration threshold, wherein a first risk condition is determined based on the diagnostic trouble code and a first operating condition in the vehicle and a second risk condition is determined based on the diagnostic trouble code and a second operating condition in the vehicle;

determine an instruction for the vehicle based on the identified risk condition; and

navigate the vehicle based on the instruction.

2. The vehicle computer of claim 1, wherein the determined instruction includes at least one of planning a route to a service station, canceling a next trip, navigating the vehicle to a nearest road side, and stopping the vehicle in a current lane.

3. The vehicle computer of claim 1, wherein the instructions to identify the risk condition further includes instructions to determine an expected time to address the risk condition based on the identified risk condition.

4. The vehicle computer of claim 1, wherein the instructions further include instructions to:

update the risk condition based on a second DTC; and

update the instruction based on the updated risk condition.

5. The vehicle computer of claim 4, wherein the instructions further include instructions to determine an updated expected time to address the risk condition, wherein the updated expected time to address the risk condition is a lowest of a first expected time to address the risk condition associated with the DTC and a second expected time to address the risk condition associated with the second DTC.

6. The vehicle computer of claim 1, wherein the instructions further include instructions to determine the vehicle operating condition based on data received from at least one of a vehicle speed sensor, a camera sensor, and an acceleration sensor.

7. The vehicle computer of claim 1, wherein the vehicle operating condition further includes an outside temperature, a precipitation rate, and a road surface condition.

8. The vehicle computer of claim 1, further comprising means for determining the risk condition based at least in part on a table including a plurality of relationships between (i) the risk condition, and (ii) the DTC and the vehicle operating condition.

9. The vehicle computer of claim 1, further comprising means for dispatching a second vehicle to a location of the vehicle based on the risk condition of the vehicle.

10. A vehicle computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying a risk condition based on a combination of a diagnostic trouble code (DTC), an operating condition in the vehicle, and a plurality of vehicle operating thresholds including at least one of a temperature threshold, a speed threshold, and an acceleration threshold, wherein a first risk condition is determined based on the diagnostic trouble code and a first operating condition in the vehicle and a second risk condition is determined based on the diagnostic trouble code and a second operating condition in the vehicle;

determining an instruction for the vehicle based on the identified risk condition; and

navigating the vehicle based on the instruction.

11. The vehicle computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising determining the vehicle operating condition based on data received from at least one of a vehicle speed sensor, a camera sensor, an acceleration sensor, an outside temperature, a precipitation rate, and a road surface condition.

12. The vehicle computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising determining the risk condition based at least in part on a table including a plurality of relationships between (i) the risk condition, and (ii) the DTC and (iii) the vehicle operating condition.