Systems, Apparatuses, Methods, Circuits and Associated Computer Executable Code for Monitoring and Assessing Vehicle Health
First Claim
1. A vehicle health monitoring system comprising,two or more vehicle health sensors residing within a vehicle, each sensing one or more parameters associated with an operational condition of one or more components of the vehicle;
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wherein said two or more sensors include at least one vibration sensor for sensing vibrations originating from mechanical components of the vehicle.
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Abstract
The present invention includes methods, circuits, sensors, apparatus, controllers and associated computer executable code and data for monitoring assessing and predicting a mechanical, structural and/or electrical condition (hereinafter collectively referred to as: “Vehicle Health” or “VH”) of a motor vehicle, such as a car, truck, motor cycle, etc. According to some embodiments, there may be provided a vehicle health monitoring, assessing and predicting system (VHMS) functionally associated with a vehicle and adapted to monitor, assess and/or predict a VH of the vehicle. A VHMS may be comprised of a set of VH sensors adapted to collect data relating to the VH of the vehicle and processing circuitry adapted to analyze the collected data and determine and/or predict the VH of the vehicle, possibly in real time.
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1. A vehicle health monitoring system comprising,
two or more vehicle health sensors residing within a vehicle, each sensing one or more parameters associated with an operational condition of one or more components of the vehicle; - and
a processing unit associated with said sensors, which processing unit determines an operational condition of the vehicle based on parameters detected by said sensors; wherein said two or more sensors include at least one vibration sensor for sensing vibrations originating from mechanical components of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A vehicle health monitoring system comprising,
two or more vehicle health sensors residing within a vehicle, each sensing one or more parameters associated with an operational condition of one or more components of the vehicle; - and
a processing unit associated with said sensors for determining an operational condition of the vehicle based on parameters detected by said sensors; wherein said two or more sensors include at least one optical fluid sensor, which optical fluid sensor includes a light source and a light sensor and determines a concentration of foreign particles within a fluid by measuring a transparency of the fluid. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle health monitoring system comprising,
two or more vehicle health sensors residing within a vehicle, each sensing one or more parameters associated with an operational condition of one or more components of the vehicle; - and
a processing unit associated with said sensors, which processing unit; (1) creates and maintains, based on parameters sensed by said vehicle health sensors, one or more vehicle operating profiles including normal operating parameters of the vehicle; and (2) determines an operational condition of the vehicle is flawed when parameters detected by said sensors deviate beyond a threshold from the one or more profiles. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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