Innova Electronics Corporation

Bruce B Brunda

Phuong Pham

David R Rich

Hoa Khanh Chau

Ly Bach

Van Nguyen

Ieon C Chen

Keith Andreasen

Thuan Cong Huynh

Danh Nguyen

Jason Javaherian

Kaushik Mahida

Derk Steven Louwerse

A system and method for ΔI-powered engine diagnostics combine OBD-II data, high-frequency sound, and vibration analysis to detect engine wear and mechanical faults. A detachable puck sensor in the engine bay captures sound and vibration signals, while an OBD-II module collects engine performance metrics. A smartphone app collects and uploads data to a backend AI engine, where Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) aligns event-driven or asynchronous data and time series data from multiple sources, ensuring accurate feature fusion. Machine learning models then detect engine wear, belt degradation, knocking, and bearing faults, generating a diagnostic report with severity assessments and predictive maintenance recommendations. By integrating multi-modal sensor data, this system enhances early-stage fault detection beyond traditional OBD-II diagnostics, offering greater accuracy in assessing physical wear conditions and optimizing vehicle maintenance.

System and method for vehicle diagnostics with synchronized vehicle acoustic and vibration data with on-board diagnostic data

A drive-through vehicle diagnostic system for use in a drive-through track of a facility includes an offer generating module capable of presenting an offer to a user adjacent the track and receiving user input associated with a selected offer. A remote server is in communication with the offer generating module and is capable of generating a diagnostic procedure associated with the selected offer. The diagnostic procedure includes a prescribed data retrieval instruction and a prescribed diagnostic summary instruction. A scan tool is connectable with a vehicle and is configured to receive the prescribed data retrieval instruction and retrieve diagnostic data from the vehicle in accordance with the prescribed data retrieval instruction while the vehicle proceeds along the track. The remote server is configured to receive the retrieved diagnostic data and analyze the diagnostic data to generate a diagnostic summary in accordance with the prescribed diagnostic summary instruction.

Vehicle diagnostic system and related methodology deployable at vehicle service facility

A method of providing vehicle diagnostics may include receiving a first communication from a user, processing the first communication using a natural language processing (NLP) model to produce NLP model output including a sequence of words, extracting one or more keywords from the sequence of words, and instructing a data acquisition and transfer device (DAT) connected to an OBD port of a vehicle to perform a selected function based on the one or more keywords. The method may further include receiving diagnostic data from the DAT, the diagnostic data having been retrieved from the vehicle by the DAT in accordance with the selected function, and determining a diagnostic condition of the vehicle based on the diagnostic data.

Vehicle diagnostics with intelligent communication interface

A diagnostic process includes analyzing vehicle data received from a vehicle to identify diagnostic data, and to determine an identity of the vehicle. A most likely fix is determined based on a combined assessment of the diagnostic data and the vehicle identity. A determination of a special function test to run on the vehicle is made based on the determined most likely fix. A signal is generated to run the special function test, and a determination of a pass or fail status is made based on the special function test. If no special function test is associated with the most likely fix, more targeted testing can be implemented through the use of a test box configured to monitor communications along communication pathways on the vehicle, and also to selectively activate/deactivate components on the vehicle.

System and method for guided vehicle diagnostics

A vehicle diagnostic system includes a first diagnostic server including a diagnostic database having historical data matched with possible vehicle fixes, and configured to receive retrieved vehicle data and identify a most likely vehicle fix associated therewith. The first diagnostic server is associated with a first processing capability. The system additionally includes a second diagnostic server including a diagnostic algorithm operatively associated therewith and configured to identify a possible vehicle fix based on an assessment of the retrieved diagnostic data according to predefined criteria associated with the diagnostic algorithm. The second diagnostic server is associated with a second processing capability. A diagnostic router is disposable in communication with the first and second diagnostic servers and is configured to determine which one of the first and second diagnostic servers to send retrieved diagnostic data based on an assessment of the retrieved data and the first and second processing capabilities.

Router for communicating vehicle data to a vehicle resource

Router for vehicle diagnostic system

A method of providing mobile application-based assistance with vehicle emissions testing compliance includes establishing a user profile associated with a user of a mobile communication device, receiving, from an emissions test provider identified by the mobile application, diagnostic data retrieved from the vehicle using a diagnostic tool and subsequently uploaded to the at least one server, providing the received diagnostic data to a government-authorized server that is capable of deriving an emissions test result for the registered vehicle based on the received diagnostic data, receiving the emissions test result from the government-authorized server, associating the emissions test result with the user profile by matching a VIN included in the received diagnostic data with a VIN included in the user profile, and providing the emissions test result to the mobile communication device, the emissions test result being displayable on the mobile communication device by the mobile application.

System, method, and computer program product for providing application-based assistance with vehicle emission test compliance

A system for providing mobile application-based vehicle diagnostics includes a mobile communication device ('device') having an installed mobile application ('app'). The app receives an instruction to obtain vehicle condition information of a vehicle, determines a geolocation of the device, and displays a geolocation of a diagnostic service provider on the device. A diagnostic tool operable by the diagnostic service provider retrieves diagnostic data from the vehicle. A server operable by a different entity than the diagnostic service provider establishes a user profile associated with a user of the device and including a vehicle identification number (VIN) of the vehicle, receives the diagnostic data from the diagnostic tool, detects the VIN in the diagnostic data, derives vehicle condition information from the diagnostic data, associates the vehicle condition information with the user profile by matching the VIN, and provides the vehicle condition information to the app to be displayed on the device.

System and method for selective vehicle data retrieval

A method of mobile application-based vehicle diagnostics comprises establishing a user profile associated with a user of a mobile communication device, the profile including a vehicle identification number (VIN) associated with a vehicle operated by the user, receiving an instruction to obtain vehicle condition information, determining a geolocation of the device, in response to the instruction, directing the user to a nearby diagnostic service provider having a capability to retrieve diagnostic data including the VIN from the registered vehicle and upload the retrieved diagnostic data to a server or other data processor associated with a diagnostic database for deriving vehicle condition information from retrieved diagnostic data, receiving the vehicle condition information from the server, the vehicle condition information having been derived from the diagnostic data uploaded by the diagnostic service provider and associated with the user based on the VIN included in the diagnostic data, and displaying the received vehicle condition information on the device.

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