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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);

Inventors:

Roy S. Brozovich, Campbell, CA (US);

Patrick S. Merg, Hollister, CA (US);

Joshua C. Covington, San Juan Bautista, CA (US);

Joshua D. Williamson, San Jose, CA (US);

Oswaldo Neri, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/013 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/013 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0027 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and computing system for determining whether a DTC set in a vehicle involved in a collision is collision-related or non-collision-related. The method can include determining a vehicle model associated with the vehicle, determining a DTC set within an ECU in the vehicle, determining a damaged portion in the vehicle, determining the DTC is collision-related, and outputting a collision report that indicates the DTC is collision-related. The determined damaged portion indicates where the vehicle was damaged by the collision. Determining the DTC is collision-related can include determining the damaged portion in the vehicle matches a reference vehicle portion associated with both a component attributable to setting the DTC and the vehicle model associated with the damaged vehicle. The collision report can indicate that a different DTC set by the same or a different ECU in the vehicle is non-collision-related.


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