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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2022
Opus Ivs, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian J. Herron, Dexter, MI (US);
Opus IVS, Inc., Dexter, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and system of diagnosing a vehicle electrical system and categorizing fault codes includes using a vehicle diagnostic computer tool that is configured to be connected to a diagnostic port of a vehicle to be in communication with an electronic system of the vehicle and running a diagnostic application program with the vehicle diagnostic computer tool to determine fault codes present in the electronic system of the vehicle. The method and system further include processing the fault codes with a fault code evaluation program to categorize the fault codes into collision fault codes that are deemed to have resulted from collision damage to the vehicle or mechanical fault codes that are deemed to not have resulted from collision damage to the vehicle. The vehicle diagnostic system generates a report file listing the fault codes as categorized.