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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2002
Nadeem Malik, Austin, TX (US);
Charles Gorham Ward, Austin, TX (US);
Nadeem Malik, Austin, TX (US);
Charles Gorham Ward, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Continuously monitoring automobile operations, performance and operating conditions from the remote diagnostic centers through Continuous wireless transmissions so that faults may be immediately recognized and corrected or the operator warned or actions remotely initiated to limit or prevent damage or safety hazards. A plurality of sensing devices in said automobile; each device for respectively continuously sensing an operational parameter of the automobile; a wireless transmitter in the automobile for transmitting the continuously sensed parameters to a diagnostic station remote from automobile; apparatus in the diagnostic station for analyzing said parameters in order to determine defective operational conditions in the automobile; and apparatus associated eith said diagnostic station for wieless transmission of data relative to the determined defective operating conditions back to said automobile.