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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Olav M. Underdal, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Harry M. Gilbert, Portage, MI (US);
Oleksiy Portyanko, Portage, MI (US);
Randy L. Mayes, Otsego, MI (US);
Gregory J. Fountain, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
William W. Wittliff, Iii, Gobles, MI (US);
Olav M. Underdal, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Harry M. Gilbert, Portage, MI (US);
Oleksiy Portyanko, Portage, MI (US);
Randy L. Mayes, Otsego, MI (US);
Gregory J. Fountain, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
William W. Wittliff, III, Gobles, MI (US);
SPX Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A diagnostic test sequence optimizer includes a diagnostic test selector that determines a group of diagnostic test procedures related to a specific symptom and vehicle type from a pool of diagnostic procedures. A failure mode analyzer then selects one or more factors that can affect resolution of a vehicle operational problem and performs a failure mode analysis to quantify a comparative utility of the individual tests, and a factor weighter assigns a weight to each of the factors. A vehicle receiver receives information regarding the history of the test subject vehicle, and a sequence optimizer places the diagnostic test procedures in an optimized sequence in accordance with the comparative utilities of the individual diagnostic procedures, user preferences and a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis compiled by the manufacturer of the vehicle.