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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2010
Hiroki Morozumi, Toyota, JP;
Hiroki Morozumi, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A failure diagnostic apparatus determines the environment in which the condition of a vehicle is examined and selects an appropriate storage location for information regarding the condition of the vehicle. In particular, the failure diagnostic apparatus includes a vehicle-condition diagnostic portion, a plurality of failure-information storage portions, a diagnostic-environment determination portion, and a storage selection portion. When the vehicle-condition diagnostic portion determines that a failure has occurred, the diagnostic-environment determination portion determines the environment in which the condition of the vehicle is examined. Then, based on the diagnostic environment determined by the diagnostic-environment determination portion, the storage selection portion selects at least one storage portion of the plurality of failure-information storage portions to store information regarding the failure.