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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Service Solutions U.s. Llc, Warren, MI (US);
William W. Wittliff, III, Gobles, MI (US);
Olav M. Underdal, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Harry M. Gilbert, Portage, MI (US);
Alex Portyanko, Portage, MI (US);
Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc., Warren, MI (US);
Abstract
A dynamic diagnostic plan generator arranges diagnostic test procedures related to a vehicle/power tool/patient symptom or operational problem in a sequence based on a probabilistic Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The diagnostic plan generator also tracks a vehicle/power tool/patient state, and provides instructions for test preparation steps and instructions for performing the diagnostic test procedures. The plan generator further generates schematic illustrations of the diagnostic test procedures, and creates a diagnostic data structure containing information related to the diagnostic test procedures. In addition, the diagnostic plan generator sends and receives information regarding actual failure mode occurrences, for example, to and from a central database. Furthermore, the diagnostic plan generator facilitates the creation of failure mode tests by an expert diagnostics author.