METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING TO A HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE AND PERFORMING A VEHICLE ROADWORTHINESS CHECK

摘要

A vehicle roadworthiness assessment system may include a diagnostic apparatus for performing diagnostics on a vehicle, where the diagnostic apparatus is configured to connect to and request a status of components of the vehicle; a processor to determine a diagnostic assessment for each vehicle based on the diagnostics; a monitoring station connected to the diagnostic apparatus to receive the diagnostic assessment and score for each vehicle where the diagnostics were performed; and storage connected to the diagnostic apparatus and configured to store data of the diagnostic assessment.

主权项

1. A vehicle roadworthiness assessment system comprising:
a plurality of diagnostic apparatuses for performing diagnostics on a plurality of trucks, each of the diagnostic apparatuses configured to connect to and request a status of components of one truck of the plurality of trucks; a processor to determine a diagnostic score for each truck's diagnostic, whereby outputs for one or more components are weighted in determining the score; a monitoring station connected to the plurality of diagnostic apparatuses to receive the diagnostic assessment and score for each truck where the diagnostics were performed; and network-based storage connected to the plurality of diagnostic apparatuses and score and configured to store data of the diagnostic assessments.