Vehicle maintenance systems and methods

摘要

A system that enables a fleet of vehicles to be maintained is provided. The disclosed system allows a fleet operator to review the history of the vehicles in the fleet along with vehicle sensor data to identify earmarks in the vehicle sensor data that are predictive of faults that the vehicles have experienced. The operator develops statistical algorithms that can detect an earmark in vehicle sensor data. The system then collects vehicle sensor data and applies the statistical algorithms the vehicle data to determine if a potential fault is going to occur in a vehicle. In response to determining that a potential fault is going to occur, the disclosed system automatically alerts the vehicle driver, automatically schedules a maintenance visit, automatically checks the fleet inventory for components required for a maintenance visit and orders unavailable components, and automatically dispatches the components to the mechanic.

主权项

1. A preventative vehicle maintenance system comprising:
a plurality of vehicles each having an electronic control module (ECM) disposed therein, wherein each ECM is configured to collect data from one or more sensors of the vehicle in which the ECM is disposed; one or more processors configured to:
receive sensor signal data collected from the one or more sensors disposed within the respective plurality of vehicles;analyze the received sensor signal data from the plurality of vehicles to identify an earmark that represents an acceptable operating range;receive sensor signal data associated with a first vehicle;determine whether the sensor signal data associated with the first vehicle is within the acceptable operating range;after determining that the sensor signal data associated with the first vehicle is not within the acceptable operating range, generate an alert code comprising indicia indicating an assigned priority for repairing a potential fault for the first vehicle; andautomatically coordinate repair of the first vehicle to prevent the occurrence of a failure of one or more vehicle components in response to detecting the generated alert code.