Integrated diagnosis and prognosis system as part of the corporate value chain

US8170743B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Mutasim A. Salman · Rochester Hills, US
• Pulak Bandyopadhyay · Rochester Hills, US
• Sugato Chakrabarty · Bengaluru, IN
• Rahul Chougule · Bengaluru, IN
• Sabyasachi Bhattacharya · Somerville, US
• Soumen De · Bengaluru, IN
• Debprakash Patnaik · Bengaluru, IN
• Andrea M. Simon · Wolverine Lake, US
• Steven W. Holland · Saint Clair, US
• Yuen-Kwok Chin · Troy, US
• Xiaodong Zhang · Pittsburgh, US
• Yilu Zhang · Northville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 2009
• Grant date: May 1, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated diagnosis and prognosis system that collects vehicle information over the life of a vehicle and its development. The system provides the collected vehicle information to supplier management, product development management, service/dealership management, customer relations departments and production facilities, which use the information to take certain action for existing vehicles, fleets of vehicles or future vehicles to improve vehicle reliability and quality.