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Granted Patent B2
US 11,651,632 · App. 17/228,660 · Granted May 16, 2023

Diagnosis of transport-related issues

Inventor: Shahzad H. Pirwani (Frisco, TX)
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
G07C5/0808
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Patent No.
US 11,651,632
App. No.
17/228,660
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of determining an issue related to a stationary transport, determining a cause of the issue, determining moving transports that do not have the issue, but exhibit characteristics similar to the cause, and based on the characteristics, notifying the moving transports of a potential of the issue.

Claims (56)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, information identifying an issue affecting an operation of a stationary transport from the stationary transport at a location;

receiving, by the server, information identifying a cause of the issue from the stationary transport;

identifying, by the server, that a moving transport different than the stationary transport has a potential for the issue based on characteristics received from the moving transport and the cause; and

sending, by the server, a notification of the potential issue to the moving transport.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

comparing the characteristics of the moving transport with characteristics of another moving transport that resolved the issue.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying that the moving transport has a potential for the issue further comprises:

identifying a number of the characteristics;

identifying a severity of the characteristics; and

identifying an immediacy of the characteristic.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification includes an estimated effect of not resolving the issue over a period of time.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a time period in which the potential issue will become an actual issue based on the characteristic.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a severity of the characteristic received from the moving transport; and

requesting the moving transport to come to the location based on the severity.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending information related to one or more of the characteristics, the issue, the cause, and a resolution of the issue to other stationary transports at other locations.

8. A server, comprising:

a processor that when executing one or more instruction stored in a memory is configured to:

receive information identifying an issue affecting an operation of a stationary transport from the stationary transport at a location;

receive information identifying a cause of the issue from the stationary transport;

identify that a moving transport different than the stationary transport has a potential for the issue based on characteristics received from the moving transport and the cause; and

send a notification of the potential issue to notifying the moving transport.

9. The server of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

compare the characteristics of the moving transport with characteristics of another moving transport that resolved the issue.

10. The server of claim 8 , wherein, when the processor is configured to identify that the moving transport has a potential for the issue, the processor is further configured to:

identify a number of the characteristics;

identify a severity of the characteristics; and

identify an immediacy of the characteristic.

11. The server of claim 8 , wherein the notification includes an estimated effect of no resolution to the issue over a period of time.

12. The server of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify a time period in which the potential issue will become an actual issue based on the characteristic.

13. The server of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify a severity of the characteristic received from the moving transport; and

request the moving transport to come to the location based on the severity.

14. The server of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

send information related to one or more of the characteristics, the issue, the cause, and a resolution of the issue to other stationary transports at other locations.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising one or more instructions that when executed by a processor of a server cause the processor to perform:

receiving information identifying an issue affecting an operation of a stationary transport from the stationary transport at a location;

receiving information identifying a cause of the issue from the stationary transport;

identifying that a moving transport different than the stationary transport has a potential for the issue based on characteristics received from the moving transport and the cause; and

sending a notification of the potential issue to the moving transport.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:

comparing the characteristics of the moving transport with characteristics of another moving transport that resolved the issue.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying that the moving transport has a potential for the issue further comprises:

identifying a number of characteristics;

identifying a severity of the characteristics; and

identifying an immediacy of the characteristic.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the notification includes an estimated effect of not resolving the issue over a period of time.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:

identifying a severity of the characteristic received from the moving transport; and

requesting the moving transport to come to the location based on the severity.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:

sending information related to one or more of the characteristics, the issue, the cause, and a resolution of the issue to other stationary transports at other locations.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2021
From: PIRWANI, SHAHZAD H.
To: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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