A central controller and modular device is provided, a central controller and modular device comprising one or more internal components from the group consisting of a data converter, a central controller, an engine performance controller, and a module replacement controller and a plurality of connection ports and connection lines along an exterior of the central controller and modular device wherein the connection ports and connection lines from the group consisting of one or more power connection ports and ground connection ports for powering one or more of the internal components, one or more data communication ports, data communication lines and engine output ports.

A system for sterilizing an interior of a vehicle includes: a sterilizer disposed on a driver's seat of the vehicle and configured to sterilize the interior of the vehicle; a driver detection sensor configured to detect a presence of a driver inside the vehicle; a seat movement adjustment mechanism configured to move the seat; and a controller configured to, in response to receiving a non-detection signal from the driver detection sensor, send driving signals to the seat movement adjustment mechanism and then apply a sterilizer operation signal for operating the sterilizer for a certain period of time upon movement of the driver's seat.

Provided are a vehicle data readout device and a vehicle data readout method with which it is possible to reduce power consumption in a state in which a vehicle has not been activated, even if the vehicle data readout device, which receives power from an in-vehicle power source, remains connected to the vehicle. Taking as a trigger a port voltage (Vp) of a readout communication line exceeding a voltage threshold (THv), a vehicle data readout device switches a change-over switch from off to on, to generate a pull-up state by means of a pull-up resistor, and initiates a read-out of operation parameter data (Dp) by a computer.

A damage quantifier for a vehicle component formed of composite material is determined based on vehicle sensor data. The vehicle is operated based on a mission determined according to determined damage quantifier.

A system includes a controller configured to store a relationship matrix of a plurality of diagnostic estimators and a plurality of failure modes, each failure mode represents a type of failure that can occur with (i) a sensor or (ii) a vehicle component of a vehicle system, each diagnostic estimator is associated with a respective subset of the failure modes, each respective subset defines a control volume within the vehicle system that contains at least one of (i) one or more sensors or (ii) one or more vehicle components; store a healthy diagnostic vector regarding nominal operational parameters of the vehicle system; acquire diagnostic information regarding current operational parameters of the vehicle system to generate an error diagnostic vector; divide the error diagnostic vector by the healthy diagnostic vector to generate a ratio diagnostic vector; multiply the ratio diagnostic vector with the relationship matrix to generate a value for each failure mode.

In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a computing device, textual vehicle service content. The method further includes identifying, by the computing device, a vehicle scan tool function relevant to associated text at a location within the textual vehicle service content. The method additionally includes modifying, by the computing device, the textual vehicle service content to include a selectable link at the location of the associated text, wherein the selectable link is selectable to initialize a vehicle scan tool to perform the identified vehicle scan tool function on a vehicle. The method also includes providing, by the computing device, the modified textual vehicle service content including the selectable link.

A mobile device for use in an electronic logging device (ELD) system may include a processor and one or more memories which store, singularly or in combination, one or more instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the mobile device to carry out one or more operations. The one or more operations may include reading a machine readable code configured to be coupled to a vehicle, connecting to an ELD dongle based, at least in part, on the machine readable code, receiving data from the ELD dongle, and generating one or more mobile device reports based, at least in part, on the received data.

Methods and systems for assessing, detecting, and responding to malfunctions involving components of autonomous vehicle and/or smart homes are described herein. Autonomous operation features and related components can be assessed using direct or indirect data regarding operation. Such assessment may be performed to determine the condition of components for salvage following a collision or other loss-event. To this end, the information regarding a plurality of components may be received. A component of the plurality of components may be identified for assessment. Assessment may including causing test signals to be sent to the identified component. In response to the test signal, one or more responses may be received. The received response may be compared to an expected response to determine whether the identified component is salvageable.

A system detects tampering of an electronic system of a vehicle operated by a driver. The system receives historical occurrences of at least one diagnostic trouble code (DTC) generated by the onboard vehicle computing system based on sensor data received from a vehicle sensor during a trip. The system identifies a length of the trip and a speed of the vehicle when each DTC was generated. The system identifies a distance the vehicle had traveled when each DTC was generated. The system determines a subsequent trip was started, whether a driver operating the vehicle on the subsequent trip is a same driver or a new driver, whether DTCs were generated during the trip, and whether DTCs were generated during the subsequent trip. The system determines a tamper rating for the driver that indicates a likelihood that the driver has tampered with the vehicle.

A diagnostic system includes a fan control circuit coupled to an electric fan and a microcontroller, and a sense line coupled to the fan control circuit and the microcontroller. The fan control circuit outputs a fan command sense signal at a duty cycle through the sense line to the microcontroller. A tachometer generates a tachometer signal at a frequency indicative of the rotational speed of the electric fan. A fan tachometer circuit receives the tachometer signal and outputs the tachometer sense signal at a frequency to the microcontroller in response to the tachometer signal. The microcontroller sets a second diagnostic flag to an error value indicating that the sense line has impaired operation if the frequency of the tachometer sense signal is within a desired frequency range, and a first diagnostic flag is equal to a first error value.