US 12,293,617 B2
Vehicle inspection system
Paul Gerard Nistler, Lawrence Park, PA (US); Michael Altonji, Erie, PA (US); Glenn Robert Shaffer, Lawrence Park, PA (US); and David Joseph Schroeck, Erie, PA (US)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,394.
Application 17/873,394 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/949,375, filed on Apr. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,429,100.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/491,840, filed on Apr. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0366736 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/0808 (2013.01) [B60W 60/00 (2020.02); G07C 5/006 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inspection system comprising:
one or more sensors configured to be selectively coupled to a vehicle during one or more of an inspection event or a maintenance event for the vehicle; and
a controller that is transferably coupled with a control system of the vehicle during the one or more of the inspection event or the maintenance event for the vehicle, the controller configured to control one or more settings of the control system to initiate one or more of plural operations of the vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to:
determine whether first sensor information exists, the first sensor information indicative of a state of the vehicle during a time outside of the one or more of the inspection event or the maintenance event;
send a command signal to the control system of the vehicle to direct the control system of the vehicle to initiate a second operation of the vehicle responsive to determining that the first sensor information is lacking;
obtain second sensor information from the one or more sensors based on the second operation of the vehicle; and
determine a condition of the vehicle based on one or more of the first sensor information or the second sensor information.