Vehicle damage detector
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPerry Robinson MacNeille, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Yimin Liu
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Abstract
A vehicle damage detector includes: a vehicle with a motor, a suspension, a wheel, a sensor configured to report a suspension displacement; processor(s) configured to: estimate existing suspension damage based on the reports, project marginal future suspension damage based on a route and the existing suspension damage, calculate a marginal decrease in vehicle value from taking the projected route.
Claims20
A vehicle damage detector comprising:
- a vehicle with a motor, a suspension, a wheel, a sensor configured to report a suspension displacement;
- processor(s) configured to:
- estimate existing suspension damage based on the reports,
- project marginal future suspension damage based on a route and the existing suspension damage,
- calculate a marginal decrease in vehicle value from taking the projected route.
A method of detecting damage to a vehicle having a motor, a suspension, a wheel, and a sensor configured to report a suspension displacement, comprising:
- with processor(s):
- estimating existing suspension damage based on the reports,
- projecting marginal future suspension damage based on a route and the existing suspension damage,
- calculating a marginal decrease in vehicle value from taking the projected route.
A vehicle damage detector comprising:
- a vehicle with a motor, a suspension, a wheel, a sensor configured to report a suspension displacement;
- processor(s) configured to:
- estimate existing suspension damage based on the reports,
- project marginal future suspension damage based on a route and the existing suspension damage,
- calculate a marginal decrease in vehicle value from taking the projected route,
- vary the projected marginal future suspension damage based on the existing suspension damage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.