VIN scan recall notification
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorDexter Moon
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for helping a user determine whether a vehicle is subject to a safety recall and assisting the user with addressing incomplete safety recalls. A vehicle identification number (VIN) may be extracted from an image of a vehicle captured by a user electronic device and used to request safety recall information from a remote information system, which may provide a list of recalls associated with the vehicle. A list of nearby service centers may be identified based on the physical location of the user electronic device, and service appointments to address any incomplete recalls may be scheduled, either automatically or in response to user input.
Claims18
A user device comprising:
- an interactive display;
- an imaging sensor;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to:
- generate an image of a vehicle with the imaging sensor;
- extract a vehicle identification number (VIN) from the image;
- generate a recall query using the VIN extracted from an image of a vehicle and vehicle information associated with the vehicle in the image and submit the query to a remote information system;
- in response to a response to the query that is received from the remote information system:
- determine a recall associated with the vehicle;
- determine whether the vehicle has been repaired to address the recall;
- generate a recall history including a repair status of the vehicle based on the determination of whether the vehicle has been repaired to address the recall;
- activate circuitry to determine a location of the user device;
- identify service centers that are within a certain distance of the location of the user device that are able to perform a repair of the vehicle that has not been performed to address the recall;
- and
- present the recall history and a list of the identified service centers to a user via the interactive display.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- generating, with a processor of a mobile device, an image of a vehicle with an imaging sensor of the mobile device;
- extracting, with the processor, a vehicle identification number (VIN) from the image;
- generating, with the processor, a recall query using the VIN extracted from an image of a vehicle and vehicle information associated with the vehicle in the image and submit the query to a remote information system;
- in response to a response to the query that is received from the remote information system:
- determining, with the processor, a recall associated with the vehicle;
- determining, with the processor, whether the vehicle has been repaired to address the recall;
- generating, with the processor, a recall history including a repair status of the vehicle based on the determination of whether the vehicle has been repaired to address the recall;
- activating, with the processor, circuitry to determine a location of the user device;
- identifying, with the processor, service centers that are within a certain distance of the location of the user device that are able to perform a repair of the vehicle that has not bee performed to address the recall;
- and
- presenting, with the processor, the recall history and a list of the identified service centers to a user via an interactive display of the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.