Distributed diagnostics architecture

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8600605
APP PUB NO 20070179691A1
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11531545

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A distributed on-board diagnostic (OBD) architecture for a control system of a vehicle includes a plurality of control modules that are in communication with one another and a designated master OBD control module that is one of the plurality of control modules. The master OBD control module performs functions that a remainder of the plurality of control modules are incapable of performing including at least one of arbitrating a malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) state, arbitrating and storing OBD freeze frame data and determining OBD status flags of the remainder of the plurality of control modules.

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GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCP O BOX 300 DETROIT MI 48265

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Grenn, Daniel P Highland, US 27 369
Kothari, Aniket Southfield, US 16 1198
Padmanabhan, Jayanthi Troy, US 3 257
Schroeder, Rick H Lapeer, US 5 282
Taljonick, Michael J Davison, US 5 285
Wang, Wei D Troy, US 52 1866
Wilmanowicz, Marek L Pinckney, US 8 302
Wozniak, Leonard G Ann Arbor, US 23 1074
Wu, Peter E Brighton, US 31 1861
Zettel, Andrew M Ann Arbor, US 51 1939

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