Patent ID: 9280859
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G07C

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing vehicle system diagnostic data to a vehicle user, the method comprising: monitoring a characteristic of a plurality of onboard mechanical vehicle systems defining a plurality of diagnostic data, the plurality of onboard mechanical vehicle systems characteristics including at least one of an air/fuel sensor operation, an oxygen sensor operation, variable valve time operation, an evaporative system operation, and an exhaust gas recirculation system operation, each onboard mechanical vehicle system having a useful life subject to deterioration before replacement or maintenance; recording time having a starting time and an ending time defining a time period; assigning at least a portion of the time period to at least one of the diagnostic data defining a time performance data; selectively displaying diagnostic data to a user through a user visual display; selectively displaying time performance data on the user visual display including: displaying a visual graphic depicting a listing of the calculated present remaining useful life of each one of the plurality of onboard mechanical vehicle systems including displaying a range of useful life having a first point and a second point on a linear graph, the present useful life positioned between the first and the second points visualizing both the amount of deterioration and the remaining useful life of each one of the onboard mechanical vehicle systems.