Patent ID: 8831834
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: B60Q,G01M,G06F,G07C

Abstract:
1. A vehicle information management system that manages diagnostic data that indicates a vehicle state, the vehicle information management system comprising: a plurality of parameter detectors each arranged to detect a parameter related to the vehicle state; an abnormality specifying unit programmed to specify a type of an abnormality generated in the vehicle based on the parameters detected by the plurality of parameter detectors; a diagnostic data producing unit programmed to produce the diagnostic data based on the parameters detected by the plurality of parameter detectors when the type of the abnormality is specified by the abnormality specifying unit; a storage including a storage region arranged to store abnormality data including the diagnostic data, type information that indicates the type of the abnormality, and occurrence number information that indicates a number of occurrences of an abnormality specified by the type information; and an updating unit programmed to change the occurrence number information to latest information and to overwrite and save new diagnostic data in the storage region when the type of the abnormality is specified by the abnormality specifying unit and the new diagnostic data is produced, if the abnormality data of the same type as the specified type is already stored in the storage region.