Patent ID: 8155924

Claim:
A method for calibrating an automobile diagnostic system with a calibration unit, the method comprising: receiving, at the calibration unit, first automobile data based on an automobile operating under a first condition, the first automobile data including a first data point and a second data point; generating, using the calibration unit, interpolated first automobile data by performing three dimensional interpolation on the first automobile data using the first data point and the second data point; receiving, at the calibration unit, second automobile data based on an automobile operating under a second condition, the second automobile data including a third data point and a fourth data point; generating, using the calibration unit, interpolated second automobile data by performing three dimensional interpolation on the second automobile data using the third data point and the fourth data point; and generating, using the calibration unit, threshold automobile data using the interpolated first automobile data or the interpolated second automobile data.