Yi Lu Murphey, Tie-Qi
Chen, Jianxin Zhang, Jacob Crossman, and Brennan Hamilton
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Michigan-Dearborn
Abstract
The success of the U.S. motor vehicle industry
very much depends on the quality of the products it produces. As automotive
electronic control systems have become more advanced and sophisticated
in recent years, malfunction phenomena have also become increasingly more
complicated. It is well recognized in the automotive industry that effective
vehicle diagnostic systems will play a key role in the competitive market
of the new century. In order to meet this challenge of improved quality
control and diagnostics, the major US automotive companies are in the process
of launching end-of-line test systems at every North American assembly
plant. Part of the end-of-line test system is designed to collect
and analyze Electronic Engine Controller (EEC) data while the vehicle is
dynamically tested. Operators drive the vehicle through a preset
profile and the vehicle is either passed or failed according to the data
collected during the tests. The pass/fail decision is made based on two
information sources – an EEC on-board tests and an EEC off-board test that
is performed by the vehicle test system on EEC generated data. Our
Fuzzy Intelligent System is focused on automating the off-board testing
process to obtain faster and more reliable test results than are currently
realized by line engineers.