Information system and method for selecting and reproducing information, particularly for use in workshops
First Claim
1. An information system for diagnosing a vehicle in a motor vehicle workshop, comprising:
- at least one component memory for storing component data sets of a vehicle component of the vehicle;
at least one component link memory for storing component links between at least two component data sets;
a component link device to provide, in the at least one component link memory, at least one component link which links at least two component data sets to one another;
a document memory for storing document data sets of the vehicle components;
at least one document link memory for storing at least one document link between at least one document data set of at least one vehicle component of the vehicle components and at least one component data set of the at least one vehicle component of the vehicle components;
a document link device including a comparator device to compare entries in the document data sets with entries in the component data sets of the vehicle components, wherein the document link device provides, in at least one document link memory, a document link between the at least one document data set and the at least one component data set when the comparator device has determined an agreement between at least one entry in the document data sets and at least one entry in the component data sets of the vehicle components; and
a document access device, including;
at least one input device to accept at least one input; and
a document selection device to select, based on the at least one input, at least one first document data set from the document memory;
an evaluation device to perform the following;
i) identify at least one first component data set linked to the at least one first document data set;
ii) identify at least one second component data set linked to the identified at least one first component data set; and
iii) identify at least one second document data set linked to the identified at least one second component data set; and
at least one display device to display information from at least one of the selected at least one first document data set, at least one second document data set, the identified at least one first component data set, and the identified at least one second component data set;
wherein the document data set having the document link is a linked document data set and is used to diagnose and/or repair the vehicle, andwherein the component links are based on relationships between the vehicle components.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An information system has: a component memory for storing component data sets; a component link device for creating component links in the one component link memory; a document memory for storing document data sets; a document link device for linking entries for components for which a component data set exists in the component memory to the corresponding component data set; and a document access device having a document selection device and an evaluation device that is fashioned to (i) identify first component data sets linked to a first document data set, (ii) identify second component data sets linked to the identified first component data sets, and (iii) identify second document data sets linked to the identified second component data sets.
-
Citations
12 Claims
-
1. An information system for diagnosing a vehicle in a motor vehicle workshop, comprising:
-
at least one component memory for storing component data sets of a vehicle component of the vehicle; at least one component link memory for storing component links between at least two component data sets; a component link device to provide, in the at least one component link memory, at least one component link which links at least two component data sets to one another; a document memory for storing document data sets of the vehicle components; at least one document link memory for storing at least one document link between at least one document data set of at least one vehicle component of the vehicle components and at least one component data set of the at least one vehicle component of the vehicle components; a document link device including a comparator device to compare entries in the document data sets with entries in the component data sets of the vehicle components, wherein the document link device provides, in at least one document link memory, a document link between the at least one document data set and the at least one component data set when the comparator device has determined an agreement between at least one entry in the document data sets and at least one entry in the component data sets of the vehicle components; and a document access device, including; at least one input device to accept at least one input; and a document selection device to select, based on the at least one input, at least one first document data set from the document memory; an evaluation device to perform the following; i) identify at least one first component data set linked to the at least one first document data set; ii) identify at least one second component data set linked to the identified at least one first component data set; and iii) identify at least one second document data set linked to the identified at least one second component data set; and at least one display device to display information from at least one of the selected at least one first document data set, at least one second document data set, the identified at least one first component data set, and the identified at least one second component data set; wherein the document data set having the document link is a linked document data set and is used to diagnose and/or repair the vehicle, and wherein the component links are based on relationships between the vehicle components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A method for operating an information system for diagnosing a vehicle in a motor vehicle workshop, the method comprising:
-
creating and storing, via a processor, at least one component data set of at least one vehicle components of the vehicle in a component memory; operating a component link device, in the at least one component link memory, so as to provide at least one component link which links the at least one created component data set of the at least one vehicle components and at least one other component data set of another one of the at least one vehicle components in the component memory; storing document data sets in a document memory; storing, via at least one document link memory, at least one document link between at least one document data set of the at least one vehicle components and at least one component data set of the at least one vehicle components; and comparing, via a comparator device of a document link device, entries in the document data sets with entries in the component data sets of the at least one vehicle components; providing, via the document link device, in at least one document link memory, a document link between the at least one document data set and the at least one component data set of the at least one vehicle components when the comparator device has determined that there is agreement between at least one entry in the document data sets of the at least one vehicle components and at least one entry in the component data sets of the at least one vehicle components; diagnosing the vehicle using the document data set having the document link which is a linked document data set, wherein the document link device analyzes the document data set in the document memory;
identifies the vehicle components that are contained in at least one of the component data sets and are in at least one of the document data sets based on exclusively defined designations used for the vehicle components, and creates, in the document link memory assigned to the respective document, a document link to the component data set associated with the respective vehicle components,wherein there is at least one input device to accept at least one input, and wherein there is a document selection device to select, based on the at least one input, at least one first document data set from the document memory, wherein the information system includes a document access device, including; at least one input device to accept at least one input; and a document selection device to select, based on the at least one input, at least one first document data set from the document memory; an evaluation device to perform the following; i) identify at least one first component data set linked to the at least one first document data set; ii) identify at least one second component data set linked to the identified at least one first component data set; and iii) identify at least one second document data set linked to the identified at least one second component data set; and at least one display device to display information from at least one of the selected at least one first document data set, at least one second document data set, the identified at least one first component data set, and the identified at least one second component data set; wherein the document data set having the document link is a linked document data set and is used to diagnose and/or repair the vehicle, and wherein the component links are based on relationships between the vehicle components. - View Dependent Claims (12)
-
Specification