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Information system and method for selecting and reproducing information, particularly for use in workshops

  • US 10,489,751 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2014
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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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.

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