Device and method for performing remote diagnostics on vehicles
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1. Device for performing remote diagnostics on vehicles, having:
- a mobile unit (M) with;
an adapter (1) which can be connected to a vehicle on which diagnostics are to be performed and which reads out operational data and fault data of the vehicle, the adapter (1) having a transmitter device or a transceiver device via which the stored data can be transmitted to a receiver or data can be received from an external transmitter;
a mobile unit (M) with a portable diagnostics device (2) with an input/output unit (2a;
2a1, 2a2, 2a3, 2a4) and a portable small computer (2b) which each have a transceiver device for the cordless exchange of data with one another;
a base station (3) for receiving data from the adapter (1) and the mobile unit (M) and transmitting data to and receiving data from a network input node (4); and
a fixed unit (S) with the network input node (4), a personal computer (5) with a display device (6) and an input/output device (7;
7a, 7b), and a storage device (8) for storing information relating to a vehicle repair.
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Abstract
In summary, the invention discloses a device and a method for performing remote diagnostics on vehicles, in particular on electrical, mechanical and mechatronic components of vehicles, with which, even in the case of complicated vehicle defects and/or vehicle defects which are difficult to find, the service technician can find and recover the problem in a very short time, if necessary by means of real-time access to external databases and/or by involving a service center so that the non-operational times in the event of a fault are minimized.
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1. Device for performing remote diagnostics on vehicles, having:
a mobile unit (M) with;
an adapter (1) which can be connected to a vehicle on which diagnostics are to be performed and which reads out operational data and fault data of the vehicle, the adapter (1) having a transmitter device or a transceiver device via which the stored data can be transmitted to a receiver or data can be received from an external transmitter;
a mobile unit (M) with a portable diagnostics device (2) with an input/output unit (2a;
2a1, 2a2, 2a3, 2a4) and a portable small computer (2b) which each have a transceiver device for the cordless exchange of data with one another;
a base station (3) for receiving data from the adapter (1) and the mobile unit (M) and transmitting data to and receiving data from a network input node (4); and
a fixed unit (S) with the network input node (4), a personal computer (5) with a display device (6) and an input/output device (7;
7a, 7b), and a storage device (8) for storing information relating to a vehicle repair.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Method for performing remote diagnostics on vehicles, having the steps:
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(1) reading out of vehicle and fault data from a vehicle storage device into an input/output unit (2a) of a mobile unit (M) in response to a voice input, (2) displaying of the read-out data on the input/output unit (2a) of the mobile unit (M), (3) if a fault which has occurred cannot be found and/or recovered by means of this data, accessing of information stored in a fixed unit (S) in response to a renewed voice input into the input/output unit (2a) of the mobile unit (M), selection of the required information in accordance with the data read out from the vehicle storage device, transmission of the required information to the mobile unit (M) and representation of the required information on the input/output unit (2a) of the mobile unit (M), and (4) execution of a repair using the represented, required information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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