Systems and methods for resetting vehicle emission system error indicators
First Claim
1. A method of resetting an active emissions system error indictor associated with a vehicle, said method comprising performing a first requesting step and a second requesting step until said active emissions system error indicator resets in response to at least one of said first or second requesting steps, and wherein:
- said first requesting step comprises requesting a first type of information from a vehicle computer associated with said vehicle; and
said second requesting step comprises requesting a second type of information from said vehicle computer.
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Abstract
A method of resetting an active emissions system error indictor associated with a vehicle. The method comprises performing a first requesting step and a second requesting step until the active emissions system error indicator resets in response to the first or second requesting steps. In one embodiment, the first requesting step comprises requesting a first type of information (e.g., information from a first vehicle oxygen sensor) from a vehicle computer associated with the vehicle, and the second requesting step comprises requesting a second type of information (e.g., information from a second vehicle oxygen sensor) from the vehicle computer. In a particular embodiment of the invention, an electronic tool, such as a bi-directional scan tool, is used to perform the first and second requesting steps.
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1. A method of resetting an active emissions system error indictor associated with a vehicle, said method comprising performing a first requesting step and a second requesting step until said active emissions system error indicator resets in response to at least one of said first or second requesting steps, and wherein:
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said first requesting step comprises requesting a first type of information from a vehicle computer associated with said vehicle; and
said second requesting step comprises requesting a second type of information from said vehicle computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of resetting one or more active emission system error indicators associated with a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
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placing said vehicle on a dynamometer; and
while said vehicle is on said dynamometer, requesting two or more different types of information from a computer within said vehicle until at least one of said active emission system error indicators resets. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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38. An electronic device for resetting an active emissions system error indictor associated with a vehicle, said electronic device being configured for:
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performing a first requesting step and a second requesting step until said active emissions system error indicator resets in response to at least one of said first or second requesting steps, and wherein;
said first requesting step comprises requesting a first type of information from a vehicle computer associated with said vehicle;
said second requesting step comprises requesting a second type of information from said vehicle computer; and
said electronic device is configured for performing said first requesting step and said second requesting step substantially automatically until said active emissions system error indicator resets. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for:
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performing a first requesting step and a second requesting step until said active emissions system error indicator associated with said vehicle resets in response to at least one of said first or second requesting steps, and wherein;
said first requesting step comprises requesting a first type of information from a vehicle computer associated with said vehicle;
said second requesting step comprises requesting a second type of information from said vehicle computer; and
said computer-executable instructions include instructions for performing said first requesting step and said second requesting step substantially automatically until said active emissions system error indicator resets. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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