ENCLOSURE WITH INTERFACE DEVICE FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A secondary enclosure for facilitating communications between a hand held electronic device, which is housed in a separate enclosure, and a vehicle diagnostic system, the secondary enclosure comprising:
- a housing for removably receiving at least a portion of the hand held electronic device, and an ODD interface device at least partially enclosed in the housing;
the OBD interface device comprising, coupling circuitry configured to facilitate communications between the hand held electronic device and the OBD interface device, and connection circuitry configured to facilitate communications between the vehicle diagnostic system and the OBD interface device.
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Abstract
The present invention is protective enclosure that is configured to receive an electronic device, such as a pocket PC or a PDA. The protective enclosure includes an interface device capable of coupling with the electronic device and a vehicle diagnostic system, thereby placing the electronic device in circuit communication with a vehicle diagnostic system. A communications protocol is generated by the interface device to establish communications with the vehicle diagnostic system. The vehicle diagnostic information is received and the interface adapter is capable of communicating the diagnostic information to the electronic device.
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52 Claims
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1. A secondary enclosure for facilitating communications between a hand held electronic device, which is housed in a separate enclosure, and a vehicle diagnostic system, the secondary enclosure comprising:
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a housing for removably receiving at least a portion of the hand held electronic device, and an ODD interface device at least partially enclosed in the housing;
the OBD interface device comprising, coupling circuitry configured to facilitate communications between the hand held electronic device and the OBD interface device, and connection circuitry configured to facilitate communications between the vehicle diagnostic system and the OBD interface device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An adaptor for facilitating circuit communication between an electronic device and a vehicle diagnostic system comprising:
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an enclosure configured to retain at least a portion of the electronic device, and an OBD interface device at least partially housed in the enclosure comprising;
coupling circuitry capable of establishing communications with the electronic device, and connection circuitry capable of establishing communications with a vehicle diagnostic system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A protective enclosure for housing an electronic device comprising:
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a housing for removably receiving the electronic device, a SBC interface device at least partially enclosed in the housing;
the SBC interface device comprising, coupling circuitry configured to facilitate communications between the vehicle diagnostic system and the SaC interface device, and test circuitry configured to test at least one of a vehicle starter/charging system and a battery, wherein the SBC interface device is capable of communicating a result of the test.
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27. A device for retrieving information from a vehicle diagnostic system and for testing a starter/charging system comprising:
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a housing for removably receiving an electronic device, an interface device at least partially enclosed in the housing capable of communicating with the electronic device and configured to at least one of a. facilitate communications with a vehicle diagnostic system, b. perform a test on a starter/charging system of a vehicle, and C. perform a test a battery, a connector for releasably receiving a cable, the cable configured to couple to one of a vehicle diagnostic system and a starter charger system.
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28. A device for retrieving information from a vehicle diagnostic system comprising:
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an electronic device, a housing for removably receiving at least a portion of the electronic device, and an OBD interface device at least partially enclosed in the housing, the OBD interface device comprising, coupling circuitry configured to facilitate communications between the hand held electronic device and the OBD interface device, and connection circuitry configured to facilitate communications between the vehicle diagnostic system and the OBD interface device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An enclosure for a hand held electronic device comprising:
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a protective housing for protecting the electronic device, means for at least partially retaining the hand held electronic device, and means for establishing circuit communication between the hand held electronic device and a vehicle diagnostic system. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of retrieving vehicle diagnostic information comprising:
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placing a hand held electronic device in an enclosure that at least partially retains an interface adaptor, establishing circuit communication between the hand held electronic device and the interface adaptor, establishing circuit communication between the hand held electronic device and a vehicle diagnostic system, generating a communications protocol to communicate with the vehicle diagnostic system, and retrieving vehicle diagnostic information from the vehicle diagnostic system. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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