Method and device for visualizing an automotive repair cycle
First Claim
1. A method for visualizing a repair sequence of a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
- providing and visualizing digitized data of one or more components of the vehicle, said one or more components being represented in a defined visualizable data format;
providing and visualizing said digitized data of the one or more components in an arrangement corresponding to an arrangement in the vehicle;
providing at least one sequence protocol having at least one sequence step of the repair sequence of the motor vehicle, said visualization of the one or more components being moved in the visualization according to the sequence protocol;
providing a selection overview in which at least one sequence step of the repair sequence is provided for a targeted selection and retrieval of the visualization of the selected sequence step;
operating a selection element for the targeted selection and retrieval of the visualization of the selected sequence step; and
providing and visualizing image data of the selected sequence step after operating the selection element to select and retrieve the sequence step.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for providing image data for visualizing a defective component and/or a repair cycle and/or a maintenance cycle of a road-bound motor vehicle, especially a passenger case or a motorbike. In order to reduce translation costs occurring for conventional repair instructions, the following steps are provided: digitalized data from at least two components of the vehicle is provided, especially CAD or vector data or another visual data format, digitalized data from the arrangement of the two components of the vehicle relative to each other is also provided. A first selection element for selecting a first repair cycle from a plurality of repair cycles, data or image data of the first step of the first repair cycle is provided, in addition to subsequent data or image data of the second step of the first repair cycle.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for visualizing a repair sequence of a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
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providing and visualizing digitized data of one or more components of the vehicle, said one or more components being represented in a defined visualizable data format;
providing and visualizing said digitized data of the one or more components in an arrangement corresponding to an arrangement in the vehicle;
providing at least one sequence protocol having at least one sequence step of the repair sequence of the motor vehicle, said visualization of the one or more components being moved in the visualization according to the sequence protocol;
providing a selection overview in which at least one sequence step of the repair sequence is provided for a targeted selection and retrieval of the visualization of the selected sequence step;
operating a selection element for the targeted selection and retrieval of the visualization of the selected sequence step; and
providing and visualizing image data of the selected sequence step after operating the selection element to select and retrieve the sequence step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for visualizing a repair sequence of a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
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a data processing system having a display, said display being coupled in a wireless manner with the data processing system;
a viewing tool operable on the data processing system for controlling a representation of visualized data in the display; and
navigation elements for allowing a user to freely navigate or select a viewing angle of a particular repair sequence representation before, during and/or after the representation of the repair sequence. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer product, comprising:
a computer readable medium having stored thereon program code segments that;
provide and visualize image data of one or more components of a vehicle;
provide and visualize image data of an arrangement of said one or more components of the vehicle;
provide and visualize at least one sequence protocol, including at least one sequence step, for a repair sequence to be performed on the vehicle, wherein the visualized one or more components of the vehicle are moved in the at least one sequence step;
provide and visualize a selection overview of the sequence steps for the repair sequence;
provide and visualize a selection element for selecting for a targeted selection of a visualization of one or more of said sequence steps; and
provide and visualize image data of a selected sequence step after its selection.
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