OBD II-compliant diagnostic PC tablet and method of use
First Claim
1. A diagnostic method comprising:
- receiving in a hand held device sensed diagnostic data from a vehicle system, the diagnostic data being representative of a vehicle system status;
processing the diagnostic data to obtain diagnostic information correlated to the vehicle system status;
referencing the diagnostic information with at least one remote database to produce a diagnostic summary, the diagnostic summary including at least one information result being correlated to the diagnostic information;
displaying the diagnostic summary for review in the hand held device;
selecting at least one information result of the diagnostic summary;
downloading the selected information result(s) to the hand held device; and
displaying the selected information result(s) for review in the hand held device.
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Abstract
An OBD II-compliant diagnostic PC tablet and method are provided. The tablet enables the simultaneous display of diagnostic data from multiple systems. Further, the tablet enables retrieval of potential solutions in response to the diagnostic data. The tablet may be used to retrieve the diagnostic data from a given vehicle system. The tablet features a display screen, an input node, and a processor. The tablet may communicate with one or more remote databases obtaining diagnostic summaries therefrom. Thus, the computer receives the diagnostic data vehicle system, derives diagnostic information therefrom, and can use external databases to derive potential diagnostic solutions therefrom.
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29 Claims
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1. A diagnostic method comprising:
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receiving in a hand held device sensed diagnostic data from a vehicle system, the diagnostic data being representative of a vehicle system status; processing the diagnostic data to obtain diagnostic information correlated to the vehicle system status; referencing the diagnostic information with at least one remote database to produce a diagnostic summary, the diagnostic summary including at least one information result being correlated to the diagnostic information; displaying the diagnostic summary for review in the hand held device; selecting at least one information result of the diagnostic summary; downloading the selected information result(s) to the hand held device; and displaying the selected information result(s) for review in the hand held device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A diagnostic PC tablet for accessing and displaying diagnostic data and at least one selected information result correlated to the diagnostic data, the diagnostic data being representative of a vehicle system status, the tablet comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display screen; a remote communications interface being in electrical communication with the vehicle system to receive diagnostic data therefrom; a processor in electrical communication with the remote communications interface and the display screen, the computer being configured to process the diagnostic data to obtain diagnostic information correlated to the system status; wherein the remote communications interface is further configured to establish a communications link between the processor and an external database for transmitting the diagnostic information to the external database, the external database providing a diagnostic summary associated with the diagnostic information, the diagnostic summary including at least one information result being correlated to the diagnostic information; and wherein the processor is configured to receive the diagnostic summary and to transmit the diagnostic summary to the display screen for user review, the touch-sensitive screen being configured to enable user selection of an information result displayed in the diagnostic summary, the processor being configured to download the selected information result in response to the user selection via the communications link. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of diagnosing vehicle conditions comprising:
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linking a handheld device to a vehicle system; receiving in the handheld device diagnostic data from the vehicle system, the diagnostic data being representative of a vehicle system status; displaying the vehicle diagnostic data on the handheld device; linking the handheld device to a plurality of diagnostic resource databases; receiving at the handheld device diagnostic information from the plurality of diagnostic resource databases; and displaying in the handheld device the diagnostic information received from plurality of diagnostic resource databases to facilitate a comparison between the diagnostic data and diagnostic information for determining a vehicle condition. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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