REPAIR DIAGNOSTICS BASED ON REPLACEMENT PARTS INVENTORY
First Claim
1. A diagnostic system for diagnosing a vehicle, comprising:
- a first memory storing in a database, dynamic sales of components of the vehicle;
a signal translator that communicates with the vehicle in at least one protocol;
an input device that inputs information;
a processor that controls a software according to the input information from the input device and communicates with the vehicle with the signal translator;
a second memory stores the software controlled by the processor, the second memory stores information transferred from the first memory including the dynamic sales data, the processor ranking a failure mode of the vehicle according to the sales data of the components of the vehicle, executing a diagnostic routine on the vehicle based on the rank order of the component; and
a display unit that receives and displays diagnostic information according to ranked failure mode.
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Abstract
A diagnostic system for diagnosing a vehicle, includes a first memory storing in a database, dynamic sales of components of the vehicle, a signal translator that communicates with the vehicle in at least one protocol, an input device that inputs information, a processor that controls a software according to the input information from the input device and communicates with the vehicle with the signal translator, a second memory stores the software controlled by the processor, the second memory stores information transferred from the first memory including the dynamic sales data, the processor ranking a failure mode of the vehicle according to the sales data of the components of the vehicle, executing a diagnostic routine on the vehicle based on the rank order of the component, and a display unit that receives and displays diagnostic information according to ranked failure mode.
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21 Claims
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1. A diagnostic system for diagnosing a vehicle, comprising:
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a first memory storing in a database, dynamic sales of components of the vehicle; a signal translator that communicates with the vehicle in at least one protocol; an input device that inputs information; a processor that controls a software according to the input information from the input device and communicates with the vehicle with the signal translator; a second memory stores the software controlled by the processor, the second memory stores information transferred from the first memory including the dynamic sales data, the processor ranking a failure mode of the vehicle according to the sales data of the components of the vehicle, executing a diagnostic routine on the vehicle based on the rank order of the component; and a display unit that receives and displays diagnostic information according to ranked failure mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a diagnostic tool for a vehicle, comprising:
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linking the diagnostic tool with a diagnostic computer of the vehicle through a data link connector of the vehicle; communicating with the diagnostic computer of the vehicle in a communication protocol; monitoring external data related to a replacement part of the vehicle; determining a high failure mode based on the external data; ranking the failure mode according to the probablility of the failure mode; determining whether the failure mode with the highest rank is the cause of a symptom in the vehicle; and determining the whether the failure mode with the next highest rank is the cause of the symptom in the vehicle when the highest ranked failure mode is not the cause of the symptom. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A diagnostic system for diagnosing a vehicle, comprising:
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a first memory means for storing in a database, external data of the components of the vehicle; a signal translator means for communicating with the vehicle in at least one protocol; an input means for inputting information from the first memory means and an external source; a processor means that controls a software according to the input information from the input means and communicates with the vehicle with the signal translator means; a second memory means storing the software controlled by the processor means, the second memory means stores information transferred from the first memory means including the external data, the processor ranking a failure mode of the vehicle according to the external data of the components of the vehicle, executing a diagnostic routine on the vehicle based on the rank order of the component; and a display unit that receives and displays diagnostic information according to ranked failure mode. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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