METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSING A MALFUNCTION OF AN AUTOMOBILE
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Abstract
A method for diagnosing a malfunction in an automobile that uses a diagnosis tool and an analysis of data or control instructions provided by a calculation module assembly onboard the vehicle and converting the operation of a set of functional members of the vehicle by dynamically displaying the values of the data or the links to the controls within the display of the diagnosis method. The method includes: developing an enriched display structure of the vehicle operation control; developing a list of control data to be refreshed; recovering the refreshed control data from the respective calculation modules; and developing a final display from the enriched display structure and the refreshed control data; wherein the developing an enriched display structure, the list of data to be refreshed, and the recovering the refreshed data and of developing the final display are carried under control of a supervision module.
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22 Claims
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12. A method of diagnosing a malfunction of an automobile by using a diagnostic tool and by analyzing control data or instructions available from a set of computation modules onboard the vehicle and reflecting operation of a set of functional members of the vehicle, the method comprising:
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generating an enriched display structure for controlling operation of the vehicle describing a sequence of control operations to be performed on the vehicle enriched with control data or instructions; generating a list of control data to be refreshed; dynamically recovering refreshed control data originating from the respective computation modules; and generating a final display from the enriched display structure, the refreshed control data, and direct access to the control instructions, the generating the enriched display structure, the generating the list of data to be refreshed, the dynamically recovering the refreshed data, and the generating the final display being carried out under control of a supervision module. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for diagnosing a malfunction of a vehicle, comprising:
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a first stage that generates an enriched display structure for controlling the operation of the vehicle and generating a list of control data to be refreshed; a second stage that recovers refreshed control data originating from computation modules onboard the vehicle; a third stage that generates a final display from the enriched display structure and from the refreshed control data; and one or more supervision stages that control the first, second, and third stages and actions of a user technician.
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