USER CONFIGURABLE SCAN TOOL

• US 20130041553A1
• Filed: 08/09/2012
• Published: 02/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions LLC (SPX Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Service Solutions US LLC
• Inventors: NAMAKY, Hamid, BERTOSA, Thomas, GESSNER, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,589,022 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33.2
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A diagnostic tool for a vehicle, includes a signal translator communicating with the vehicle in at least one protocol, an input device for inputting information, a processor controlling a software according to the input information from the input device and communication with the vehicle from the signal translator, the processor controlling a reception of diagnostic data of the vehicle through the signal translator, the processor receiving a selected information of a user and configuration of the diagnostic tool through the input device and correlating the configuration information with the user information, the processor processing the received diagnostic data according to the selected configuration information corresponding to the selected user by the input unit, a memory storing the configuration information according to the corresponding user information, and a display unit receiving and displaying diagnostic information according to the selected stored configuration information according to the user.

Claims

1. A vehicle diagnostic tool comprising:

an interface that interfaces with a vehicle;

an input device that receives inputs;

a processor that interfaces the vehicle with the interface, the processor being configured to receive user identification information and associate user desired configuration information with the user identification information, and the processor configured to process diagnostic data according to the user desired configuration information;

a display that displays data; and

a memory that stores the user desired configuration information according to the corresponding user identification information.

2. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the user identification information is a user login.

3. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the user desired configuration information includes configuration for settings of the diagnostic tool.

4. The diagnostic tool of claim 3, wherein the settings include at least one of the following brightness, volume, units, language and soft keys.

5. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the user desired configuration information includes a selection of vehicle computer systems to read diagnostic trouble codes.

6. The diagnostic tool of claim 5, wherein the user desired configuration information includes a certain order of the vehicle computer systems to read diagnostic trouble codes.

7. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the user identification information is

a group of users.

8. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the user desired configuration information includes programming information for a programmable key.

9. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the user identification information is selected from a list of users.

10. A vehicle diagnostic tool comprising:

means for interfacing with a vehicle;

means for inputting that receives inputs;

means for processing that interfaces with the vehicle with the means for interfacing, the means for processing receives user identification information and associates user desired configuration information with the user identification information, and the means for processing processes received diagnostic data according to the desired configuration information;

means for displaying data; and

means for storing the user desired configuration information according to the corresponding user information.

11. The diagnostic tool of claim 10, wherein the user identification information is a user login.

12. The diagnostic tool of claim 10, wherein the user desired configuration information includes configuration for settings of the diagnostic tool.

13. The diagnostic tool of claim 12, wherein the settings include at least one of the following brightness, volume, units, language and soft keys.

14. The diagnostic tool of claim 10, wherein the user desired configuration information includes a selection of vehicle computer systems to read diagnostic trouble codes.

15. The diagnostic tool of claim 10, wherein the user desired configuration information includes a certain order of the vehicle computer systems to read diagnostic trouble codes.

16. The diagnostic tool of claim 10, wherein the user identification information is a group of users.

17. The diagnostic tool of claim 10, wherein the user desired configuration information includes programming information for a programmable key.

18. A method of operating a diagnostic tool for a vehicle, comprising:

receiving user identifying information through a user interface;

associating previously stored user configuration information with the user identifying information via a processor;

configuring the diagnostic tool according to the correlated user configuration information with the processor;

receiving diagnostic data from the vehicle; and

processing received diagnostic data according to user configuration information.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising reading diagnostic trouble codes stored in the vehicle according to the correlated user configuration information with the processor.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the correlated user configuration information includes at least one of the following brightness, volume, units, language and soft keys.