AUTOMOTIVE TROUBLESHOOTING INSTRUCTOR

• US 20130196294A1
• Filed: 01/28/2012
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ganapathy Lakshmanaperumal
• Original Assignee: Ganapathy Lakshmanaperumal
• Inventors: LAKSHMANAPERUMAL, GANAPATHY
• Application Number:
  US13/360,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20130196294A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/219
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied

Abstract

A system that provides the automobile user with repair instructions. This is done to help anybody to get step by step repair instructions to do simple fixes themselves. The system can be an electronic device in the vehicle. The system has a library of repair instruction modules which the user can choose from. The system can give text, audio, pictures and video instructions. This system basically helps the end user, by providing instructions to repair the automobile themselves and avoids the need to locate the car manual or to locate a car repair shop for simple do it yourself fixes.

Claims

1. A information system, including:

a controller device handling user inputs and displaying audio, text, picture, video to the user;

a display to output text, picture, video;

a speaker to output sound; and

an inbuilt database which contains automotive repair instructions.

2. The system of claim 1, in which said database is initially loaded with repair instructions at the automotive OEM

3. A method of informing the driver with repair instructions including the steps of:

providing an automotive repair instruction system comprising;

a controller device, a display, a speaker, and database;

wherein said controller device provides user with the choice of the available repair instruction modules;

selecting the repair instruction data from the said database;

displaying the repair instructions one by one.