Mobile communication interface, system having a mobile communication interface, and method for identifying, diagnosing, maintaining, and repairing a vehicle
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Abstract
A method for identifying and diagnosing a vehicle includes: storing customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data of the vehicle in a work data memory device of a mobile communication interface; connecting the mobile communication interface to the vehicle and connecting a first vehicle inspection device at least to the mobile communication interface at a first work station; carrying out a first set of inspections on the vehicle using the first vehicle inspection device and/or the mobile communication interface; carrying out a second set of inspections on the vehicle using a second vehicle inspection device and/or the mobile communication interface on the basis of the first inspection results; and storing the customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data as well as the first and second inspection results of the vehicle into the central customer database.
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16 Claims
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9. A method for identifying and diagnosing a vehicle in a repair shop, comprising:
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downloading customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data of the vehicle from a central customer database into a work data memory device of a mobile communication interface; connecting the mobile communication interface to the vehicle and connecting a first vehicle inspection device at least to the mobile communication interface at a first work station; reading out the customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data from the work data memory device of the mobile communication interface in a control computer of the first vehicle inspection device; carrying out a first set of inspections on the vehicle using at least one of the first vehicle inspection device and the mobile communication interface; storing the first inspection results in the work data memory device of the mobile communication interface by the first vehicle inspection device; disconnecting the first vehicle inspection device from the vehicle; connecting a second vehicle inspection device to the vehicle and reading out the customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data as well as the first inspection results from the work data memory device of the mobile communication interface into the second vehicle inspection device at a second work station; carrying out a second set of inspections of the vehicle using at least one of the second vehicle inspection device and the mobile communication interface connected to the vehicle on the basis of the first inspection results; storing the second inspection results in the work data memory device of the mobile communication interface by the second vehicle inspection device; and reading out the customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data as well as the first and the second inspection results of the vehicle from the work data memory device of the mobile communication interface into the central customer database. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A mobile communication interface for identifying a vehicle and for communicating with electronic control units installed in the vehicle in a repair shop, comprising:
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a connecting device configured to connect the vehicle in the repair shop to the mobile communication interface; a work data memory device configured to store (i) customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data of the vehicle from a central customer database, (ii) at least one of inspection, diagnostic, and maintenance result data from at least one of corresponding inspection, diagnostic, and maintenance steps carried out on the vehicle in the repair shop; and a communication device configured to relay the customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data as well as the at least one of inspection, diagnostic, and maintenance result data to vehicle inspection devices and to exchange information between electronic control units installed in the vehicle and the vehicle inspection devices at different work stations in the repair shop. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A system for identifying and diagnosing a vehicle in a repair shop, comprising:
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a mobile communication interface for identifying the vehicle and for communicating with electronic control units installed in the vehicle in a repair shop, the mobile communication interface including; a connecting device configured to connect the vehicle in the repair shop to the mobile communication interface; a work data memory device configured to store (i) customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data of the vehicle from a central customer database, (ii) at least one of inspection, diagnostic, and maintenance result data from at least one of corresponding inspection, diagnostic, and maintenance steps carried out on the vehicle in the repair shop; and a communication device configured to relay the customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data as well as the at least one of inspection, diagnostic, and maintenance result data to vehicle inspection devices and to exchange information between electronic control units installed in the vehicle and the vehicle inspection devices at different work stations in the repair shop; and multiple vehicle inspection devices each including; a diagnostic server device for establishing communication with the mobile communication interface, and also with electronic control units installed in the vehicle, via the mobile communication interface; an operating and display unit for controlling the vehicle inspection devices and the mobile communication interface; and multiple vehicle inspection modules configured to carry out vehicle-inspection-device specific vehicle inspections of the vehicle on the basis of the at least one of inspection, diagnostic, and maintenance result data.
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