GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITH VEHICLE SCANNED FUNCTION

• US 20140277908A1
• Filed: 07/31/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions, Inc. (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Service Solutions US LLC (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Fish, James, Moulton, David Richard, Gray, Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 9,613,469 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/29.6
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/025 concerning dedicated user interfaces, e.g. GUI, or dedicated keyboards G01R31/31912 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• 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 graphical user interface is provided that can be used on a diagnostic tool. The graphical user interface allows a technician to operate various functions of the diagnostic tool including searching for additional information on the Internet, receiving weather information that is relevant to certain diagnostic tests, and displaying in certain formats the retrieved vehicle data and when certain vehicles were last scanned or diagnosed.

Claims

1. A diagnostic tool, comprising:

a processor;

a display in communication with the processor;

a vehicle communication protocol interface operatively coupled to the processor and allows the processor to communicate with a vehicle under test;

a memory in communication with the processor, the memory containing instructions, that when executed by the processor causes the processor to;

generate, on the display, a graphical user interface (GUI) having a plurality of diagnostic functionality, the graphical user interface comprising;

a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of diagnostic functions performable by the diagnostic tool; and

vehicle modules containing information corresponding to a plurality of vehicles, wherein each of the vehicle modules'"'"' brightness level on the GUI is based on when the corresponding vehicle was last scanned by the diagnostic tool.

2. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the vehicle modules are arranged on the GUI based on the brightness level.

3. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein when one of the plurality of icons is pressed, the diagnostic tool performs an automatic identification of the vehicle under test.

4. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein when one of the plurality of icons is pressed, a user is able to enter identifying information of the vehicle under test.

5. The diagnostic tool of claim 4, wherein the identifying information is entered by the user using a virtual keyboard.

6. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the vehicle modules'"'"' information indicate when the corresponding vehicle was last scanned by the diagnostic tool.

7. The diagnostic tool of claim 2, wherein the vehicle modules are arranged so that the brightest vehicle modules are at a corner of the GUI.

8. The diagnostic tool of claim 2, wherein the vehicle modules are arranged so that the brightest vehicle modules are at a right corner of the GUI.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions for causing a processor of a diagnostic tool to execute the method of:

generating, on the display, a graphical user interface (GUI) having a plurality of diagnostic functionality, the graphical user interface comprising;

a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of diagnostic functions performable by the diagnostic tool; and

vehicle modules containing information corresponding to a plurality of vehicles, wherein each of the vehicle modules'"'"' brightness level on the GUI is based on when the corresponding vehicle was last scanned by the diagnostic tool.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 further comprising:

arranging the vehicle modules on the GUI based on the brightness level.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 further comprising:

performing a diagnostic test of the vehicle under test by the diagnostic tool when one of the plurality of icons is pressed.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein

allowing a user to enter identifying information of the vehicle under test when one of the plurality of icons is pressed.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the identifying information is entered by the user using a virtual keyboard.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the vehicle modules'"'"' information indicate when the corresponding vehicle was last scanned by the diagnostic tool.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the vehicle modules are arranged so that the brightest vehicle modules are at a corner of the GUI.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the vehicle modules are arranged so that the brightest vehicle modules are at a right corner of the GUI.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the vehicle modules are arranged so that the brightest vehicle modules are at a right corner of the GUI.

17. A computer-implemented method for displaying when a vehicle under test was last scanned by a diagnostic tool, the method comprising:

generating, on the display, a graphical user interface (GUI) having a plurality of diagnostic functionality, the graphical user interface comprising;

a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of diagnostic functions performable by the diagnostic tool; and

vehicle modules containing information corresponding to a plurality of vehicles, wherein each of the vehicle modules'"'"' brightness level on the GUI is based on when the corresponding vehicle was last scanned by the diagnostic tool.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 further comprising:

arranging the vehicle modules on the GUI based on the brightness level.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, further comprising:

performing a diagnostic test of the vehicle under test by the diagnostic tool when one of the plurality of icons is pressed.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein the vehicle modules are arranged so that the brightest vehicle modules are at a corner of the GUI.