Diagnostic Tool with a Plurality of Operating Systems

• US 20140277922A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• 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 Company Solutions, LLC
• Inventors: Chinnadurai, Manokar, Selkirk, Reed
• Granted Patent: US 9,202,319 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 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005

Abstract

A diagnostic tool may include a user interface operating system comprising a computer processor that operates in a first operating environment. The diagnostic tool may also include a vehicle diagnostic operating system comprising a computer processor that operates in a second operating environment, wherein the second operating environment is different from the first operating environment.

Claims

1. A diagnostic tool, comprising:

a user interface operating system comprising a computer processor that operates in a first operating environment; and

a vehicle diagnostic operating system comprising a computer processor that operates in a second operating environment, wherein the second operating environment is different from the first operating environment.

2. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the first operating environment is the same operating environment as an external device coupled to the diagnostic tool.

3. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the first operating environment includes at least one of the following operating environments:

iOS, Android, Window 8, Window RT or Blackberry 10.

4. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the second operating environment includes at least one of the following operating environments:

Linux, Unix, QNX, or VxWorks.

5. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the user interface operating system comprises a graphical user interface operating in the first operating environment.

6. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the user interface operating system further comprises a vehicle diagnostic database.

7. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the vehicle diagnostic operating system comprises a data manager coupled to the user interface operating system.

8. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the vehicle diagnostic operating system further comprises a database coordinator for managing a database of the user interface operating system.

9. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the vehicle diagnostic operating system further comprises a protocol data unit (PDU) server for processing data received from the user interface operating system.

10. The diagnostic tool of claim 9, wherein the protocol data unit (PDU) server is configured to add additional information to the data received from the user interface operating system.

11. The diagnostic tool of claim 9, wherein the protocol data unit (PDU) server is configured to convert the data received from the user interface operation system from a first protocol to a second protocol.

12. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the vehicle diagnostic operating system further comprises host drivers.

13. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein vehicle diagnostic operating system further comprises firmware.

14. A diagnostic tool comprising:

a user interface operating system comprising a computer processor that operates in a first operating environment, wherein the first operating environment is the same operating environment as an operating environment of an external device coupled to the diagnostic tool; and

a vehicle diagnostic operating system comprising a computer processor that operates in a second operating environment, wherein the second operating environment is different from the first operating environment.

16. The diagnostic tool of claim 15, wherein the first operating environment includes at least one of the following operating environments:

iOS, Android, Window 8, Window RT or Blackberry 10.

17. The diagnostic tool of claim 15, wherein the second operating environment includes at least one of the following operating environments:

Linux, Unix, QNX, or VxWorks.

18. The diagnostic tool of claim 15, wherein the user interface operating system comprises a graphical user interface operating in the first operating environment.

19. The diagnostic tool of claim 15, wherein the vehicle diagnostic operating system further comprises a protocol data unit (PDU) server for processing data received from the user interface operating system.

20. The diagnostic tool of claim 19, wherein the protocol data unit (PDU) server is configured to convert the data received from the user interface operation system from a first protocol to a second protocol.