WIRELESS NETWORK AND METHODOLOGY FOR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE SYSTEMS
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for forming a wireless communications network using a standard communications link between a master controller and at least one slave device. In one example, a list of available slave devices for the network is generated, valid slave devices are determined from the list of available slave devices based on an identification protocol of the standard communications link, and the at least one slave device is selected from the valid slave devices. A network identification is established between the master controller and the at least one slave device, and the network identification is used to establish a network comprising only the master controller and the at least one slave device.
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1-30. -30. (canceled)
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31. A vehicle service system comprising:
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a camera comprising a main processor and a camera subsystem; and at least one slave device, wherein; the camera subsystem comprises a master controller configured for wireless communication with the at least one slave device using a standard communications link, the main processor of the camera and the master controller of the camera subsystem are in communications with each other, the slave device is configured to gather vehicle data and transmit the vehicle data to the master controller via the standard communications link, and the master controller performs a service system host functionality including pre-processing of the vehicle data collected by the at least one slave device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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