Method and system for displaying PIDs based on a PID filter list

• US 20180047222A1
• Filed: 08/12/2016
• Published: 02/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
• Inventors: Lewis, Bradley R., Merg, Patrick S., Brozovich, Roy S., Foreman, Jacob G., Covington, Joshua C., Kelley, Brett A., Miskovic, Steven E.
• Granted Patent: US 10,269,191 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

An example method includes determining identifying information for a vehicle to be serviced. The method further includes receiving at least one symptom identifier for the vehicle. The method further includes sending a request over a communication network to a remote server for a PID filter list for the vehicle, the request comprising the identifying information for the vehicle and the at least one symptom identifier for the vehicle. The method additionally includes receiving a response to the request over the communication network from the remote server, the response comprising the PID filter list for the vehicle. The method further includes determining, based on the PID filter list for the vehicle, a symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle from a set of available PIDs. The method additionally includes displaying, on a display interface, the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a display device, identifying information for a vehicle to be serviced;

receiving, at the display device, at least one symptom identifier for the vehicle;

sending, by the display device, a request over a communication network to a remote server for a PID filter list for the vehicle, the request comprising the identifying information for the vehicle and the at least one symptom identifier for the vehicle;

receiving, at the display device, a response to the request over the communication network from the remote server, the response comprising the PID filter list for the vehicle;

determining, by the display device based on the PID filter list for the vehicle, a symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle from a set of available PIDs; and

displaying, by the display device on a display interface, the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one symptom identifier comprises at least one diagnostic test code (DTC).

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving, at the display device from the vehicle, the at least one DTC.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying information for the vehicle indicates a year, a make, a model, and an engine.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the display device from the vehicle, corresponding values for the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle;

receiving, at the display device, input data indicating a selection of the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle; and

in response to receiving the input data, displaying, by the display device on the display interface, the corresponding values for the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising initiating, by the display device, a request to the vehicle for the corresponding values for the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle in response to receiving the input data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the PID filter list comprises index values into an ordered list of PIDs, wherein the ordered list of PIDs is stored on the display device, the method further comprising:

determining the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle by selecting PIDs that correspond to the index values from the ordered list of PIDs stored on the display device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the request further comprises baseline ranges for one or more PIDs in the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle, the method further comprising displaying, by the display device on the display interface, the baseline ranges for the one or more PIDs.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the request further comprises baseline ranges for one or more PIDs in the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle, the method further comprising:

receiving, at the display device, corresponding values for the one or more PIDs from the vehicle;

determining, by the display device, that a corresponding value for a given PID is outside of the baseline range for the given PID; and

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, an indication that the corresponding value for the given PID is outside of the baseline range for the given PID.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the request further comprises baseline ranges for one or more PIDs in the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle, and wherein the response to the request further comprises a vehicle operating state for which the baseline ranges for the one or more PIDs were generated, the method further comprising displaying, by the display device on the display interface, an indication of the vehicle operating state.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the request further comprises baseline ranges for one or more PIDs in the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle, the method further comprising:

determining, by the display device, that a baseline range is unavailable for a particular PID in the subset of PIDs;

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, a query for the baseline range for the particular PID;

receiving, at the display device, input data indicating the baseline range for the particular PID in response to the query; and

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, the baseline range for the particular PID indicated by the input data.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the request further comprises a plurality of baseline ranges corresponding to a plurality of vehicle operating states for a given PID in the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle, the method further comprising:

determining, by the display device, a current operating state of the vehicle;

selecting, by the display device, a baseline range for the given PID from the plurality baseline ranges such that the selected baseline range corresponds to the current operating state of the vehicle; and

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, the selected baseline range for the given PID.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining, by the display device, that the current operating state of the vehicle has changed to a different operating state of the plurality of vehicle operating states;

selecting, by the display device, a different baseline range for the given PID from the plurality of baseline ranges such that the selected different baseline range corresponds to the different operating state; and

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, the selected different baseline range for the given PID.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of vehicle operating states correspond to a plurality of different geographic locations of the vehicle.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the request further comprises a plurality of baseline ranges corresponding to a plurality of vehicle operating states for a given PID in the subset of PIDs, the method further comprising:

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, an indication of the plurality of vehicle operating states;

receiving, at the display device, input data indicating a selection of a particular vehicle operating state from the plurality of vehicle operating states;

selecting, by the display device, a baseline range for the given PID from the plurality baseline ranges such that the selected baseline range corresponds to the selected particular vehicle operating state; and

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, the selected baseline range for the given PID.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the request further comprises a functional test filter list for the vehicle, the method further comprising:

determining, by the display device based on the functional test filter list for the vehicle, a symptom-based subset of functional tests for the vehicle from a set of available functional tests; and

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, the symptom-based subset of functional tests for the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving, at the display device, input data indicating a selection of a particular functional test from the symptom-based subset of functional tests for the vehicle; and

transmitting instructions, by the display device to the vehicle, to perform the selected particular functional test on the vehicle.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the response to the request further comprises a component test filter list, the method further comprising:

determining, by the display device based on the component test filter list, a symptom-based subset of component tests for the vehicle from a set of available component tests; and

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, the symptom-based subset of component tests for the vehicle.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving, at the display device, input data indicating a selection of a particular component test from the symptom-based subset of component tests for the vehicle; and

providing instructions, by the display device to an oscilloscope or a multimeter, to perform the selected particular component test on the vehicle.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the display device, a second request over the communication network to the remote database, the second request comprising the identifying information and the at least one symptom identifier;

determining, by the display device, that the display device is in a partially degraded state, the partially degraded state comprising (1) a requested PID filter list being unavailable from the remote database and (2) a default PID filter list being available from a memory storage on the display device;

in response to determining that the display device is in the partially degraded state;

determining, by the display device based on the default PID filter list, a default subset of PIDs from the set of available PIDs; and

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, the default subset of PIDs from the set of available PIDs.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

sending, by the display device, a third request over the communication network to the remote database, the third request comprising the identifying information and the at least one symptom identifier;

determining, by the display device, that the display device is in a fully degraded state, the fully degraded state comprising (1) the requested PID filter list being unavailable from the remote database and (2) the default PID filter list being unavailable from the memory storage on the display device;

in response to determining that the display device is in the fully degraded state;

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, the set of available PIDs;

receiving, by the display device, input data indicating a selection of certain PIDs from the set of available PIDs; and

displaying, by the display device on the display interface, corresponding values for the selected certain PIDs.

22. A display device, comprising:

a display interface;

one or more processors;

a non-transitory computer readable medium; and

program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by the one or more processors to;

determine identifying information for a vehicle to be serviced;

receive at least one symptom identifier for the vehicle;

send a request over a communication network to a remote server for a PID filter list for the vehicle, the request comprising the identifying information for the vehicle and the at least one symptom identifier for the vehicle;

receive a response to the request over the communication network from the remote server, the response comprising the PID filter list;

determine, based on the PID filter list for the vehicle, a symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle from a set of available PIDs; and

display, on the display interface, the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle.

23. The display device of claim 22, wherein the program instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to:

determine that the PID filter list for the vehicle is unavailable from the remote server;

identify a default PID filter list stored on the display device;

determine, based on the default PID filter list, a default subset of PIDs from the set of available PIDs; and

display, on the display interface, the default subset of PIDs from the set of available PIDs.

24. The display device of claim 22, wherein the program instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to:

determine that the PID filter list for the vehicle is unavailable from the remote server;

determine that the display device lacks a default PID filter list;

in response to determining that the PID filter list for the vehicle is unavailable from the remote server and that the display device lacks the default PID filter list, display, on the display interface, the set of available PIDs;

receive input data indicating a selection of certain PIDs from the set of available PIDs; and

display, on the display interface, corresponding values for the selected certain PIDs.

25. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a computing system to perform functions comprising:

determining identifying information for a vehicle to be serviced;

receiving at least one symptom identifier for the vehicle;

sending a request over a communication network to a remote server for a PID filter list for the vehicle, the request comprising the identifying information for the vehicle and the at least one symptom identifier for the vehicle;

receiving a response to the request over the communication network from the remote server, the response comprising the PID filter list for the vehicle;

determining, based on the PID filter list for the vehicle, a symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle from a set of available PIDs; and

displaying, on the display interface, the symptom-based subset of PIDs for the vehicle.