Method and System for Annotating Graphs of Vehicle Data

• US 20200134934A1
• Filed: 10/26/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
• Inventors: Covington, Joshua C., Merg, Patrick S., Foreman, Jacob G.
• Granted Patent: US 11,328,538 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/002 Analysing tachograph charts arrangements for graph-reading in general G06K11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0825 using optical means
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

An example method includes receiving, at a computing system, a first user input from a user interface during operation of a vehicle and responsive to receiving the first user input, determining a time of reception for the first user input. The method further includes receiving a first set of parameters from the vehicle that correspond to a first parameter identifier (PID). The method also includes determining a time of reception for each parameter, and based on the time of reception for the first user input and the time of reception for each parameter of the first set of parameters, determining a first temporal position for an indicator configured to represent the first user input on a graph of the parameters corresponding to the first PID. The method further includes displaying, on a display interface, the graph of the parameters corresponding to the first PID with the indicator in the first temporal position.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computing system from a first source operatively connected to the computing system, a first input captured by the first source during operation of a vehicle, wherein the first input corresponds to a particular system of the vehicle;

responsive to receiving the first input, determining a first time range for the first input;

receiving, at the computing system from a second source operatively connected to the computing system, a second input captured by the second source during operation of the vehicle, wherein the second input corresponds to the particular system of the vehicle, and wherein the second source differs from the first source;

responsive to receiving the second input, determining a second time range for the second input;

receiving, at the computing system, a first set of parameters from the vehicle, wherein the first set of parameters correspond to a first parameter identifier (PID) associated with operation of the particular system of the vehicle during a third time range, and wherein the third time range comprises the first time range and the second time range;

determining a graph representing the first set of parameters corresponding to the first PID associated with operation of the particular system of the vehicle during the third time range and a set of indicators, wherein the set of indicators includes a first indicator that represents at least a portion of the first time range of the first input and a second indicator that represents at least a portion of the second time range of the second input; and

displaying, by the computing system on a display interface, the graph representing the first set of parameters corresponding to the first PID with the set of indicators.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first input captured by the first source during operation of the vehicle includes receiving an indication of the particular system of the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

responsive to receiving the first input, transmitting, by the computing system, a signal to the second source to trigger capture of the second input, wherein the signal includes the indication of the particular system of the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving the second input captured by the second source includes receiving the indication of the particular system of the vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first set of parameters from the vehicle comprises:

receiving the first set of parameters from the vehicle during operation of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second source captures the second input in response to the first source capturing the first input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first source is a temperature sensor;

and wherein the second source is a thermal camera.

8. A system comprising:

a display interface;

a computing device configured to;

receive, from a first source operatively connected to the computing device, a first input captured by the first source during operation of a vehicle, wherein the first input corresponds to a particular system of the vehicle;

responsive to receiving the first input, determine a first time range for the first input;

receive, from a second source operatively connected to the computing device, a second input captured by the second source during operation of the vehicle, wherein the second input corresponds to the particular system of the vehicle, and wherein the second source differs from the first source;

responsive to receiving the second input, determine a second time range for the second input;

receive a first set of parameters from the vehicle, wherein the first set of parameters correspond to a first parameter identifier (PID) associated with operation of the particular system of the vehicle during a third time range, and wherein the third time range comprises the first time range and the second time range;

determine a graph representing the first set of parameters corresponding to the first PID associated with operation of the particular system of the vehicle during the third time range and a set of indicators, wherein the set of indicators includes a first indicator that represents at least a portion of the first time range of the first input and a second indicator that represents at least a portion of the second time range of the second input; and

display, on the display interface, the graph of the first set of parameters corresponding to the first PID with the first indicator and the second indicator.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein receiving the first input captured by the first source during operation of the vehicle includes receiving an indication of the particular system of the vehicle.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the computing device is further configured to:

transmit a signal to the second source to trigger capture of the second input based on receiving the first input, wherein the signal includes the indication of the particular system of the vehicle.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein receiving the second input captured by the second source includes receiving the indication of the particular system of the vehicle.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the second source captures the second input in response to the first source capturing the first input.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the first source is a microphone system, and wherein the second source is a portable camera.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the first source is a user interface;

and wherein the second source is a vehicle sensor.

15. 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:

receiving, from a first source, a first input captured by the first source during operation of a vehicle, wherein the first input corresponds to a particular system of the vehicle;

responsive to receiving the first input, determining a first time range for the first input;

receiving, from a second source, a second input captured by the second source during operation of the vehicle, wherein the second input corresponds to the particular system of the vehicle, and wherein the second source differs from the first source;

responsive to receiving the second input, determining a second time range for the second input;

receiving a first set of parameters from the vehicle, wherein the first set of parameters correspond to a first parameter identifier (PID) associated with operation of the particular system of the vehicle during a third time range, and wherein the third time range comprises the first time range and the second time range;

determining a graph representing the first set of parameters corresponding to the first PID associated with operation of the particular system of the vehicle during the third time range and a set of indicators, wherein the set of indicators includes a first indicator that represents at least a portion of the first time range of the first input and a second indicator that represents at least a portion of the second time range of the second input; and

displaying, on a display interface, the graph of the first set of parameters corresponding to the first PID with the first indicator and the second indicator.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein receiving the first input captured by the first source during operation of the vehicle includes receiving an indication of the particular system of the vehicle.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the functions further comprise:

responsive to receiving the first input, transmitting a signal to the second source to trigger capture of the second input, wherein the signal includes the indication of the particular system of the vehicle.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein receiving the second input captured by the second source includes receiving the indication of the particular system of the vehicle.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the functions further comprise:

receiving a selection of the first indicator; and

based on receiving the selection of the first indicator, displaying a representation of the first input on the display interface, wherein the representation of the first input includes an indication of the first source.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the functions further comprise:

receiving a second selection of the second indicator; and

based on receiving the second selection of the second indicator, displaying a second representation of the second input on the display interface, wherein the second representation of the second input includes a second indication of the second source, and wherein the second representation of the second input is displayed simultaneously with the representation of the first input.