Trouble checking apparatus

• US 5,418,719 A
• Filed: 02/03/1993
• Issued: 05/23/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Abe, Takahiro, Fukawa, Kazuyoshi, Kamimura, Masaaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Gary
• Application Number:
  US08/012,831
• Time in Patent Office: 839 Days
• Field of Search: 364/424.02, 364/424.03, 364/431.01, 364/550, 364/551.01, 340/438, 340/439, 73/117.2, 73/117.3
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/007 using microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2257 using expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/32 with visual or acoustical indication of the functioning of the machine

Abstract

A trouble checking apparatus for checking a trouble in a circuit or system. Data related to operating conditions of the circuit are inputted. A defective condition is checked for each of different regions of the circuit to provide a check result based upon the inputted data. The region is displayed in a graphic manner. The manners in which the circuit is presented at different regions of the circuit are controlled based upon the check results made for the respective regions.

Claims

1. A trouble checking apparatus for checking a trouble in a system, comprising:

input means for inputting data related to operating conditions of the system to be checked;

checking means for checking a defective condition for each of different regions of the system to detect and identify for each of said regions a respective one of a plurality of levels, each of said plurality of levels respectively corresponding to a predetermined degree of likelihood of the trouble causing the defective condition based upon the inputted data;

display means for providing a graphic presentation of the system; and

control means for controlling the display means to display each of the regions in one representation of a plurality of different representations respectively corresponding to said plurality of levels, said one representation corresponding to the detected one of said plurality of levels respectively identified with said each of the regions.

2. The trouble checking apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display means includes means for presenting a circuit diagram for the system.

3. The trouble checking apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display means includes means for presenting a part layout for the system.

4. The trouble checking apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control means includes means for representing each of the regions in one of a plurality of different colors corresponding to the respective one of the plurality of levels detected and identified therewith.

5. The trouble checking apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control means includes means for representing each of the regions in one of a plurality of different oblique line presentations corresponding to the respective one of the plurality of levels detected and identified therewith.

6. The trouble checking apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control means includes means for representing each of the regions in one of a plurality of different shade presentations corresponding to the respective one of the plurality of levels detected and identified therewith.

7. The trouble checking apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control means includes means for representing each of the regions with characters corresponding to the respective one of the plurality of levels detected and identified therewith.

8. A trouble checking apparatus for checking a trouble in a system, comprising:

input means for inputting data related to operating conditions of the system to be checked;

checking means for checking a defective condition for each of different regions of the system to provide a result based upon the inputted data;

display means for providing a graphic presentation of the system; and

control means for providing different representations for each of the regions of the presented system based upon the result, wherein the control means includes means for providing different presentations for each of the regions of the system according to a plurality of levels each corresponding to a degree of possibility of the trouble causing the defective condition at the system.