Vehicle diagnostic equipment providing hands free operation
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1. A voice activated vehicle diagnostic system configured to be used in a vehicle during a test of the vehicle, the system comprising:
- a vehicle interface configured to receive diagnostic information from the vehicle in the form of a data stream;
a vehicle data store configured to store at least a portion of the data stream so as to provide stored information for subsequent analysis;
an operator interface configured to receive voice commands from an operator of the vehicle diagnostic system so as to implement a predefined diagnostic operation within the vehicle diagnostic system;
a voice activation control module; and
a processing system, the processing system being configured to deliver a plurality of different types of test requests to the vehicle, each test request causes a different type of diagnostic information to be sent by the vehicle to the vehicle diagnostic system, a choice of test request being determined in response to an appropriate voice command received by the voice activation control module.
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Abstract
A voice activated vehicle diagnostic system provides for hands free operation of the system. Using such a system it is possible for the diagnostic system to be used safely in a test drive of the vehicle with the operator of the system not required to physically touch the system to implement one or more tests as required.
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1. A voice activated vehicle diagnostic system configured to be used in a vehicle during a test of the vehicle, the system comprising:
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a vehicle interface configured to receive diagnostic information from the vehicle in the form of a data stream; a vehicle data store configured to store at least a portion of the data stream so as to provide stored information for subsequent analysis; an operator interface configured to receive voice commands from an operator of the vehicle diagnostic system so as to implement a predefined diagnostic operation within the vehicle diagnostic system; a voice activation control module; and a processing system, the processing system being configured to deliver a plurality of different types of test requests to the vehicle, each test request causes a different type of diagnostic information to be sent by the vehicle to the vehicle diagnostic system, a choice of test request being determined in response to an appropriate voice command received by the voice activation control module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A vehicle diagnostic process comprising:
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sending, via a diagnostic system arranged for temporary connection to a communication link of a vehicle, a test request to the vehicle in response to a first voice command received at a voice activation control module of the diagnostic system; receiving, at the diagnostic system, diagnostic information from the vehicle in response to the test request;
buffering a portion of the received diagnostic information into a buffer in a first-in-first-out manner; andtransferring, in response to a second voice command received at the voice activation control module, the portion of the received diagnostic information from the buffer to a permanent memory portion of a data store. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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