Automotive scan tool with enhanced audio, video and voice recognition functionality
First Claim
1. A diagnostic tool for diagnosing a vehicle, comprising:
- an audio input interface configured to receive a verbal instruction to perform a function on the diagnostic tool;
a connector interface configured to allow the diagnostic tool to communicate with the vehicle;
a signal translator configured to condition data received through the connector interface by converting the data from an input format to a predetermined format; and
a processor configured to process the conditioned data in the predetermined format and provide information to a user in a voice simulated format.
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Abstract
A diagnostic tool for a vehicle, includes a signal translator communicating with the vehicle in at least one protocol, an input unit for inputting information, a processor controlling a software according to the input information from the input unit and communication with the vehicle from the signal translator, the processor controlling a reception of diagnostic data of the vehicle through the signal translator, an input and output unit receiving and transmitting audio and video signals controlled by the processor, a memory storing a software controlled by the processor, the memory storing audio and video information, and transferring the audio and video information through the input and output unit; and a display unit displaying information according to the received and processed audio and video signals stored in the memory.
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20 Claims
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1. A diagnostic tool for diagnosing a vehicle, comprising:
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an audio input interface configured to receive a verbal instruction to perform a function on the diagnostic tool; a connector interface configured to allow the diagnostic tool to communicate with the vehicle; a signal translator configured to condition data received through the connector interface by converting the data from an input format to a predetermined format; and a processor configured to process the conditioned data in the predetermined format and provide information to a user in a voice simulated format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A diagnostic tool for diagnosing a vehicle, comprising:
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means for receiving a verbal instruction to perform a function on the diagnostic tool; means for interfacing the diagnostic tool with the vehicle; means for conditioning data received through the means for interfacing by converting the data from an input format to a predetermined format; and means for processing the conditioned data in the predetermined format and provide information to a user in a voice simulated format. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of diagnosing a vehicle, comprising:
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receiving a verbal instruction from a user through an audio input interface of a diagnostic tool to perform a diagnostic task on the vehicle; transmitting through a connector interface of the diagnostic tool an instruction from the diagnostic tool to the vehicle to execute the diagnostic task; receiving data resulting from the diagnostic task from the vehicle in an input format; conditioning the data received from the vehicle with a signal translator of the diagnostic tool by converting the data from the input format to a predetermined format; processing with a processor the conditioned data in the predetermined foul at; and outputting diagnostic information to the user in a voice simulated format. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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