Vehicle-specific diagnostic reset device and method
First Claim
1. A vehicle diagnostic device for deriving and displaying vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures, the device comprising:
- an image capturing device for capturing an optical image of vehicle data;
an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device for converting the captured image into a first data signal representative of the captured image;
a vehicle decoder module in communication with the optical character recognition module for receiving and converting the first data signal into vehicle identifying information;
the vehicle decoder module further being in communication with a reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle identifying information to the reset procedure database for accessing diagnostic reset procedures associated with the vehicle identifying information; and
a display module in communication with the reset procedure database for displaying the diagnostic reset procedures accessed from the reset procedure database.
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Abstract
There is provided a device, system, and method for generating vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures using a data signal representative of vehicle identifying information. Diagnostic reset procedures corresponding to a vehicle are generated in response to converting vehicle identifying information into a data signal representative of the vehicle'"'"'s VIN or license plate number, and matching the data signal with corresponding diagnostic reset procedures stored in a diagnostic reset procedure database. The vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures may be displayed on a mobile communication device, such as a smart phone, for instructing the user to manually perform the corresponding diagnostic reset procedures. Alternatively, the corresponding diagnostic reset procedures may be communicated directly to the vehicle'"'"'s electronic control unit for electronically implementing the corresponding diagnostic reset procedures.
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21 Claims
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1. A vehicle diagnostic device for deriving and displaying vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures, the device comprising:
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an image capturing device for capturing an optical image of vehicle data; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device for converting the captured image into a first data signal representative of the captured image; a vehicle decoder module in communication with the optical character recognition module for receiving and converting the first data signal into vehicle identifying information; the vehicle decoder module further being in communication with a reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle identifying information to the reset procedure database for accessing diagnostic reset procedures associated with the vehicle identifying information; and a display module in communication with the reset procedure database for displaying the diagnostic reset procedures accessed from the reset procedure database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A vehicle diagnostic device for deriving and communicating vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures to a vehicle diagnostic port in communication with a vehicle'"'"'s electronic control unit, the device comprising:
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an image capturing device for capturing an optical image of vehicle data; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device for converting the captured image into a first data signal; a vehicle decoder module in communication with the optical character recognition module for converting the first data signal into vehicle identifying information; the vehicle decoder module being in communication with a reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle identifying information to the reset procedure database for accessing a diagnostic reset procedure associated with the vehicle'"'"'s vehicle identification number; and a local wireless communication circuit in communication with the reset procedure database for receiving the reset procedure and communicating the reset procedure to a vehicle diagnostic port. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A system for deriving and displaying vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures on a vehicle diagnostic device, the system comprising:
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an image capturing device configured to capture an optical image of vehicle data; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device for converting the captured image into a first data signal representative of the captured image; a vehicle decoder module in communication with the optical character recognition module for converting the first data signal into vehicle identifying information; a reset procedure database in communication with the vehicle decoder module for receiving the vehicle identifying information, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures, and is operative to access a diagnostic reset procedure associated with the vehicle identifying information; and a display module in communication with the reset procedure database for displaying the diagnostic reset procedures accessed from the reset procedure database. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for deriving and communicating vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures to a vehicle diagnostic port in communication with a vehicle'"'"'s electronic control unit, the system comprising:
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an image capturing device configured to capture an optical image of vehicle identifying information; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device, wherein the optical character recognition module is configured to convert the captured image into a first data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information; a reset procedure database in communication with the optical character recognition module for receiving the first data signal, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures, and is operative to access a vehicle specific diagnostic reset procedure associated with the vehicle identifying information from the plurality of diagnostic reset procedures; and a local wireless connectivity circuit is in communication with the vehicle diagnostics port and the reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle specific diagnostic reset procedure to the diagnostic port. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method of deriving and displaying vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures, the method comprising the steps of:
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capturing an optical image of vehicle identifying information; communicating the captured image to an optical character recognition module; converting the captured image into a data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information; communicating the data signal to a reset procedure database, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures; accessing a diagnostic reset procedure associated with the vehicle identifying information from the plurality of vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures; communicating the accessed diagnostic reset procedure from the reset procedure database to a display module; and communicating the accessed diagnostic reset procedure to an electronic control unit associated with the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method of deriving and communicating diagnostic reset procedures to a vehicle diagnostic port in communication with a vehicle'"'"'s electronic control unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving vehicle identifying information from a vehicle diagnostic port; converting the received information into a data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information; communicating the data signal to a reset procedure database, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures; accessing a diagnostic reset procedure associated with the vehicle'"'"'s vehicle identification number from the plurality of vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures; communicating the accessed diagnostic reset procedures from the reset procedure database to the vehicle diagnostic port; and communicating the accessed diagnostic reset procedures received from the vehicle diagnostic port to the electronic control unit.
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