Graphical user interface capable of changing units of measurement

• US 9,153,078 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2013
• Issued: 10/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions LLC (SPX Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions LLC (SPX Corporation)
• Inventors: Fish, James, Moulton, David Richard, Gray, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN
• Application Number:
  US13/955,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20140277913A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• Field of Search: 701/29.1, 701/31.4, 701/31.5, 701/31.6, 701/33.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/025 concerning dedicated user interfaces, e.g. GUI, or dedicated keyboards G01R31/31912 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A graphical user interface is provided that can be used on a diagnostic tool. The graphical user interface allows a technician to operate various functions of the diagnostic tool including searching for additional information on the Internet, receiving weather information that is relevant to certain diagnostic tests, and displaying in certain formats the retrieved vehicle data and when certain vehicles were last scanned or diagnosed.

Claims

1. A diagnostic tool, comprising:

a processor that performs a function of the diagnostic tool;

a display in communication with the processor;

a wireless communication interface in communication with the processor and configured to communicate with a remote device having at least a remote diagnostic database;

a vehicle communication protocol interface operatively coupled to the processor and configured to allow the processor to communicate with a vehicle under test to retrieve diagnostic information including diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) and data streams;

a memory in communication with the processor, the memory containing instructions, that when executed by the processor causes the processor to;

generate, on the display, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising;

a message banner that includes information about the data stream; and

a plurality of selectable icons corresponding to a plurality of data streams retrieved by the diagnostic tool, wherein each of the plurality of selectable icons include a changeable unit of measurement for each of the plurality of data stream, wherein a first measurement standard is metric units and a second measurement standard is U.S. units, and wherein the changeable unit of measurement is programmed to automatically display the first measurement standard or the second measurement standard based on a location of the diagnostic tool.

2. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the message banner further includes information about the vehicle under test.

3. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein when each of the plurality of icons is pressed, the changeable unit of measurement changes from the first measurement standard to the second measurement standard and vice versa.

4. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the changeable unit of measurement is further programmed to display the first measurement standard or the second measurement standard based on a manufacturer of the vehicle under test.

5. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the changeable unit of measurement is further programmed to display the first measurement standard or the second measurement standard based on a selected language of the diagnostic tool.

6. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein the plurality of selectable icons is further configured to change from a graph form to a numerical form when pressed by a user.

7. The diagnostic tool of claim 1, wherein an icon further is configured to appear at an angle different from the remaining plurality of selectable icons.