Vehicle diagnosis system, server, and computer program

• US 9,607,448 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2014
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Muramatsu, Naoki, Ukai, Hiroki, Yamada, Masakazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Tyler J
• Application Number:
  US14/784,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20160055686A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,119 Days
• Field of Search: 701/31.4, 701/31.5, 701/33.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0428 Safety, monitoring G05B19/0423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45018 Car, auto, vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0825 using optical means

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a vehicle diagnosis system equipped with a communication terminal for transmitting vehicle information acquired from a vehicle to a server, and a server for analyzing the vehicle information received from the communication terminal and diagnosing the vehicle. The server is provided with a WEB screen providing unit for providing a WEB screen including instructions for the operator in a manner that the communication terminal can display via a communication network. The communication terminal displays the provided WEB screen via the communication network.

Claims

1. A vehicle diagnosis system comprising:

a communication terminal that acquires vehicle information from a vehicle and transmits the vehicle information; and

a server that receives the vehicle information from the communication terminal and analyzes the vehicle information to diagnose the vehicle,

wherein;

the server includes a web screen provision portion that provides a web screen including instructions to a worker diagnosing the vehicle;

the communication terminal displays the web screen provided from the web screen provision portion through a communication network;

the communication terminal transmits to the server, the vehicle information showing a status of a drive mechanism corresponding to work changing the status of the drive mechanism, the work being performed on the vehicle by the worker; and

the web screen provision portion provides the web screen including the vehicle information showing the status of the drive mechanism corresponding to the work changing the status of the drive mechanism, the work being performed on the vehicle by the worker, so that the communication terminal enables to display the web screen through the communication network.

2. The vehicle diagnosis system according to claim 1, wherein:

the web screen provision portion provides a plurality of web screens corresponding to instructions describing a plurality of procedures, so that the communication terminal enables to chronologically display the web screens through the communication network.

3. The vehicle diagnosis system according to claim 1, wherein:

the web screen provision portion provides the web screen including a diagnosis result produced by the server, and the communication terminal enables to display the web screen through the communication network.

4. The vehicle diagnosis system according to claim 1, wherein:

the communication terminal is portable by the worker.

5. A vehicle diagnosis system comprising:

a communication terminal that acquires vehicle information from a vehicle and transmits the vehicle information; and

a server that receives the vehicle information from the communication terminal and analyzes the vehicle information to diagnose the vehicle,

wherein;

the server includes a web screen provision portion that provides a web screen including instructions to a worker diagnosing the vehicle;

the communication terminal displays the web screen provided from the web screen provision portion through a communication network;

the server receives the vehicle information transmitted from the communication terminal through a different server;

the communication terminal receives web screen data providing the web screen transmitted from the server without going through the different server;

a route through which the vehicle information is transmitted from the communication terminal and received by the server is different from a route through which the web screen data providing the web screen is transmitted from the server and received by the communication terminal; and

the web screen provision portion is adjustable of a time at which an instruction in the web screen is provided to the worker.

6. The vehicle diagnosis system according to claim 5, wherein:

when the server is ready to receive the vehicle information from the communication terminal,

the web screen provision portion provides instructions regarding the vehicle information in the web screen to the worker.

7. The vehicle diagnosis system according to claim 5, wherein:

the web screen provision portion provides a plurality of web screens corresponding to instructions describing a plurality of procedures, so that the communication terminal enables to chronologically display the web screens through the communication network.

8. The vehicle diagnosis system according to claim 5, wherein:

the web screen provision portion provides the web screen including a diagnosis result produced by the server, so that the communication terminal enables to display the web screen through the communication network.

9. The vehicle diagnosis system according to claim 5, wherein:

the communication terminal is portable by the worker.

10. A server providing a vehicle diagnosis system together with a communication terminal and analyzing vehicle information received from the communication terminal to diagnose a vehicle, the communication terminal acquiring the vehicle information from the vehicle and transmitting the vehicle information to the server, the server comprising:

a web screen provision portion that provides a web screen including an instruction to a worker diagnosing the vehicle, causing the communication terminal to display the web screen through a communication network,

wherein;

the web screen provision portion provides the web screen including the vehicle information showing a status of a drive mechanism corresponding to work changing the status of the drive mechanism, the work being performed on the vehicle by the worker, and the communication terminal enables to display the web screen through the communication network.

11. A server providing a vehicle diagnosis system together with a communication terminal and analyzing vehicle information received from the communication terminal to diagnose a vehicle, the communication terminal acquiring the vehicle information from the vehicle and transmitting the vehicle information to the server, the server comprising:

a web screen provision portion providing a web screen including an instruction to a worker diagnosing the vehicle, causing the communication terminal to display the web screen through a communication network,

wherein;

the server receives the vehicle information transmitted from the communication terminal through a different server;

the server transmits web screen data providing the web screen to the communication terminal without going through the different server;

a route through which the vehicle information is transmitted from the communication terminal and received is different from a route through which the web screen data providing the web screen is transmitted and received by the communication terminal; and

the web screen provision portion is adjustable of a time at which an instruction in the web screen is provided to the worker.

12. A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program that causes a computer provided to a server, which provides a vehicle diagnosis system together with a communication terminal acquiring vehicle information from a vehicle and transmitting the vehicle information to the server and analyzes the vehicle information received from the communication terminal to diagnose the vehicle, to perform:

providing a web screen including an instruction to a worker diagnosing a vehicle, causing the communication terminal to display the web screen through a communication network; and

providing the web screen including vehicle information showing an engine speed corresponding to work changing the engine speed, the work being performed on the vehicle by the worker, so that the communication terminal display the web screen through the communication network.

13. A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program that causes a computer provided to a server that

provides a vehicle diagnosis system together with a communication terminal that transmits vehicle information acquired from a vehicle to the server,

the vehicle information transmitted from the communication terminal being received through a different server,

web screen data providing a web screen being transmitted to the communication terminal without going through the different server, and

a route through which the vehicle information is transmitted from the communication terminal and received being different from a route through which the web screen data providing the web screen is transmitted and received by the communication terminal, and

analyzes the vehicle information received from the communication terminal to diagnose the vehicle, to permit:

providing the web screen including an instruction for a worker diagnosing a vehicle, causing the communication terminal to display the web screen through a communication network, the web screen including vehicle information showing an engine speed corresponding to work changing the engine speed, the work being performed on the vehicle by the worker; and

adjusting a time at which an instruction in the web screen is notified to the worker.