Data updating method, device for vehicle diagnosing apparatus and vehicle diagnosing apparatus

• US 9,992,066 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2015
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Zhao, Yulun, Liu, Jinsheng, Wang, Guobo
• Primary Examiner(s): Pollack, Melvin H
• Application Number:
  US14/980,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20160191307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 890 Days
• Field of Search: 709221
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/00 Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
• 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: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A method for vehicle diagnosing apparatus comprises: providing a diagnosing apparatus terminal which receives the latest data edition information of one or more data packets pushed to the diagnosing apparatus terminal; the diagnosing apparatus terminal comparing the latest data edition information of the data packets with the current data edition information of the data packets respectively so as to determine whether the latest data edition of each data packet is superior to the current data edition of this data packet; if there is any data packet whose latest data edition is superior to the current data edition, the diagnosing apparatus terminal prompting that there is an update for the data edition; the diagnosing apparatus terminal downloading the data packet for which there is an update; and the diagnosing apparatus terminal installing this data packet and replacing the current data edition information with the latest data edition information.

Claims

1. A method for updating data for a vehicle diagnosing apparatus, the method comprising:

(1) receiving, with at least one processor of a diagnosing apparatus terminal connected to a data server via a network, latest data edition information of at least one data packet, the latest data edition information being pushed to the diagnosing apparatus terminal by the data server, the diagnosing apparatus terminal having the at least one processor and associated non-transitory memory which stores program instructions which are executed on the at least one processor;

(2) comparing, with the at least one processor of the diagnosing apparatus terminal, the latest data edition information of the at least one data packet with current data edition information of the at least one data packet;

(3) prompting, with the at least one processor of the diagnosing apparatus terminal, that there is an update for the at least one data packets in response to the latest data edition information of the at least one data packet being superior to the current data edition information of the at least one of data packet;

(4) downloading, the at least one processor of with the diagnosing apparatus terminal, the at least one data packet in response to there being an update for the at least one data packet;

(5) installing, with the at least one processor of the diagnosing apparatus terminal, the downloaded at least one data packet and replacing the current data edition information of the downloaded at least one data packet in the diagnosing apparatus terminal with the latest data edition information; and

(6) performing a diagnostic operation on a vehicle with the at least one processor of the vehicle diagnosing terminal using the updated at least one data packet, the diagnostic operation at least including determining a condition of the vehicle.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one data packet includes a plurality of data packets and the plurality of data packets are classified based on the brands of vehicles.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising at least one of:

before step (5), with the at least one processor of the vehicle diagnosing terminal, determining whether the downloading of the at least one data packet is complete, the downloading being continued until the at least one data packet is complete; and

after step (5), with the at least one processor of the vehicle diagnosing terminal, informing a user of an installation result of the downloaded at least one data packet.

4. The method according to claim 1, step (4) further comprising:

downloading, with the at least one processor of the diagnosing apparatus terminal, the at least one data packet corresponding to the latest data edition information by at least one of (i) automatically downloading the at least one data packet for which there is an update and (ii) downloading the at least one data packet for which there is an update after receiving a downloading instruction.

5. A diagnosing apparatus terminal comprising:

at least one processor and associated non-transitory memory which stores program instructions which are executed on the at least one processor, the program instructions comprising;

an information receiving module configured to cause the at least one processor to receive latest data edition information of at least one data packet pushed to the diagnosing apparatus terminal by a data server when the diagnosing apparatus terminal is connected to the data server via network;

a comparing module configured to cause the at least one processor to compare the latest data edition information of the at least one data packet with current data edition information of the at least one data packet in the diagnosing apparatus terminal;

a prompting module configured to cause the at least one processor to prompt that there is an update for the at least one data packet in response to the latest data edition information of the at least one data packet being superior to the current data edition information of the at least one data packet;

a downloading module configured to cause the at least one processor to download the at least one data packet to the diagnosing apparatus terminal in response to there being an update for the at least one data packet; and

a data updating module configure to cause the at least one processor to install the at least one data packet to the diagnosing apparatus terminal and replace the current data edition information of the at least one data packet in the diagnosing apparatus terminal with the latest data edition information,

wherein the vehicle diagnosing terminal is configured to perform a diagnostic operation on a vehicle using the updated at least one data packet, the diagnostic operation at least including determining a condition of the vehicle.

6. The diagnosing apparatus terminal according to claim 5, wherein the at least one data packet includes a plurality of data packets and the plurality of data packets are classified based on the brands of vehicles.

7. The diagnosing apparatus terminal according to claim 5, the program instructions further comprising at least one of:

a determining module configure to cause the at least one processor to determine whether the downloading of the at least one data packet is complete, the downloading being continued until the at least one data packet is complete; and

an informing module configured to cause the at least one processor to inform a user of an installation result of the downloaded at least one data packet.

8. The diagnosing apparatus terminal according to claim 5, the program instructions further comprising:

a setting module configured to cause the at least one processor to set a way in which the downloading module downloads the at least one data packet, when set as automatic downloading, the downloading module automatically downloads the at least data packet for which there is an update and, when set as downloading according to an instruction, the downloading module downloads the data packet for which there is an update after receiving a downloading instruction.

9. A vehicle diagnosing apparatus comprising:

a diagnosing apparatus terminal having at least one processor and associated non-transitory memory which stores program instructions which are executed on the at least one processor, the program instructions comprising;

an information receiving module configured to cause the at least one processor to receive latest data edition information of at least one data packet pushed to the diagnosing apparatus terminal by a data server when the diagnosing apparatus terminal is connected to the data server via network;

a comparing module configured to cause the at least one processor to compare the latest data edition information of the at least one data packet with the current data edition information of the at least one data packet in the diagnosing apparatus terminal;

a prompting module configured to cause the at least one processor to prompt that there is an update for the at least one data packet in response to the latest data edition information of the at least one data packet being superior to the current data edition information of the at least one data packet;

a downloading module configured to cause the at least one processor to download the at least one data packet to the diagnosing apparatus terminal in response to there being an update for the at least one data packet; and

a data updating module configure to cause the at least one processor to install the at least one data packet to the diagnosing apparatus terminal and replace the current data edition information of the at least one data packet in the diagnosing apparatus terminal with the latest data edition information; and

a display device configured to display an interface for selecting diagnosing items, the interface providing a plurality of diagnosing items in the way of icons,

wherein the vehicle diagnosing terminal is configured to perform a diagnostic operation on a vehicle using the updated at least one data packet, the diagnostic operation at least including determining a condition of the vehicle,

wherein the prompting module of the diagnosing apparatus terminal is configured to prompt that there is an update for the data edition information of the at least one data packet by displaying an icon of the diagnosing item associated with the at least one data packet on the interface.

10. A vehicle diagnosing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the interface is a human-machine interface configured to receive a touch operation instruction to trigger an operation of at least one of the downloading module and the data updating module.