VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC CODE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DIAGNOSTIC DATA UTILIZING THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC CODE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20080201032A1
• Filed: 02/15/2007
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: Fayyad, Salem A., Zafar, Imtiaz, Williams, Carelton
• Application Number:
  US11/675,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20080201032A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/006 Indicating maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction

Abstract

A vehicle diagnostic code communication device and a method for transmitting diagnostic data utilizing the vehicle diagnostic code communication device are provided. The vehicle diagnostic code communication device includes a diagnostic link connector configured to receive signals indicating a diagnostic code associated with vehicle operation and a microprocessor operably coupled to the diagnostic link connector. The microprocessor is configured to determine at least one of diagnostic textural data and diagnostic audio data based on the diagnostic code and to induce an RF transmitter to transmit a first RF signal having at least one of the diagnostic textual data and the diagnostic audio data.

Claims

1. A vehicle diagnostic code communication device, comparing:

a diagnostic link connector configured to receive signals indicating a diagnostic code associated with vehicle operation;

a first microprocessor operably coupled to the diagnostic link connector, the first microprocessor configured to determine at least one of diagnostic textual data and diagnostic audio data based on the diagnostic code; and

a first RF transmitted operably coupled to the first microprocessor, the first microprocessor further configured to induce the first RF transmitter to transmit a first RF signal having at least one of the diagnostic textual data and the diagnostic audio data.

2. The vehicle diagnostic code communication device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first microprocessor is further configured to retrieve the diagnostic textual data and the diagnostic audio data from a database utilizing the diagnostic code.

3. The vehicle diagnostic code communication device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a second RF transmitter operably coupled to the first microprocessor, the first microprocessor further configured to induce the second RF transmitter to transmit a second RF signal having at least one of the diagnostic textual data and the diagnostic audio data.

4. The vehicle diagnostic code communication device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising at least a first switch operably coupled to the first microprocessor, the first switch being utilized to select a first frequency of the first RF signal.

5. A method for transmitting diagnostic data utilizing a vehicle diagnostic code communication device, the vehicle diagnostic code communication device having a diagnostic link connector, a first RF transmitter, a first microprocessor operably coupled to the diagnostic link connector and the first RF transmitter, the method comprising:

receiving a diagnostic code at the diagnostic link connector;

determining at least one of the diagnostic textual data and diagnostic audio data based on the diagnostic code, utilizing the first microprocessor; and

inducing the first RF transmitter to transmit a first RF signal having at least one of the diagnostic textual data and the diagnostic audio data, utilizing the first microprocessor.

6. The method as set forth in claim 5, further comprising retrieving at least one of diagnostic textual data and diagnostic audio data from a database based on the diagnostic code, utilizing the first microprocessor.

7. The method as set forth in claim 5, further comprising inducing a second RF transmitter to transmit a second RF signal having at least one of the diagnostic textual data and the diagnostic audio data, utilizing the first microprocessor.

8. The method as set forth in claim 5, further comprising actuating a switch operably coupled to the first microprocessor to select a frequency of the first RF signal.

9. The method as set forth in claim 5, further comprising:

receiving the first RF signal at a first RF receiver, the first RF signal having the diagnostic textual data;

retrieving the diagnostic textual data from the first RF signal, utilizing a second microprocessor operably coupled to the first RF receiver; and

displaying the diagnostic textual data on a display device operably coupled to the second microprocessor.

10. The method as set forth in claim 5, further comprising:

receiving the first RF signal at a first RF receiver, the first RF signal having diagnostic audio data;

retrieving the diagnostic audio data from the first RF signal, utilizing a second microprocessor operably coupled to the first RF receiver; and

emitting sound corresponding to the diagnostic audio data utilizing a speaker operably coupled to the second microprocessor.