Data Display with Continuous Buffer

• US 20140075362A1
• Filed: 09/07/2012
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions LLC (SPX Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Service Solutions US LLC
• Inventors: Gray, Kevin, Gilbert, Harry
• Granted Patent: US 9,418,490 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/772
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005

Abstract

A graphical user interface that is capable of being used on a computing device, such as a vehicle diagnostic tool. The graphical user interface includes various buttons that when actuated causes the vehicle diagnostic tool to perform a corresponding functionality such as read diagnostic trouble codes and collect and display a data stream of diagnostic data of a vehicle. The graphical user interface also displays buffered data in a data window and the data may be moved using various input buttons.

Claims

1. A graphical user interface for a vehicle diagnostic tool having a plurality of diagnostic functionality, the graphical user interface comprising:

a data stream window that displays diagnostic data received from a vehicle;

a zoom window that displays a zoomed part of the data stream window;

a time line having increments of time; and

a frame indicator that translates along the time line to indicate the increments of time being viewed on the data stream window, wherein the frame indicator is capable of being moved along the time line by a user.

2. The graphical user interface of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of buttons that causes the frame indicator to move along the time line in a first direction in time, a second direction in time or remains stationary in time.

3. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein the frame indicator indicates to the user that the diagnostic data in the data stream window is beyond predetermined parameters.

4. The graphical user interface of claim 1 further comprising a load recording button, when actuated, causes a display of previously recorded data stream to the user.

5. The graphical user interface of claim 4, wherein the zoom window is movable along the data stream window by the user.

6. The graphical user interface of claim 5, wherein the frame indicator is also moved when the zoom window is moved.

7. The graphical user interface of claim 1 further comprising a record button and a play button.

8. The graphical user interface of claim 1, wherein the data stream window is shown in bar graph form or waveform form.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing processor executable instructions that include a graphical user interface on a computing device having a plurality of diagnostic functionality, the graphical user interface comprising:

a data stream window that displays diagnostic data received from a vehicle;

a zoom window that displays a zoomed portion of the data stream window;

a time line having increments of time; and

a frame indicator that translates along the time line to indicate the increments of time being viewed on the data stream window, wherein the frame indicator is capable of being moved along the time line by a user.

10. The graphical user interface of claim 9, further comprising:

a plurality of buttons that causes the frame indicator to move along the time line in a first direction in time, a second direction in time or remains stationary in time.

11. The graphical user interface of claim 9, wherein the frame indicator indicates to the user that the diagnostic data in the data stream window is beyond predetermined parameters.

12. The graphical user interface of claim 9 further comprising a load recording button, when actuated, causes a display of previously recorded data stream to the user.

13. The graphical user interface of claim 12, wherein the zoom window is movable along the data stream window by the user.

14. The graphical user interface of claim 13, wherein the frame indicator is also moved when the zoom window is moved.

15. The graphical user interface of claim 9 further comprising a record button and a play button.

16. The graphical user interface of claim 9, wherein the data stream window is shown in bar graph form or waveform form.

17. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with program instructions that, when executed by a processor in a vehicle diagnostic tool having a touch screen display, cause the processor to execute a method comprising:

displaying on the display a recorded data stream window that contains vehicle diagnostic data, the data stream window corresponds to a time line of a recording time of the data stream window;

zooming in a portion of the data stream window with a zoom window controlled by a processor of the vehicle diagnostic tool; and

controlling the display of the data stream window corresponding to the time line by moving a frame indicator that translates along the time line.

18. The computer program of claim 17 further comprising the step of:

alerting a user with the frame indicator that the zoom window contains diagnostic data that is beyond predetermined thresholds.

19. The computer program of claim 17 further comprising the step of automatically recording the data stream window in a buffer that is stored in a memory of the diagnostic tool.

20. The computer program of claim 17 further comprising the step of:

controlling the display of the data stream window by moving the zoom window which moves the frame indicator that translates along the time line.

21. The computer program of claim 17 further comprising the steps of:

selecting a load recording button to display a list of previously recorded data stream window;

selecting a previously recorded data stream window from the list to view; and

displaying on the display the selected previously recorded data stream window.