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HAND HELD DATA RETRIEVAL DEVICE WITH FIXED SOLUTION CAPABILITY

  • US 20150105972A1
  • Filed: 12/02/2014
  • Published: 04/16/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automotive diagnostic system comprising:

  • a diagnostic device including;

    a connect/configure module for establishing a communication link between the diagnostic device and a vehicle electronic control unit (ECU);

    a vehicle specification module operative to identify a vehicle under test in response to receipt of vehicle identifying information from the ECU;

    a trouble code module for retrieving digital trouble codes (DTC'"'"'s) from the ECU; and

    a data module for retrieving data from the ECU, the retrieved data being representative of the operation of a vehicle onboard device(s) associated with a DTC identified as the highest priority DTC;

    a diagnostic database in communication with the diagnostic device, the database listing possible vehicle defect solutions indexed to DTC'"'"'s and the vehicle identifying information;

    a digital signal processor disposable in communication with at least one of the diagnostic device and the diagnostic database and being operative to derive the highest priority DTC from analysis of data from the vehicle, and to regulate selection of a most likely vehicle defect solution associated with the vehicle identifying information and the highest priority DTC; and

    a repair parts database in operative communication with the diagnostic database, the repair parts database having repair parts associated with the most likely solution, vehicle identifying information and universal part numbers.

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