Apparatus for preparing vehicle diagnosing program
First Claim
1. An apparatus for preparing a vehicle diagnosing program which diagnoses a vehicle via an electronic control unit mounted on the vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
- means for comparing between a previously diagnosed kind of electronic control unit and a kind of electronic control unit to be currently diagnosed;
means for transmitting said vehicle diagnosing program into a diagnosing means external to said vehicle, said diagnosing means having a memory capacity determined by said vehicle diagnosing program;
means for automatically preparing function program each of which is made up of a plurality of diagnosing steps arranged in an appropriate order, said preparing being made by setting a parameter in each of said diagnosing steps; and
means for preparing the vehicle diagnosing program by selecting and combining said diagnosing function programs in an order of performing said vehicle diagnosing function programs for each kind of electronic control unit.
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Abstract
An apparatus for preparing a vehicle diagnosing program which diagnoses a vehicle via an electronic control unit mounted on the vehicle automatically prepares diagnosing function programs. Each of the diagnosing function programs is made up of a plurality of diagnosing steps arranged in an appropriate order and is prepared by setting a parameter in each of the diagnosing steps. The vehicle diagnosing program is prepared by selecting and combining the diagnosing function programs in an order of performing the vehicle diagnosing function programs for each kind of electronic control unit.
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1. An apparatus for preparing a vehicle diagnosing program which diagnoses a vehicle via an electronic control unit mounted on the vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
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means for comparing between a previously diagnosed kind of electronic control unit and a kind of electronic control unit to be currently diagnosed; means for transmitting said vehicle diagnosing program into a diagnosing means external to said vehicle, said diagnosing means having a memory capacity determined by said vehicle diagnosing program; means for automatically preparing function program each of which is made up of a plurality of diagnosing steps arranged in an appropriate order, said preparing being made by setting a parameter in each of said diagnosing steps; and means for preparing the vehicle diagnosing program by selecting and combining said diagnosing function programs in an order of performing said vehicle diagnosing function programs for each kind of electronic control unit.
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Current AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
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Original AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
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InventorsTakakura, Keiji, Aiba, Hiroyuki
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Primary Examiner(s)Hoff, Marc S.
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Assistant Examiner(s)VO, HIEN XUAN
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Application NumberUS09/021,952Time in Patent Office643 DaysField of Search72/123, 72/183, 701/29, 701/30, 701/32, 701/33, 701/34, 701/35, 701/1, 701/36, 340/438US Class Current702/123CPC Class CodesG01M 17/007 Wheeled or endless-tracked ...
