Vehicle specific reset device and method
First Claim
1. A device configured for deriving and displaying vehicle-specific battery reset procedure(s), the device comprising:
- an image capturing device for capturing an optical image of vehicle data;
an optical character recognition module in communication with the imagecapturing device for converting the captured image into a first data signal representative of the captured image;
a vehicle decoder module in communication with the optical character recognition module for receiving and converting the first data signal into vehicle identifying information;
the vehicle decoder module further being in communication with a reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle identifying information to the reset procedure database for accessing a reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle identifying information, wherein the accessed reset procedure(s) comprises a battery reset procedure(s); and
a display module in communication with the reset procedure database for displaying the reset procedure(s) accessed from the reset procedure database.
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Abstract
There is provided a device, system, and method for generating vehicle-specific diagnostic reset procedures using a data signal representative of vehicle identifying information. Diagnostic reset procedures corresponding to a vehicle are generated in response to converting vehicle identifying information into a data signal representative of the vehicle'"'"'s VIN or license plate number, and matching the data signal with corresponding reset procedures stored in a reset procedure database. The vehicle-specific reset procedure(s) may be displayed on a mobile communication device, such as a smart phone, for instructing the user to manually perform the corresponding reset procedure(s). Alternatively, the corresponding reset procedure(s) may be communicated directly to the vehicle'"'"'s electronic control unit for electronically implementing the corresponding reset procedure(s).
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38 Claims
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1. A device configured for deriving and displaying vehicle-specific battery reset procedure(s), the device comprising:
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an image capturing device for capturing an optical image of vehicle data; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device for converting the captured image into a first data signal representative of the captured image; a vehicle decoder module in communication with the optical character recognition module for receiving and converting the first data signal into vehicle identifying information; the vehicle decoder module further being in communication with a reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle identifying information to the reset procedure database for accessing a reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle identifying information, wherein the accessed reset procedure(s) comprises a battery reset procedure(s); and a display module in communication with the reset procedure database for displaying the reset procedure(s) accessed from the reset procedure database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device configured for accessing and communicating vehicle-specific reset procedure(s) to a vehicle'"'"'s electronic control unit, the device comprising:
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an image capturing device for capturing an optical image of vehicle data; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device for converting the captured image into a first data signal; a vehicle decoder module in communication with the optical character recognition module for converting the first data signal into vehicle identifying information; the vehicle decoder module being in communication with a reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle identifying information to the reset procedure database for accessing a reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle'"'"'s vehicle identification number; a local wireless communication circuit in communication with the reset procedure database for receiving the accessed reset procedure(s) and communicating the accessed reset procedure(s) to the electronic control unit; and a display module in communication with the reset procedure database for displaying the accessed reset procedure(s). - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system configured for deriving and communicating vehicle-specific reset procedures to a vehicle diagnostic port, the system comprising:
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an image capturing device configured to capture an optical image of vehicle identifying information; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device, wherein the optical character recognition module is configured to convert the captured image into a first data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information and wherein the captured image is an optical image of one of a vehicle'"'"'s vehicle identification number and a vehicle'"'"'s license plate number; a reset procedure database in communication with the optical character recognition module for receiving the first data signal, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific reset procedure(s), and is operative to access a vehicle specific reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle identifying information; and a local wireless connectivity circuit is in communication with the vehicle diagnostics port and the reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle specific reset procedure(s) to the diagnostic port. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of deriving and displaying vehicle-specific reset procedures, the method comprising the steps of:
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capturing an optical image of vehicle identifying information wherein the step of capturing an optical image step includes capturing an optical image of one of a vehicle'"'"'s vehicle identification number, a vehicle'"'"'s bar code identifier, and a vehicle'"'"'s license plate number on a camera; communicating the captured image to an optical character recognition module; converting the captured image into a data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information on the optical character recognition module; communicating the data signal to a reset procedure database, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific reset procedures; accessing a reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle identifying information from the reset procedure database; and communicating the accessed reset procedure(s) from the reset procedure database to a display module. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method of deriving and communicating battery reset procedures to an electronic control unit associated with a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving vehicle identifying information from a vehicle diagnostic port; converting the received information into a data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information; communicating the data signal to a reset procedure database, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific reset procedures; accessing a battery reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle'"'"'s vehicle identification number from the reset procedure database; communicating the accessed reset procedure(s) from the reset procedure database to a mobile communications device; and communicating the accessed diagnostic reset procedure(s) from at the mobile communications device to the electronic control unit.
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23. A device configured for deriving and displaying vehicle-specific drive cycle reset procedure(s), the device comprising:
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an image capturing device for capturing an optical image of vehicle data; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device for converting the captured image into a first data signal representative of the captured image; a vehicle decoder module in communication with the optical character recognition module for receiving and converting the first data signal into vehicle identifying information; the vehicle decoder module further being in communication with a reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle identifying information to the reset procedure database for accessing a reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle identifying information, wherein the accessed reset procedure(s) comprise a drive cycle reset procedure(s); and a display module in communication with the reset procedure database for displaying the reset procedure(s) accessed from the reset procedure database. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A device configured for accessing and communicating vehicle-specific reset procedure(s) to a vehicle'"'"'s electronic control unit, the device comprising:
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an image capturing device for capturing an optical image of vehicle data; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device for converting the captured image into a first data signal; a vehicle decoder module in communication with the optical character recognition module for converting the first data signal into vehicle identifying information; the vehicle decoder module being in communication with a reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle identifying information to the reset procedure database for accessing a reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle'"'"'s vehicle identification number; and a local wireless communication circuit in communication with the reset procedure database for receiving the accessed reset procedure(s) and communicating the accessed reset procedure(s) to the electronic control unit; wherein the image capturing device, the optical character recognition module and the decoder module are disposed in a mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A system configured for deriving and communicating vehicle-specific reset procedures to a vehicle diagnostic port, the system comprising:
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an image capturing device configured to capture an optical image of vehicle identifying information; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device, wherein the optical character recognition module is configured to convert the captured image into a first data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information, and wherein the image capturing device, the optical character recognition module, and the display module are disposed in a mobile communication device; a reset procedure database in communication with the optical character recognition module for receiving the first data signal, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific reset procedure(s), and is operative to access a vehicle specific reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle identifying information; and a local wireless connectivity circuit is in communication with the vehicle diagnostics port and the reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle specific reset procedure(s) to the diagnostic port.
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31. A system configured for deriving and communicating vehicle-specific reset procedures to a vehicle diagnostic port, the system comprising:
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an image capturing device configured to capture an optical image of vehicle identifying information; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device, wherein the optical character recognition module is configured to convert the captured image into a first data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information; a reset procedure database in communication with the optical character recognition module for receiving the first data signal, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific reset procedure(s) and is operative to access a vehicle specific reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle identifying information, and wherein the reset procedure database is disposed in a mobile communication device; and a local wireless connectivity circuit is in communication with the vehicle diagnostics port and the reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle specific reset procedure(s) to the diagnostic port. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A system configured for deriving and communicating vehicle-specific reset procedures to a vehicle diagnostic port, the system comprising:
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an image capturing device configured to capture an optical image of vehicle identifying information; an optical character recognition module in communication with the image capturing device, wherein the optical character recognition module is configured to convert the captured image into a first data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information; a reset procedure database in communication with the optical character recognition module for receiving the first data signal, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific reset procedure(s), and is operative to access a vehicle specific reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle identifying information; a local wireless connectivity circuit is in communication with the vehicle diagnostics port and the reset procedure database for communicating the vehicle specific reset procedure(s) to the diagnostic port; a vehicle decoder module in communication with the optical character recognition module for receiving the first data signal and converting the first data signal into a second data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information; and wherein the reset procedure database is in communication with the vehicle decoder module for receiving the second data signal and accessing the vehicle-specific reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle identifying information. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of deriving and displaying vehicle-specific reset procedures, the method comprising the steps of:
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capturing an optical image of vehicle identifying information, wherein the step of capturing an optical image including capturing an image of one of a vehicle'"'"'s vehicle identification number, a vehicle'"'"'s bar code identifier, and a vehicle'"'"'s license plate number; communicating the captured image to an optical character recognition module; converting the captured image into a data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information; communicating the data signal to a reset procedure database, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific reset procedures; accessing a reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle identifying information from the reset procedure database; and communicating the accessed reset procedure(s) from the reset procedure database to a display module.
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38. A method of deriving and communicating drive cycle reset procedures to an electronic control unit associated with a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving vehicle identifying information from a vehicle diagnostic port; converting the received information into a data signal representative of the vehicle identifying information; communicating the data signal to a reset procedure database, wherein the reset procedure database stores a plurality of vehicle-specific reset procedures; accessing a reset procedure(s) associated with the vehicle'"'"'s vehicle identification number from the reset procedure database; communicating the accessed reset procedure(s) from the reset procedure database to a mobile communications device; communicating the accessed diagnostic reset procedure(s) from at the mobile communications device to the electronic control unit; and wherein the accessed reset procedure(s) comprise a drive cycle reset procedure.
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