System health light service app
AssigneeDrägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
InventorsGeorgios Kokovidis, Kevin Thomas Jean
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Abstract
A system for transmitting a health status code from a first device that has no alpha-numeric display capability to a second device utilized by a service technician. The health status transmitted by a series of lights and/or sounds provided by the first device. Determining on the second device from the series of blinks or sounds the health status code transmitted by the first device. In some cases, decoding may include providing repair information to the service technician. In some cases, decoding may involve transmission from the second device to a remote computer and receipt of information pertaining to the decoding from the remote computer prior to presenting information to the service technician.
Claims19
An electronic device that contains no alpha-numeric display capability, the electronic device comprising:
- a diagnostic module configured to determine a health status of the electronic device,
- an encoding module configured to generate a signal pattern based on the health status,
- a light emitting diode (“LED”), and
- an LED control module configured to direct the LED to sequentially activate multiple times according to the signal pattern,
- wherein the electronic device visually communicates with an electronic service device that contains no electronic transmission coupling to the electronic device, the communication occurring when initiated by the electronic service device by reading the sequential activation to decode the signal pattern into a diagnostic code for presentation on an alpha-numeric display of the electronic service device;
- wherein a synchronization signal indicates a beginning of transmission of the signal pattern.
A method of conveying information from a first electronic device that has no alpha-numeric display to a second electronic device that is not electronically coupled to the first electronic device, the method comprising:
- generating a diagnostic signal on the first electronic device, the diagnostic signal including a visual signal;
- receiving the diagnostic signal on the second electronic device via a camera of the second electronic device;
- decoding the received diagnostic signal to obtain a health status indication of the first electronic device;
- and
- presenting on an alpha-numeric display of the second electronic device information providing the health status indication of the first electronic device;
- wherein a synchronization signal indicates a beginning of transmission of the signal pattern.
A system, comprising:
- a first electronic device having no alpha-numeric display capability, the first electronic device programmed to:
- determine a health status of the first electronic device;
- generate a signal pattern in which is encoded the health status;
- and
- communicate the signal pattern;
- and a second electronic device including an alpha-numeric display, the second electronic device programmed to:
- receive the communicated signal pattern;
- decode the signal pattern to obtain the health status of the first device;
- and
- present the health status of the first electronic device on the alpha-numeric display of the second electronic device;
- wherein a synchronization signal indicates a beginning of transmission of the signal pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.