# US 12,762,884 B2 · Method and system for displaying routing diagram with highlighted routable components > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,762,884 B2 - Document ID: US12762884B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/390,597 - Filed: 2023-12-20 - Published: 2024-04-11 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-02 - Assignees: Snap-on Incorporated - Applicants: Snap-on Incorporated - Inventors: Michel B. Alberry; Lester B. Johnson; Michael S. Knize; John P. McGraw; Robert Pilz; Thomas W. Tipps; Eric J. Wade; Patrick S. Merg; Roy Steven Brozovich; Todd Mercer; Thomas A. Southward - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12762884B2 ## CPC - G06V 30/422: Technical drawings; Geographical maps - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract A computer and process provide for locating and displaying a routing diagram such as a wiring diagram, a pneumatic or hydraulic line diagram, or an optical cable diagram. The routing diagram is retrieved based on a search involving a vehicle and a specific component within the vehicle and is presented on a display along with a user-selectable interface element. The routing diagram includes routable components, such as electrical circuits, pneumatic or hydraulic lines, or optical cables, as well as a representation of the selected vehicle component. A user can highlight routable components connected to the selected vehicle component by activating the interface element, adding in the interpretation of the routing diagram. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: determining, at a processor based on one or more user selections, a vehicle identifier and a component identifier; transmitting, by the processor, a request for a computer-readable routing diagram, wherein the request includes the vehicle and component identifiers; receiving, at the processor in response to the request, a list of selectable routing diagrams and a set of routing diagrams including a particular routing diagram indicated on the list, the list and the particular routing diagram both correspond to the vehicle and component identifiers included in the request, and the set of routing diagrams includes multiple routing diagrams, wherein: the particular routing diagram depicts multiple connectable components and multiple routable components, the multiple connectable components include a first connectable component associated with the component identifier, the particular routing diagram further depicts a first portion of the multiple routable components routed to the first connectable component and a second portion of the multiple routable components routed to another component of the multiple connectable components but not routed to the first connectable component, and the first portion of the multiple routable components includes a plurality of routable components; displaying, on a display connected to the processor, the list of selectable routing diagrams; determining, at the processor, the particular routing diagram is selected from the list of selectable routing diagrams; displaying, on the display, at least a part of the set of routing diagrams including the particular routing diagram and a single-diagram view selector of the particular routing diagram; and in response to a selection to put the particular routing diagram in focus and then a selection of the single-diagram view selector of the particular routing diagram, and because the request that resulted in receiving the list of selectable routing diagrams and the set of routing diagrams included the component identifier associated with the first connectable component, displaying, on the display, the particular routing diagram with the first portion of the multiple routable components routed to the first connectable component highlighted and without any other routing diagram of the set of routing diagrams. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying, on the display, a routing diagrams display card; and determining, at the processor, the routing diagrams display card is selected via the display, wherein displaying the list of selectable routing diagrams occurs in response to determining the routing diagrams display card is selected via the display. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the request includes a destination identifier of a server, transmitting the request includes transmitting the request over a communication network that operatively couples the processor to the server, and receiving the list of selectable routing diagrams and the set of routing diagrams occurs via the communication network. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the particular routing diagram in focus and the single-diagram view selector of the particular routing diagram includes displaying a focus framework to indicate the particular routing diagram would be displayed without any other routing diagram if the single-diagram view selector is selected. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the particular routing diagram includes an electrical wiring diagram, an optical cable diagram, a hydraulic line diagram, or a pneumatic line diagram, and if the particular routing diagram includes the electrical wiring diagram, then the multiple connectable components include multiple electrical components and the multiple routable components include multiple electrical circuits, if the particular routing diagram includes the optical cable diagram, then the multiple connectable components include multiple optical components and the multiple routable components include multiple optical cables, if the particular routing diagram includes the hydraulic line diagram, then the multiple connectable components include multiple hydraulic components and the multiple routable components include multiple hydraulic lines, or if the particular routing diagram includes the pneumatic line diagram, then the multiple connectable components include multiple pneumatic components and the multiple routable components include multiple pneumatic lines. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the first connectable component is associated with one or more node coordinates indicative of where the first connectable component is disposed on the particular routing diagram, each routable component of the multiple routable components is associated with one or more node coordinates indicative of where a node of each routable component of the first portion of the multiple routable components is disposed on the particular routing diagram, and the method further comprises determining, based on at least a portion of the one or more node coordinates indicative of where the first connectable component is disposed on the particular routing diagram and at least a portion of the one or more node coordinates indicative of where a node of each routable component of the portion of the first portion of the multiple routable components is disposed on the particular routing diagram, each routable component contained within the multiple routable components. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein determining each routable component contained within the multiple routable components includes determining that a node coordinate associated with one or more routable components of the multiple routable components is within a threshold number of pixels of the first connectable component on the particular routing diagram. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the vehicle identifier indicates one or more characteristics corresponding to a particular vehicle, each of the one or more characteristics indicates one or more vehicle characteristics selected from the group consisting of: a vehicle year, a vehicle make, a vehicle model, and an engine type, and the component identifier indicates a vehicle component within the particular vehicle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: executing, by the processor, a web-browser application, wherein: executing the web-browser application includes outputting a graphical user interface on the display, and the graphical user interface includes one or more user-selectable controls to enter the one or more user selections. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, at the processor, the first portion of the multiple routable components includes the multiple routable components by determining each routable component of the multiple routable components includes a segment end located within a threshold number of pixels of the first connectable component. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, at the processor, the first portion of the multiple routable components; wherein determining the first portion of the multiple routable components includes determining which one or more routable components of the multiple routable components correspond to a node coordinate selected from the group consisting of: a node coordinate matching a coordinate of the first connectable component, and a node coordinate within an area bounded by a perimeter based on one or more coordinates of the first connectable component. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the display includes a touch screen display, and the method further comprises receiving, at the processor, the selection of the single-diagram view selector of the particular routing diagram via contact with the touch screen display where the single-diagram view selector of the particular routing diagram is displayed. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: displaying each routable component of the multiple routable components includes displaying a respective routable component defined by a first stroke width, a first color, and a respective path, and displaying each routable component of the multiple routable components highlighted includes displaying highlighting defined by a second stroke width, a second color, an opacity value, and the respective path of each routable component of the multiple routable components. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the set of routing diagrams includes receiving a separate computer-readable vector graphics file for each routing diagram in the set of routing diagrams. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the first connectable component represents a vehicle component in a particular vehicle corresponding to the vehicle identifier, the method further comprises: determining, at the processor, an occurrence of the first connectable component being selected from the particular routing diagram; displaying, on the display in response to determining the occurrence of the first connectable component being selected from the particular routing diagram, a menu including a user-selectable control; and displaying, on the display in response to determining an occurrence of the user-selectable control being selected, information pertaining to the vehicle component and an identifier corresponding to the user-selectable control, and the identifier corresponding to the user-selectable control identifies a technical bulletin category, a real fix tip category, a top repairs category, a causes and fixes category, a specifications category, an original equipment manufacturer testing data category, a component connector category, a component location category, a component operation category, a tips category, a routable diagram category, a mini routing diagram category, a waveform information category, a parameter identifier (PID) data category, an after-repair information category, a community category, an image category, an exploded image category, a remove and replace category, or a parts and labor category. ### Claim 16 A computing system comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable memory configured to store at least executable instructions, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the computing system to perform functions comprising: determining, at the processor based on one or more user selections, a vehicle identifier and a component identifier; transmitting, by the processor, a request for a computer-readable routing diagram, wherein the request includes the vehicle and component identifiers; receiving, at the processor in response to the request, a list of selectable routing diagrams and a set of routing diagrams including a particular routing diagram indicated on the list, the list and the particular routing diagram both correspond to the vehicle and component identifiers included in the request, and the set of routing diagrams includes multiple routing diagrams, wherein: the particular routing diagram depicts multiple connectable components and multiple routable components, the multiple connectable components include a first connectable component associated with the component identifier, the particular routing diagram further depicts a first portion of the multiple routable components routed to the first connectable component and a second portion of the multiple routable components routed to another component of the multiple connectable components but not routed to the first connectable component, and the first portion of the multiple routable components includes a plurality of routable components; displaying, on a display connected to the processor, the list of selectable routing diagrams; determining, at the processor, the particular routing diagram is selected from the list of selectable routing diagrams; displaying, on the display, the set of routing diagrams including the particular routing diagram and a single-diagram view selector of the particular routing diagram; and in response to a selection to put the particular routing diagram in focus and then a selection of the single-diagram view selector of the particular routing diagram, and because the request that resulted in receiving the list of selectable routing diagrams and the set of routing diagrams included the component identifier associated with the first connectable component, displaying, on the display, the particular routing diagram with the first portion of the multiple routable components routed to the first connectable component highlighted and without any other routing diagram of the set of routing diagrams. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The computing system of claim 16, wherein: the particular routing diagram includes an electrical wiring diagram, an optical cable diagram, a hydraulic line diagram, or a pneumatic line diagram, and if the particular routing diagram includes the electrical wiring diagram, then the multiple connectable components include multiple electrical components and the multiple routable components include multiple electrical circuits, if the particular routing diagram includes the optical cable diagram, then the multiple connectable components include multiple optical components and the multiple routable components include multiple optical cables, if the particular routing diagram includes the hydraulic line diagram, then the multiple connectable components include multiple hydraulic components and the multiple routable components include multiple hydraulic lines, or if the particular routing diagram includes the pneumatic line diagram, then the multiple connectable components include multiple pneumatic components and the multiple routable components include multiple pneumatic lines. ### Claim 18 A non-transitory computer readable memory having stored therein instructions executable by a processor to cause a computing system to perform functions comprising: determining, at the processor based on one or more user selections, a vehicle identifier and a component identifier; transmitting, by the processor, a request for a computer-readable routing diagram, wherein the request includes the vehicle and component identifiers; receiving, at the processor in response to the request, a list of selectable routing diagrams and a set of routing diagrams including a particular routing diagram indicated on the list, the list and the particular routing diagram both correspond to the vehicle and component identifiers included in the request, and the set of routing diagrams includes multiple routing diagrams, wherein: the particular routing diagram depicts multiple connectable components and multiple routable components, the multiple connectable components include a first connectable component associated with the component identifier, the particular routing diagram further depicts a first portion of the multiple routable components routed to the first connectable component and a second portion of the multiple routable components routed to another component of the multiple connectable components but not routed to the first connectable component, and the first portion of the multiple routable components includes a plurality of routable components; displaying, on a display connected to the processor, the list of selectable routing diagrams; determining, at the processor, the particular routing diagram is selected from the list of selectable routing diagrams; displaying, on the display, the set of routing diagrams including the particular routing diagram and a single-diagram view selector of the particular routing diagram; and in response to a selection to put the particular routing diagram in focus and then a selection of the single-diagram view selector of the particular routing diagram, and because the request that resulted in receiving the list of selectable routing diagrams and the set of routing diagrams included the component identifier associated with the first connectable component, displaying, on the display, the particular routing diagram with the first portion of the multiple routable components routed to the first connectable component highlighted and without any other routing diagram of the set of routing diagrams.