Scan Tool with Mobile Broadband Capability and Method of Operation Thereof
AssigneeBosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc.
InventorsTroy Liebl, Edward Lipscomb, Manokar Chinnadurai
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Abstract
A vehicle diagnostic tool that is configured to perform one or more diagnostic tests on one or more systems of a vehicle. Once the test has been performed and data collected, the data may be forwarded to a location outside of the diagnostic tool through a mobile broadband connection device that is inserted into the diagnostic tool through a designated port. Also, a method of performing a vehicle diagnostic test utilizing such a diagnostic tool.
Claims20
A vehicle diagnostic tool, comprising:
- a processor configured to implement software for conducting a diagnostic test on at least one electronic control unit of a vehicle;
- a memory electronically connected to the processor and configured to store data relevant to conducting the diagnostic test;
- a vehicle connector interface electronically connected to the processor and configured to accommodate a connector between the vehicle diagnostic tool and the at least one electronic control unit;
- and
- a mobile broadband port electronically connected to the processor and configured to electronically interface with a mobile broadband connection device.
A method of performing a vehicular diagnostic test, the method comprising:
- connecting a vehicle diagnostic tool to a vehicle;
- performing a diagnostic test on at least one electronic control unit of the vehicle using the diagnostic tool;
- and
- transmitting information obtained during the diagnostic test from the diagnostic tool to a remote computing device using a mobile broadband connection device.
A vehicle diagnostic tool, comprising:
- a means for processing configured to implement software for conducting a diagnostic test on at least one electronic control unit of a vehicle;
- a means for storing electronically connected to the means for processing and configured to store data relevant to conducting the diagnostic test;
- a means for connecting electronically connected to the means for processing and configured to accommodate a connector between the vehicle diagnostic tool and the at least one electronic control unit;
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- a means for interfacing electronically connected to the means for processing and configured to electronically interface with a mobile broadband connection device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.