Graphical user interface with on board and off-board resources
AssigneeBosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc.
InventorsJames Fish, David Richard Moulton, Kevin Gray
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Abstract
A graphical user interface is provided that can be used on a diagnostic tool. The graphical user interface allows a technician to operate various functions of the diagnostic tool including searching for additional information on the Internet, receiving weather information that is relevant to certain diagnostic tests, and displaying in certain formats the retrieved vehicle data and when certain vehicles were last scanned or diagnosed.
Claims20
A diagnostic tool, comprising:
- a processor that performs a function of the diagnostic tool;
- a display in communication with the processor;
- a wireless communication interface in communication with the processor and configured to communicate with a remote device having at least a remote diagnostic database;
- a vehicle communication protocol interface operatively coupled to the processor and configured to allow the processor to communicate with a vehicle under test to retrieve diagnostic information including diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs);
- a memory in communication with the processor, the memory containing instructions, that when executed by the processor causes the processor to:
- generate, on the display, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:
- a message banner that includes retrieved DTC information;
- a first plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of first diagnostic functions performable by the diagnostic tool and corresponding to a local diagnostic database stored on the memory;
- and
- a second plurality of icons corresponding a plurality remote databases stored on the remote device.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions for causing a processor of a diagnostic tool to execute the method of:
- generating, on a display of the diagnostic tool, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:
- a message banner that includes retrieved DTC information;
- a first plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of first diagnostic functions performable by the diagnostic tool and corresponding to a local diagnostic database stored on the memory;
- and
- a second plurality of icons corresponding a plurality of remote databases stored on a remote device.
A computer-implemented method for displaying multiple diagnostic databases on a display of a diagnostic tool, the method comprising:
- generating, on the display of the diagnostic tool, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:
- a message banner that includes retrieved DTC information;
- a first plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of first diagnostic functions performable by the diagnostic tool and corresponding to a local diagnostic database stored on the memory;
- and
- a second plurality of icons corresponding a plurality of remote databases stored on a remote device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.