Method for Itemizing Mixed Diagnostic Codes
OwnerCharles Lee Murphy, Adam Kilanowski +1inventors
InventorsCharles Lee Murphy, Adam Kilanowski, Abhishek Pradhan
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Abstract
A method for acquiring diagnostic data from a vehicle communication interface and providing the data to a user of a diagnostic tool as an itemized list. The diagnostic data comprises mixed types, such as diagnostic trouble codes and parameter identifiers. The user may utilize the diagnostic tool to filter or sort the diagnostic data according to elements associated with each entry of diagnostic data in an itemized list.
Claims11
A method for a diagnostic tool comprising:
- establishing a data connection with a vehicle communication interface (VCI) of a vehicle in communication with a vehicle processor;
- requesting diagnostic data from the VCI, the diagnostic data indicating functional conditions of the vehicle;
- receiving the diagnostic data from the VCI in response to the request;
- populating an itemized list of the diagnostic data, each entry of the itemized list including at least a component identifier, a condition element of the associated identified component, and a datum type of the entry;
- and
- outputting the itemized list using a human-user interface (HMI) of the diagnostic tool,
- wherein the diagnostic data indicates the functional conditions of the vehicle using diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) and parameter identifiers (PIDs).
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- establishing a data connection with a vehicle communication interface (VCI) of a vehicle in communication with a vehicle processor;
- requesting diagnostic data from the VCI, the diagnostic data indicating functional conditions of the vehicle;
- receiving the diagnostic data from the VCI in response to the request;
- populating an itemized list of the diagnostic data, each entry of the itemized list including at least a component identifier, a condition element of the associated identified component, and a datum type of the entry;
- and
- outputting the itemized list using a human-user interface (HMI) of the diagnostic tool,
- wherein the diagnostic data indicates the functional conditions of the vehicle using diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) and parameter identifiers (PIDs).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.