Method and system for managing a maintenance task of a motor vehicle

Abstract

The invention relates to a distributed system (100) for managing a maintenance task of a motor vehicle and to a method for managing a maintenance task of a motor vehicle implemented by means of such a system.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of systems for managing maintenance tasks of motor vehicles. The invention relates in particular to a distributed system for managing maintenance tasks of motor vehicles and to a method carried out by means of such a system. The invention applies in particular to the management of maintenance tasks for tour vehicles. Background technique [0002] It is well known that maintenance tasks performed on existing motor vehicles after the sale require the connection of computer tools to on-board diagnostic and / or maintenance equipment (eg, OBD sockets) carried on the vehicle. Typically, such computer tools take the form of laptops, touchpads, or other portable computing instruments that autonomously execute, most of the time, one or more software The instrument is notably capable of communicating with the on-board diagnostics of the vehicle by means of a communication interface for motor vehicles (or VCI (English abbreviat...

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However, considering the uses to which these instruments are concerned, these instruments are kept as light as possible by definition, which is clearly not conducive to making these instruments powerful, not to mention the use in which the maintenance tasks to be carried out on the vehicle become more complex background, the computing resources required to perform these tasks are bound to increase

[0003] Therefore, when adhering to the above-mentioned systems for managing the maintenance of existing motor vehicles (i.e. systems operating purely locally), it cannot be ruled out that said computer instruments have a high update rate in view of the increasing complexity of maintenance tasks frequency and / or the need for frequent updates, which can lead to periods of unavailability of these instruments for short or long periods, which is undesirable

[0004] Furthermore, another problem with existing systems is the fact that, therefore, generally, the same computer tool interacts with the communication interface connected to the vehicle and generates the only graphical interface capable of managing maintenance tasks

However, these technical constraints prevent any evolution of maintenance task management approaches aimed at allowing more efficient management, whether in terms of cost, resource consumption or production quality

In fact, it was observed that these constraints prohibit the implementation of features such as collaborative maintenance task management shared by on-site technicians and remote-resident experts

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