Automotive Diagnostic Server Mediator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Diagnostic systems for complex equipment and vehicles face challenges in providing timely and cost-effective access to diagnostic information, requiring users to navigate complex communication protocols and manage large amounts of data across various devices.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a portable vehicle diagnostic tool, a remote information device, and a remote diagnostic device that communicate over a network, allowing for real-time data analysis and interpretation, and providing access to diagnostic information through a web-based interface, eliminating the need for users to understand specific communication protocols.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users directly access diagnostic information through multiple devices and communication protocols, then comprehensive diagnostic data can be obtained, but the system complexity and difficulty of operation increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that receives diagnostic information from multiple devices (scan tools, remote devices, mobile phones) and presents it through a unified web-based interface. This mediator eliminates the need for users to directly manage complex communication protocols between different devices, while still providing comprehensive diagnostic data access.
Solution Approach 2:
The server provides a universal access point that handles multiple types of diagnostic devices and communication protocols through a single web interface. Instead of requiring separate interfaces for each device type, the system uses one multi-functional platform that adapts to different input sources, reducing operational complexity.
2Loss of time
If diagnostic information is accessed in real-time from multiple sources, then timely decision-making is enabled, but the difficulty of managing information across devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as a central mediator that collects, standardizes, and presents diagnostic information from multiple sources through a unified web interface. This allows users to access real-time data without needing to manually manage connections or protocols across different devices, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining timely access.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a virtual copy of the diagnostic information environment through a web-based interface that mirrors the functionality of native device interfaces. Users interact with a simplified representation of the complex multi-device system, making information management easier while maintaining real-time access to actual diagnostic data.
3Ease of operation
If a unified web-based interface is implemented to simplify access, then ease of operation improves, but the need for real-time data routing and processing infrastructure increases system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The server serves as an intermediary that handles the complexity of real-time data routing and processing internally, while presenting a simple web interface to users. The infrastructure complexity is contained within the server system, which manages communication protocols and data routing, while the user-facing interface remains simple and accessible through standard web browsers.
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AI summary
A system and method for an automotive diagnostic server can provide a portable vehicle diagnostic tool to identify a failed vehicle component. It may also provide a remote information device to serve as a connecting intermediary between devices, and to allow remote control of the devices and to provide information to a user. A remote diagnostic device to analyze data and interpret information to aid the user in making, using, maintaining, and fixing a piece of equipment or product may also be included. Web server functionality may be incorporated into the portable vehicle diagnostic tool to allow dissemination of the diagnostic information resulting from the diagnostic testing, and the web server may be accessed by a web browser of the remote information device.