Vehicle Diagnostic Tool Checklist for Damage-Linked ADAS Calibration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle diagnostic systems fail to efficiently identify and prioritize electronic systems requiring repair or calibration based on vehicle configuration and damage, leading to incomplete or improper post-repair scans.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle diagnostic system and method that utilizes a diagnostic computer tool to identify electronic systems on a vehicle, generate a list of systems needing calibration, and support calibration functions, using onboard and offboard databases, image recognition, and collision estimating software to determine damage and provide a checklist for mechanics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a diagnostic scan device is used to diagnose vehicle systems, then diagnostic capability is provided, but the system fails to efficiently identify and prioritize electronic systems requiring repair or calibration based on vehicle configuration and damage
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification of electronic systems equipped on the vehicle and generates a checklist of systems that may require repair or calibration before the actual repair process begins. This preliminary action ensures that all relevant systems are identified and prioritized based on vehicle configuration and damage, preventing information loss and improving repair efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by generating a detailed checklist that shows which systems require calibration and their priority levels. This feedback mechanism ensures that mechanics have complete information about what needs to be calibrated, addressing the information loss problem while maintaining high productivity.
2Measurement precision
If OEM diagnostic applications with proprietary software are used, then accurate diagnosis is achieved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system is designed to be universal and multi-functional, capable of identifying various electronic systems (ADAS, airbag, telematics, etc.) across different vehicle configurations using a single diagnostic tool. This approach maintains measurement precision for system identification while reducing device complexity by eliminating the need for multiple proprietary software applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters by adapting its identification process based on vehicle configuration data obtained from the diagnostic port. Rather than requiring different proprietary software for different vehicle types, the system modifies its operation parameters to accurately identify equipped systems, thereby maintaining accuracy while reducing software complexity.
3Productivity
If post-scan operations are performed without comprehensive calibration checks, then repair speed increases, but repair accuracy decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a preliminary checklist of systems requiring calibration before post-scan operations begin. This allows mechanics to efficiently work through known requirements while ensuring comprehensive calibration checks are performed, thereby maintaining both repair speed and accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides continuous feedback during post-scan operations by monitoring calibration completion status against the generated checklist. This feedback mechanism ensures that repair accuracy is maintained by confirming all necessary calibrations are completed, while allowing rapid progression through the repair process.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle diagnostic system and method for identifying and presenting vehicle safety systems on a vehicle for calibration by an operator includes providing a vehicle diagnostic computer tool that includes a display screen and is configured to be connected to a diagnostic port of a vehicle. The vehicle diagnostic tool is configured to determine vehicle safety systems present on the vehicle and to receive vehicle damage information inputs corresponding to areas on the vehicle in which there is damage. A system list program generates a list of vehicle safety systems equipped on the vehicle requiring calibration based on the determined vehicle safety systems present on the vehicle and the vehicle damage information inputs, where the list corresponds to vehicle safety systems present on the vehicle that are disposed in damage areas. The vehicle diagnostic computer tool is further configured to display the list on the screen.