Automated Vehicle Data Report Generation Using Computerized Measurement Tools
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Solution Overview
Problem
Technicians face challenges in efficiently recording and managing vehicle measurement data during servicing, leading to potential loss of information and privacy concerns for vehicle owners, as existing methods rely heavily on manual recording and lack secure data transmission and access control.
Innovation Solution
A computing system and method for generating and transmitting vehicle data reports using computerized measurement tools, which determine and record measurements, exclude data from vehicle messages, and output reports securely, allowing for authorized access and storage of vehicle data records.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If technicians manually record measurements on repair orders, then they can document measurements, but they spend valuable time recording and may forget measurements over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical recording (writing measurements on paper repair orders) with an automated electronic system. Measurement tools automatically transmit data to the repair order system, eliminating the need for manual transcription and reducing time loss while preventing data forgetting.
Solution Approach 2:
The measurement tools perform self-service by automatically recording and transmitting their own measurement data to the repair order system without requiring technician intervention for data entry. This automates the documentation process and frees technicians from manual recording tasks.
2Loss of time
If technicians do not record measurements to save time, then they save recording time, but service writers and vehicle owners cannot know what measurements were performed and technicians may forget measurements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual recording with automated electronic data capture and transmission. Measurement tools automatically send data to the repair order system, ensuring measurements are documented without requiring technician time for manual entry, thus resolving both time loss and information availability concerns.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides automatic feedback by transmitting measurement data from tools to the repair order system in real-time or near-real-time. This ensures that service writers and vehicle owners can immediately access measurement information without requiring manual documentation by technicians.
3Productivity
If vehicle measurement data is stored and transmitted, then data management is improved, but vehicle owners may have privacy concerns about data access
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements differentiated access rights where different user roles (technicians, service writers, vehicle owners) have different levels of data access. This local quality approach allows efficient data management while protecting privacy by ensuring only authorized personnel can access specific data types.
Solution Approach 2:
The repair order system acts as an intermediary between measurement tools and users, controlling and managing data access. It mediates between the need for efficient data management and privacy concerns by implementing access control mechanisms that protect vehicle owner privacy while enabling necessary data flow.
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AI summary
A computing system can register a measurement tool. The computing system can determine a selected vehicle for a vehicle data report and a selected measurement tool to perform a first tool measurement that excludes determining data from a vehicle data message. The computing system can determine a selected vehicle component for the first tool measurement by the selected measurement tool. The computing system can determine a spatial identifier for the first tool measurement. The computing system can determine the first tool measurement performed by the selected measurement tool. A radio transceiver of the computing system can receive radio signals carrying the first tool measurement from the selected measurement tool. The first tool measurement received by the radio transceiver can be provided to one or more processors of the computing system. The computing system can generate and output the vehicle data report that includes the first tool measurement.