Methods and Systems for Displaying Vehicle Data Parameter Graphs in Different Display Orientations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016124609-A1
Application number	US-201414531474-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 3, 2014
Priority date	Nov 3, 2014
Publication date	May 5, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Methods and system pertaining to displaying vehicle data parameters (VDP) are described. A vehicle service tool (VST) with a display can receive vehicle data messages or signals from a vehicle to receive the VDP. Some of the VDP can be associated with a PID. The VST can display VDP thresholds and indicators when a received VDP has breached a VDP threshold. The VST can determine being changed from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation or vice versa and responsively change the presentation of VDP graphs displayed by the display. The display can receive various inputs such as a drag-and-drop or pinch-and-expand input to alternatively change the presentation of the VDP graphs being displayed. Changing a VDP presentation of graphs can include resizing or repositioning one or more VDP graph windows including a VDP graph.

First claim

1 . A method comprising:
determining, by a processor, a display is operating in a first display orientation, wherein the first display orientation is associated with the display displaying vehicle data parameter (VDP) graphs using a first VDP graph configuration; displaying, by the display, a first set of multiple VDP graphs using the first VDP graph configuration while the display is positioned in the first display orientation; determining, by the processor, the display changing from operating in the first display orientation to operating in a second display orientation that is different than the first display orientation, wherein the second display orientation is associated with the display displaying at least one VDP graph using a second VDP graph configuration different than the first VDP graph configuration; and displaying, by the display, at least one VDP graph using the second VDP graph configuration while the display is operating in the second display orientation.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the at least one VDP graph using the second VDP graph configuration includes displaying a second set of multiple VDP graphs.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein vehicle data parameters represented by the first set of multiple VDP graphs are identical to vehicle data parameters represented by the second set of multiple VDP graphs.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein at least one vehicle data parameter represented by the first set of multiple VDP graphs is not among the vehicle data parameters represented by the second set of multiple VDP graphs.

5 . The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the first VDP graph configuration includes at least one large VDP graph window and at least two small VDP graph windows, and wherein the second VDP graph configuration includes at least one large VDP graph window and at least two small VDP graph windows.

6 . The method of claim 5 ,
wherein a first dimension of the display is longer than a second dimension of the display, wherein the first dimension is perpendicular to the second dimension, wherein the first display orientation includes the first dimension being horizontal, wherein the second display orientation includes the second dimension being horizontal, wherein the first VDP graph configuration includes the at least one large VDP graph window of the first VDP graph configuration positioned on left sides or right sides of the at least two small VDP graph windows of the first VDP graph configuration, and wherein the second VDP graph configuration includes the at least one large VDP graph window of the second VDP graph configuration positioned above or below the at least two small VDP graph windows of the second VDP graph configuration.

7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving, by the processor, an input to scroll a portion of the display at which the at least two small VDP graph windows of the first VDP graph configuration are displayed; and scrolling, by the display in response to the processor receiving the input to scroll, the portion of the display at which the at least two small VDP graph windows of the first VDP graph configuration are displayed.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein scrolling the portion of the display at which the at least two small VDP graph windows of the first VDP graph configuration are displayed includes displaying at least one small VDP graph not displayed in any of the at least two small VDP graph windows of the first VDP graph configuration at a time the scrolling is initiated and removing at least one small VDP graph displayed in one of the at least two small VDP graph windows of the first VDP graph configuration at the time the scrolling is initiated.

9 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving, by the processor, an input to scroll a portion of the display at which the at least one large VDP graph window of the first VDP graph configuration is displayed; and scrolling, by the display in response to the processor receiving the input to scroll, the portion of the display at which the at least one large VDP graph window of the first VDP graph configuration is displayed.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein scrolling the portion of the display at which the at least one large VDP graph window of the first VDP graph configuration is displayed includes displaying at least one large VDP graph not displayed in any of the at least one large VDP graph window of the first VDP graph configuration at a time the scrolling is initiated and removing at least one large VDP graph displayed in one of the at least one large VDP graph window of the first VDP graph configuration at the time the scrolling is initiated.

11 . The method of claim 5 , wherein, in response to determining the display changing from operating in the first display orientation to the second display orientation, the display changes from displaying a first VDP graph using a first large VDP graph window of the at least one large VDP graph window of the first VDP graph configuration to displaying the first VDP graph using a first small VDP graph window of the at least two small VDP graph windows of the second VDP graph configuration, and the display changes from displaying a second VDP graph using a first small VDP graph window of the at least two small VDP graph windows of the first VDP graph configuration to displaying the second VDP graph using a first large VDP graph window of the at least one large VDP graph windows of the second VDP graph configuration.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the at least one VDP graph using the second VDP graph configuration while the display is operating in the second display orientation includes displaying a single VDP graph covering an area of the display covered by the first set of multiple VDP graphs using the first VDP graph configuration while the display is positioned in the first display orientation.

13 . A system comprising:
a processor; a computer-readable medium storing computer-readable program instructions executable by the processor; and a display, wherein the computer-readable program instructions are executable by the processor to (i) determine the display is operating in a first display orientation, wherein the first display orientation is associated with the display displaying vehicle data parameters (VDP) graphs using a first VDP graph configuration, (ii) display, by the display, a first set of multiple VDP graphs using the first VDP graph configuration while the display is positioned in the first display orientation, (iii) determine the display changing from operating in the first display orientation to operating in a second display orientation that is different than the first display orientation, wherein the second display orientation is associated with the display displaying at least one VDP graph using a second VDP graph configuration different than the first VDP graph configuration, and (iv) display, by the display, at least one VDP graph using the second VDP graph configuration while the display is operating in the second display orientation.

14 . The system of claim 13 further comprising:
a data link connector (DLC) connector communicatively connectable to a DLC in a vehicle to receive the multiple vehicle data parameters.

15 . The system of claim 13 , further comprising:
an orientation detector to provide the processor with a signal the processor uses to determine the display changing from operating in the first display orientation to operating in a second display orientation.

16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the orientation de

Assignees

• Snap On Tools Corp

Inventors

• Covington Joshua
• Reynald April

Classifications

• G06F3/04886 Primary

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  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

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  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title

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  Drag-and-drop · CPC title