Diagnostic method and diagnostic device for a vehicle component of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9229904-B2
Application number	US-201313771807-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2013
Priority date	Feb 20, 2012
Publication date	Jan 5, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

A diagnostic method for a vehicle component of a vehicle, an operating parameter of the vehicle component being detected during an operation of the vehicle and a status message corresponding to a status of the vehicle component being transmitted to a vehicle-external server as a function of the detected operating parameter for an analysis of the status message, a message based on the analysis of the status message being transmitted to a receiving device. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding diagnostic device, a corresponding diagnostic system, as well as a computer program is also described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A diagnostic method for a vehicle component of a vehicle, comprising:
detecting, by a detection device, an operating parameter of the vehicle component during an operation of the vehicle;
detecting, by a second detection device, a user authorization input;
transmitting, by a transmitting device, a status message corresponding to a status of the vehicle component to a vehicle-external server as a function of the detected operating parameter and the detected user authorization input for an analysis of the status message; and
receiving a transmitting message from the vehicle-external server, based on the analysis of the status message, by a receiving device, wherein the receiving device is one of (i) a second vehicle-external server different from the vehicle-external server, (ii) a device that is vehicle-internal to the vehicle, or (iii) a mobile phone;
wherein the transmitting message, which is received from the vehicle-external server, is a message which is transmitted to a repair facility.

2. The diagnostic method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a variation over time of the operating parameter and a deviation of the operating parameter from a setpoint operating parameter value, wherein a status message is transmitted to a vehicle-external server as a function of the deviation.

3. The diagnostic method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the operating parameter includes an intervention intensity of an actuator of the vehicle component.

4. The diagnostic method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the operating parameter and the status message are transmitted to a vehicle-internal central communication device of the vehicle for the transmission of the operating parameter and the status message to the vehicle-external server.

5. The diagnostic method as recited in claim 1 , wherein a particular operating parameter is detected by other different vehicle components and a substatus message corresponding to a particular state of the other vehicle components is transmitted in each case as a function of the detected operating parameters to a central vehicle-internal diagnostic device, which transmits the status message to the vehicle-external server as a function of the transmitted substatus message.

6. The diagnostic method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the receiving device is included in a repair facility which is readied in repair mode for a repair of the vehicle component at a predetermined point in time as a function of the message and as a function of a detected additional user authorization input.

7. A diagnostic device for a vehicle component of a vehicle, comprising:
a detection device to detect an operating parameter of the vehicle component;
a second detection device to detect a user authorization input;
a transmitting device to transmit a status message corresponding to a status of the vehicle component to a vehicle-external server for an analysis of the status message, the transmission of the status message being carried out as a function of the detected operating parameter and the detected user authorization input; and
a receiving device to receive a transmitting message from the vehicle external server, the transmitting message being based on the analysis of the status message, the receiving device being a vehicle-internal device of the vehicle;
wherein the transmitting message, which is received from the vehicle-external server, is a message which is transmitted to a repair facility.

8. The diagnostic device as recited in claim 7 , wherein the detection device is integrated into a control unit of the vehicle component.

9. The diagnostic device as recited in claim 7 , wherein a central diagnostic device is provided which is connected to the detection unit with the aid of a bus.

10. The diagnostic device as recited in claim 9 , wherein the central diagnostic device is integrated into a central communication device including the transmitting device.

11. A diagnostic system for a vehicle component of a vehicle, comprising:
a diagnostic device for the vehicle component, the diagnostic device including a detection device to detect an operating parameter of the vehicle component, a second detection device to detect a user authorization input, and a transmitting device to transmit a status message corresponding to a status of the vehicle component to a vehicle-external server for an analysis of the status message, the transmission of the status message being carried out as a function of the detected operating parameter and the detected user authorization input;
the vehicle-external server for an analysis of the status message; and
a receiving device to receive a transmitting message from the vehicle external server, the transmitting message being based on the analysis of the status message, wherein the receiving device is one of (i) a second vehicle-external server different from the vehicle-external server, (ii) a device that is vehicle-internal to the vehicle, or (iii) a mobile phone;
wherein the transmitting message, which is received from the vehicle-external server, is a message which is transmitted to a repair facility.

12. The diagnostic system as recited in claim 11 , wherein the receiving device is included in the repair facility.

13. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer
program including program code for diagnosing a vehicle component of a vehicle, the program code, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform the steps of:
detecting an operating parameter of the vehicle component during an operation of the vehicle;
detecting a user authorization input;
transmitting a status message corresponding to a status of the vehicle component to a vehicle-external server as a function of the detected operating parameter and the detected user authorization input for an analysis of the status message; and
receiving a transmitting message from the vehicle-external server, based on the analysis of the status message, by a receiving device that is vehicle-internal to the vehicle;
wherein the transmitting message, which is received from the vehicle-external server, is a message which is transmitted to a repair facility.

14. The diagnostic method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving device is the second vehicle-external server, the second vehicle-external server being remote from the vehicle-external server.

15. The diagnostic method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving device is vehicle-internal to the vehicle.

16. The diagnostic method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving device is a mobile phone which receives the transmitting message wirelessly.

17. The diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein the receiving device is the second vehicle-external server, the second vehicle-external server being remote from the vehicle-external server.

18. The diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein the receiving device is vehicle-internal to the vehicle.

19. The diagnostic system of claim 11 , wherein the receiving device is a mobile phone which receives the transmitting message wirelessly.

20. The diagnostic method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving device is included in the repair facility which is readied in repair mode for a repair of the vehicle component at a predetermined point in time as a function of the message and as a function of a detected additional user authorization input.

21. The diagnostic method of claim 1 , wherein preparation of the repair facility is carried out as a function of the message, and wherein the message i

Assignees

• Knoop Michael
• Rous Martin
• Flehmig Folko
• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Knoop Michael
• Rous Martin
• Flehmig Folko

Classifications

• G07C5/008 Primary

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• G06F17/00 Primary

  Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions (information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00) · CPC title

• G07C5/006

  Indicating maintenance · CPC title

• G07C5/0808

  Diagnosing performance data (testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005) · CPC title

• G07C5/0816

  Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction · CPC title