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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2023
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Patrick S. Merg, Holister, CA (US);
Jacob G. Foreman, Hollister, CA (US);
Roy S. Brozovich, Campbell, CA (US);
Joseph R. Grammatico, San Jose, CA (US);
Joshua C. Covington, San Juan Bautista, CA (US);
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
A diagnostic tool includes a processor, display, and memory storing instructions to perform scan tool functions (STF) including transmitting a message to a vehicle. The STF include first STF for a first system of the vehicle. Additional stored instructions are executable to display a first user-interface screen (UIS) including a first user-selectable control (USC) including an indicator of a first scanner job performable on the vehicle, and to display a second UIS instead of the first UIS in response to a selection of the first USC. The second UIS incudes: a second USC including an indicator of the first STF for the first system of the vehicle, and guidance for performing a procedure of the first scanner job. The stored instructions are executable to transmit a first vehicle data message to a component of the first system in response to a selection of the second USC.