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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2021
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Patrick S. Merg, Hollister, CA (US);
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
Methods and system pertaining to performing a diagnostic flowchart are described. A method includes determining a first input indicative of a vehicle problem, and transmitting a request indicative of the problem to a server. The method includes receiving a diagnostic flowchart associated with the vehicle problem. Each diagnostic flowchart includes one or more path elements. Each path element is ordered within the diagnostic flowchart and performable. Each path element leads to one or more ordered decision elements. Each path element comprises one or more diagnostic steps. The method includes outputting a GUI including at least a portion of diagnostic flowchart, and determining a second input indicative of an instruction to perform a first path element of the diagnostic flowchart. The method further includes performing the first path element, determining first feedback data associated with performing the first path element, and outputting the first feedback data onto a display.