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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2024
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Patrick B. O'mahony, San Jose, CA (US);
Patrick S. Merg, Hollister, CA (US);
Spencer H. Tanaka, San Jose, CA (US);
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
Examples relate to methods and systems for selective communication with electronic control units (ECUs) of a vehicle. A vehicle scan tool can provide user-selectable controls that correspond to predetermined group of ECUs representing subsets of all of the ECUs located in a vehicle. In response to receiving a selection of a particular user-selectable control, the scan tool transmits one or more first vehicle data messages with a diagnostic trouble code request to the predetermined group of ECUs associated with the selected option. The diagnostic trouble code request can include a request to clear one or more diagnostic trouble codes in the predetermined group of ECUs or a request to respond with a status of one or more diagnostic trouble codes being set in the predetermined group of ECUs. The scan tool can communicate with multiple subsets of ECUs when the user selects multiple user-selectable controls.
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