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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2001
Matthew J. Gumbel, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, L.L.C., Warrenville, IL (US);
Abstract
A controller area network diagnosis instrument for diagnosis and evaluation of electronic components on a vehicle control system The controlled area network diagnostic instrument (CANDI) includes a computer processor with a graphics display The processor has a cable to plug into the diagnostic connector engaged to a common data bus of the vehicle The processor is programmed to graphically show a mock gauge cluster or vehicle instrument panel on the display in that has the same appearance as a real vehicle gauge cluster or vehicle instrument panel When connected to the diagnostic connector, the processor mines data off of the data bus and converts it into human readable form on the display This may take the form of mock conventional gauges mock warning lights mock switch status or mock LCD displays shown via computer graphics on the processor's display