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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:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yuji Mizutani, Aichi, JP;
Yusuke Hara, Aichi, JP;
Toshiyuki Abe, Aichi, JP;
Akira Yasuda, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
To connect a computer to an electronic control unit of a vehicle and diagnose the trouble state of the vehicle, the computer is connected to a server storing trouble diagnosis data required for trouble diagnosis, and the trouble diagnosis data is read from the server, trouble diagnosis is proceeded with in an interactive mode with the computer using the read trouble diagnosis data, and vehicle data is automatically acquired from the electronic control unit using the read trouble diagnosis data.