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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
Jeff Grier, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jim J. Cancilla, San Jose, CA (US);
Sunil Reddy, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Dale Trsar, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Vaclav Hoffmeister, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeff Grier, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jim J. Cancilla, San Jose, CA (US);
Sunil Reddy, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Dale Trsar, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Vaclav Hoffmeister, San Jose, CA (US);
Snap-On Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for test procedures using pictures for a vehicle diagnostic system that includes providing text items, examining text items, accessing a database of picture items corresponding to text items, correlating picture items with at least a portion of the text items, replacing the at least a portion of the text items with the corresponding picture items, and displaying an image including at least one picture item.