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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2006
David Arthur Comeau, Sussex, WI (US);
Timothy E. Schwantes, Sussex, WI (US);
Timothy J. Raml, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Gregory A. Werner, Hartford, WI (US);
Mark J. Werner, Sussex, WI (US);
Victor E. Mccartney, Brown Deer, WI (US);
William D. Nicholson, Waukesha, WI (US);
David Arthur Comeau, Sussex, WI (US);
Timothy E. Schwantes, Sussex, WI (US);
Timothy J. Raml, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Gregory A. Werner, Hartford, WI (US);
Mark J. Werner, Sussex, WI (US);
Victor E. McCartney, Brown Deer, WI (US);
William D. Nicholson, Waukesha, WI (US);
Applus Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for testing vehicle emissions and engine control components using a self-service on-board diagnostics (OBD) kiosk, a stand-alone kiosk includes a computing device capable of gathering VIN information and OBD information from a vehicle using a VIN reader and OBD reader. The kiosk generates a readable display or printed report for the kiosk operator indicating any detected diagnostic trouble codes found during the OBD test. By networking a plurality of kiosks together in a secure network and accessible to the Internet, an OBD kiosk network maintains a centrally located vehicle interface database for storing and retrieving pertinent vehicle-related information during OBD testing.