Patent ID: 9317977
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G07C

Claim Text:
1. A method for identifying and diagnosing a vehicle in a repair shop, comprising: downloading customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data of the vehicle from a central customer database into a work data memory device of a mobile communication interface; connecting the mobile communication interface to the vehicle and connecting a first vehicle inspection device at least to the mobile communication interface at a first work station; reading out the customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data from the work data memory device of the mobile communication interface in a control computer of the first vehicle inspection device; carrying out a first set of inspections on the vehicle using at least one of the first vehicle inspection device and the mobile communication interface; storing the first inspection results in the work data memory device of the mobile communication interface by the first vehicle inspection device; disconnecting the first vehicle inspection device from the vehicle; connecting a second vehicle inspection device to the vehicle and reading out the customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data as well as the first inspection results from the work data memory device of the mobile communication interface into the second vehicle inspection device at a second work station; carrying out a second set of inspections of the vehicle using at least one of the second vehicle inspection device and the mobile communication interface connected to the vehicle on the basis of the first inspection results; storing the second inspection results in the work data memory device of the mobile communication interface by the second vehicle inspection device; and reading out the customer, vehicle, and repair shop order data as well as the first and the second inspection results of the vehicle from the work data memory device of the mobile communication interface into the central customer database.