Patent ID: 6553292
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
Device for performing remote diagnostics on vehicles, having:a mobile unit (M) with: an adapter (1) which can be connected to a vehicle on which diagnostics are to be performed and which reads out operational data and fault data of the vehicle, the adapter (1) having a transmitter device or a transceiver device via which the stored data can be transmitted to a receiver or data can be received from an external transmitter; a mobile unit (M) with a portable diagnostics device (2) with an input/output unit (2a; 2a1, 2a2, 2a3, 2a4) and a portable small computer (2b) which each have a transceiver device for the cordless exchange of data with one another; a base station (3) for receiving data from the adapter (1) and the mobile unit (M) and transmitting data to and receiving data from a network input node (4); and a fixed unit (S) with the network input node (4), a personal computer (5) with a display device (6) and an input/output device (7; 7a, 7b), and a storage device (8) for storing information relating to a vehicle repair.