Patent ID: 7263418

Claim:
A method of providing image data for visualizing at least one of a defective part, a repair sequence, and a maintenance service sequence of a road-bound vehicle, the method comprising the acts of: providing digitized data of at least two components of the vehicle, said digitized data being capable of being visualized; providing digitized data of an arrangement of the at least two components of the vehicle relative to one another, said digitized data being capable of being visualized; operating a first selection element for selecting a first procedural sequence from a plurality of procedural sequences; and based on the operating act, providing image data of a first step of the first procedural sequence and, subsequently, providing image data of a second step of the first procedural sequence, wherein the first procedural sequence includes at least one repair sequence, which includes: illustrating on a display the removal of a defective first electronic component; detecting a correct installation of a new first electronic component via the vehicle's diagnostic system; transmitting the detection of the correct installation of a new first electronic component to a data processing system; and displaying the correct installation by checking the operation of the new first electronic component by the diagnostic system and transmitting the information to the data processing system.