公开(公告)号：US4757463A

公开(公告)日：1988-07-12

申请号：US869870

申请日：1986-06-02

申请人： Richard V. Ballou ,  Joseph A. Boscove ,  Richard A. Kraus ,  Hobart L. Kurtz ,  Peter Langer ,  Kenneth M. Nicolson

发明人： Richard V. Ballou ,  Joseph A. Boscove ,  Richard A. Kraus ,  Hobart L. Kurtz ,  Peter Langer ,  Kenneth M. Nicolson

IPC分类号： F02P17/00 ,  G01M15/05 ,  G01R31/00 ,  G06F11/22 ,  G06F15/74

CPC分类号： F02P17/00 ,  G01M15/05 ,  G01R31/007 ,  G06F11/2273 ,  Y10S706/905

摘要： In a computerized automotive vehicle diagnostic system, a test probe cable is attached to individual components and consists of a multiple conductor cable which is attached ultimately to the component and to a computer in a technician terminal. Where the probe cable enters the technician terminal the conductors contained within it are fed into a programmable crosspoint switch which is controlled by a microcontroller. Test functions are provided by three programmable resources: (1) A program controlled multimeter, (2) A program controlled DC voltage source and ground sink; and (3) the microcontroller itself which receives and interprets commands from the computer and controls the various probe elements based upon the test commands received.

摘要翻译： 在计算机化的机动车辆诊断系统中，测试探针电缆连接到各个部件，并且由最终连接到部件的技术人员终端中的计算机的多芯电缆组成。 当探头电缆进入技术人员端子时，其中包含的导体被馈送到由微控制器控制的可编程交叉点开关中。 测试功能由三个可编程资源提供：（1）程控可控万用表，（2）程控DC电源和接地端; 和（3）微控制器本身，其接收和解释来自计算机的命令并且基于接收到的测试命令来控制各种探针元件。

公开(公告)号：US4787040A

公开(公告)日：1988-11-22

申请号：US945053

申请日：1986-12-22

申请人： Richard N. Ames ,  Layton Balliet ,  Richard V. Ballou ,  Stanley M. Belyeu ,  Joseph A. Boscove ,  Akram Bou-Ghannam ,  Peter Langer ,  Andrew B. McNeill ,  Gerald U. Merckel ,  Robert V. Miller ,  Thomas K. Pate ,  Nicholas J. Schwartz ,  Frederick T. Slater ,  Stanford A. Strickland ,  William C. Troop

发明人： Richard N. Ames ,  Layton Balliet ,  Richard V. Ballou ,  Stanley M. Belyeu ,  Joseph A. Boscove ,  Akram Bou-Ghannam ,  Peter Langer ,  Andrew B. McNeill ,  Gerald U. Merckel ,  Robert V. Miller ,  Thomas K. Pate ,  Nicholas J. Schwartz ,  Frederick T. Slater ,  Stanford A. Strickland ,  William C. Troop

IPC分类号： G08G1/09 ,  B60H1/00 ,  B60K35/00 ,  B60R16/02 ,  B60R16/023 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/153 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G08G1/0968 ,  H04L29/12 ,  G09G1/00 ,  G06F15/20

CPC分类号： B60R16/023 ,  B60H1/00985 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G05B2219/23121

摘要： An advanced display system controller is described for use in automotive vehicles. The controller has electronic circuitry to allow it to be programmed to display monochrome or color graphics and text on an all-points-addressable display device such as a CRT or an Electro-Luminescent (EL) Flat panel. The display resolution and scan rates may be programmed differently depending on the display type and size. The vehicle operator controls the display system via a reconfigurable switch system (RSS), such as an Infrared Touch Panel or Mylar Touch Switch Matrix mounted over the face of the display. In addition, external discrete switches may also be attached to the controller. The controller includes a master microprocessor and a slave microprocessor with preferred partitioning of functions and communicates with other parts of the vehicle via two serial data communication links, a Random Access bus and a Poll/Response bus. The design of this controller allows the display characteristics and supported functions to be changed through reconfigurable hardware and software, allowing a broad range of applications in different model automobiles.