Motor vehicle inspection device and method for identifying motor vehicles

摘要

A method for identifying a motor vehicle for a plurality of motor vehicle inspection devices, including ascertaining a distinct characteristic of the motor vehicle; ascertaining basic identification data of the motor vehicle; storing the distinct characteristic and the basic identification data in an identification data set for this motor vehicle on a storage medium; identifying the identification data set associated with the motor vehicle on the storage medium based on the distinct characteristic with a first of the plurality of motor vehicle inspection devices; reading out the identified identification data set of the motor vehicle from the storage medium; ascertaining first identification data of the motor vehicle, which are specific to the first of the plurality of motor vehicle inspection devices; supplementing the read-out identification data set by the first identification data; storing the supplemented identification data set on the storage medium; identifying the identification data set associated with the motor vehicle on the storage medium based on the distinct characteristic with a second of the plurality of motor vehicle inspection devices; reading out the identified identification data set of the motor vehicle from the storage medium; ascertaining second identification data of the motor vehicle, which are specific for the second of the plurality of motor vehicle inspection devices; supplementing the read-out identification data set by the second identification data; and storing the supplemented identification data set on the storage medium.