Status information display device for wheeled work vehicle, maintenance-screen display method for wheeled work vehicle, and maintenance-screen display program for wheeled work vehicle

• US 10,026,242 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2014
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Tanaka, Osamu, Shibata, Takehiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Cass, Jean Paul
• Application Number:
  US14/763,256
• Publication Number:
  US 20160189448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,299 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/21 using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/267 Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0825 using optical means

Abstract

A state information display for a wheel-type working vehicle includes: a state information displaying unit that displays plural kinds of state information of the wheel-type working vehicle; and a display controller that controls display of the state information displaying unit. The display controller includes: a standard screen displaying unit that displays the plural kinds of state information in the form of a standard screen during an operation of the wheel-type working vehicle; a maintenance/inspection screen switching unit that switches from the standard screen to a maintenance/inspection screen for the wheel-type working vehicle to be displayed in response to a predetermined dedicated operation; and a speed information displaying unit that displays speed information of the wheel-type working vehicle in any one of areas defined in the maintenance/inspection screen when the maintenance/inspection screen is switched to be displayed by the maintenance/inspection screen switching unit.

Claims

1. A state information display for a wheel-type working vehicle, the state information display comprising:

a state information displaying unit configured to display plural kinds of state information of the wheel-type working vehicle; and

a display controller configured to control display of the state information displaying unit, the display controller comprising;

a standard screen displaying unit configured to display the plural kinds of state information to a full screen in a form of a standard screen during an operation of the wheel-type working vehicle;

a maintenance/inspection screen switching unit configured to switch the standard screen, in response to;

data that is received from a rotation sensor associated with driving wheels of the wheel-type working vehicle and indicates rotation of the driving wheels of the wheel-type working vehicle and a predetermined operation, to display a maintenance/inspection screen for the wheel-type working vehicle, which is not disclosed to an operator of the wheel-type working vehicle, to the full screen during a travelling of the wheel-type working vehicle, the maintenance/inspection screen displaying information showing an operation state of the wheel-type working vehicle, which information is not displayed in the standard screen; and

a speed information displaying unit configured to display at least one of vehicle speed determined based on the data from the rotation sensor associated with the driving wheels of the wheel-type working vehicle or an actual gear position determined based on data from a torque converter connected to an engine of the wheel-type working vehicle in any one of areas defined in the maintenance/inspection screen.

2. The state information display for the wheel-type working vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the wheel-type working vehicle works in a heavy-load operation mode for an operation oriented to a load or in a light-load operation mode for an operation oriented to fuel consumption, and

the display controller further comprises an operation mode information displaying unit configured to display information about whether the wheel-type working vehicle works in the heavy-load operation mode or in the light-load operation mode in any one of the areas defined in the maintenance/inspection screen when the maintenance/inspection screen is switched to be displayed by the maintenance/inspection screen switching unit.

3. The state information display for the wheel-type working vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the wheel-type working vehicle is an engine-driven working vehicle, and

the display controller further comprises a gear position information displaying unit configured to display a gear position in any one of the areas defined in the maintenance/inspection screen when the maintenance/inspection screen is switched to be displayed by the maintenance/inspection screen switching unit.

4. The state information display for the wheel-type working vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the maintenance/inspection screen switching unit switches between a state information screen and a sensor adjustment screen, the state information screen showing plural kinds of state information different from the plural kinds of state information shown by the standard screen, the sensor adjustment screen being used for adjusting a sensor related to any one of the plural kinds of state information shown by the state information screen, and

the speed information displaying unit displays the speed information not only in the state information screen but also in the sensor adjustment screen.

5. A method for controlling a state information display for a wheel-type working vehicle, the method comprising:

displaying plural kinds of state information of the wheel-type working vehicle; and

controlling display of the plural kinds of state information, the controlling comprising;

displaying the plural kinds of state information to a full screen in a form of a standard screen during an operation of the wheel-type working vehicle;

switching the standard screen, in response to;

data that is received from a rotation sensor associated with driving wheels of the wheel-type working vehicle and indicates rotation of the driving wheels of the wheel-type working vehicle and a predetermined operation, to display a maintenance/inspection screen for the wheel-type working vehicle, which is not disclosed to an operator of the wheel-type working vehicle, to the full screen during a travelling of the wheel-type working vehicle, the maintenance/inspection screen displaying information showing an operation state of the wheel-type working vehicle, which information is not displayed in the standard screen; and

displaying at least either one of vehicle speed determined based on the data from the rotation sensor associated with the driving wheels of the wheel-type working vehicle or an actual gear position determined based on data from a torque converter connected to an engine of the wheel-type working vehicle in one of areas defined in the maintenance/inspection screen.

6. A computer-readable medium with a computer-readable program allowing a display controller for a wheel-type working vehicle to execute a method comprising:

displaying plural kinds of state information of the wheel-type working vehicle; and

controlling display of the plural kinds of state information, the controlling comprising;

displaying the plural kinds of state information to a full screen in a form of a standard screen during an operation of the wheel-type working vehicle;

switching the standard screen, in response to;

data that is received from a rotation sensor associated with driving wheels of the wheel-type working vehicle and indicates rotation of the driving wheels of the wheel-type working vehicle and a predetermined operation, to display a maintenance/inspection screen for the wheel-type working vehicle, which is not disclosed to an operator of the wheel-type working vehicle, to the full screen during a travelling of the wheel-type working vehicle, the maintenance/inspection screen displaying information showing an operation state of the wheel-type working vehicle, which information is not displayed in the standard screen; and

displaying at least either one of vehicle speed determined based on the data from the rotation the rotation sensor associated with the driving wheels of the wheel-type working vehicle or an actual gear position determined based on data from a torque converter connected to an engine of the wheel-type working vehicle in one of areas defined in the maintenance/inspection screen when the maintenance/inspection screen is switched to be displayed.