Change Time Notifying Device for Notifying Change Time of a Consumable

• US 20080228343A1
• Filed: 03/14/2008
• Published: 09/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (Yamaha Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (Yamaha Corporation)
• Inventors: YOSHIZAWA, Akihiro
• Application Number:
  US12/049,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20080228343A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/30
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/006 Indicating maintenance

Abstract

A change time notifying device for notifying a change time of a consumable used on a vehicle. A control device counts a mileage accumulated from the last change of engine oil that must be changed according to the mileage of a vehicle as a mileage after the change. A change time notification processing section notifies a rider when a change time of the engine oil has come. A mileage display section displays mileage information based on the mileage after the change.

Claims

1. A change time notifying device comprising:

a counting device for counting a mileage accumulated from a last change of a consumable that is changed according to the mileage of a vehicle as a mileage after the change; and

a display device that has a change time arrival display section for notifying a rider when the change time of the consumable has come and displays a mileage information based on the mileage after the change.

2. The change time notifying device according to claim 1, wherein the display device includes a display section for displaying vehicle information related to the vehicle other than the mileage information and displays on the display section the mileage information by switching from the vehicle information.

3. The change time notifying device according to claim 2, wherein the display device notifies the rider when the mileage information is displayed on the display section.

4. The change time notifying device according to claim 3, wherein the display device notifies the rider when the mileage information is displayed on the display section using the change time arrival display section.

5. The change time notifying device according to claim 4, wherein when the mileage information is displayed on the display section, the display mode of the change time arrival display section is different from that when the change time of the consumable has come.

6. The change time notifying device according to claim 1, further comprising an input device for instructing the counting device to restart counting the mileage after the change.

7. The change time notifying device according to claim 1, wherein the counting device counts a mileage accumulated from the last change of a second consumable that is changed according to the mileage of the vehicle and different from the consumable as a second mileage after the change.

8. The change time notifying device according to claim 6, wherein the display device includes a display section displaying the mileage information and displays on the display section a second mileage information based on the second mileage after the change by switching from the mileage information.

9. The change time notifying device according to claim 7, wherein the display device notifies the rider when the second mileage information is displayed on the display section, and the display device includes a second change time arrival display section for notifying the rider when a change time of the second consumable has come.

10. the change time notifying device according to claim 1, wherein the consumable is a belt or engine oil.

11. A vehicle comprising the change time notifying device according to claim 1.

12. A motorcycle comprising the change time notifying device according to claim 1.

13. A change time notifying method comprising:

counting a mileage accumulated from a last change of a consumable that is changed according to a mileage of a vehicle as a mileage after the change;

displaying mileage information based on the mileage after the change; and

notifying a rider when the change time of the consumable has come.