Device for displaying maintenance procedure requirements
First Claim
1. A device for displaying maintenance procedures for motor vehicles with a display that has surface sections separate from one another on which information regarding the type of the procedure and information regarding the due date of the procedure is displayed for each maintenance procedure, wherein the information regarding the procedure is formed as a time line diagram and the due date is represented as a marking on the particular time line at a distance from a reference point common to the maintenance procedures corresponding to the length of time to the due date, wherein the reference point is a current date, and wherein a scale of the time line diagram is adjusted based on driving frequency.
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Abstract
In a device for displaying maintenance procedures for motor vehicles with a display that has surface sections separate from one another on which information on the type of procedure and information on the due date of the procedure is displayed for each maintenance procedure, the information on the procedure is formed as a time line diagram. The due date is represented as a marking on the particular time line at a distance from a reference point common to the maintenance procedures corresponding to the length of time to the due date.
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20 Claims
- 1. A device for displaying maintenance procedures for motor vehicles with a display that has surface sections separate from one another on which information regarding the type of the procedure and information regarding the due date of the procedure is displayed for each maintenance procedure, wherein the information regarding the procedure is formed as a time line diagram and the due date is represented as a marking on the particular time line at a distance from a reference point common to the maintenance procedures corresponding to the length of time to the due date, wherein the reference point is a current date, and wherein a scale of the time line diagram is adjusted based on driving frequency.
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10. A method for displaying a plurality of maintenance procedures for a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
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forming information regarding a procedure type and due date of each of the plurality of maintenance procedures as a time line; and representing on a display the due date of each of the plurality of maintenance procedures as a marking on the time line at a distance from a reference point common to each of the plurality of maintenance procedures, wherein the distance from the reference point corresponds to a length of time to the due date of each of the plurality of maintenance procedures, wherein the reference point is a current date, and wherein the plurality of maintenance procedures include a first group of maintenance procedures with due dates determined based on actual operation of the motor vehicle, and a second group of maintenance procedures with due dates determined independent of the actual operation of the motor vehicle, and the first and second groups of maintenance procedures are displayed on different portions of the display. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for displaying a plurality of maintenance procedures for a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
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forming information regarding a procedure type and due date of each of the plurality of maintenance procedures as a time line; and representing on a display the due date of each of the plurality of maintenance procedures as a marking on the time line at a distance from a reference point common to each of the plurality of maintenance procedures, wherein the distance from the reference point corresponds to a length of time to the due date of each of the plurality of maintenance procedures, wherein at least one of the maintenance procedures includes a first marking for a first due date and a second marking for a second due date, and the first and second markings are represented in a different visual manner, and wherein the reference point is a current date.
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