Work vehicle display device and work vehicle

• US 9,500,114 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2014
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Shimazu, Mitsuhiro, Matsumoto, Hayato
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieu, Julie
• Application Number:
  US14/372,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20150233278A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/168 Target or limit values
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/61 Specially adapted for utility vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/0883 Tanks, e.g. oil tank, urea tank, fuel tank for vehicles in general B60K15/00
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2045 Guiding machines along a predetermined path for graders E02F3/841; machines for construction of roads E01C19/004
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/267 Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 11/00 Monitoring or diagnostic devices for exhaust-gas treatment apparatus , e.g. for catalytic activity safety, indicating or supervising devices for internal combustion engines F02B77/08; testing of machines G01M13/00
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2550/05 Systems for adding substances into exhaust
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2590/08 for heavy duty applications, e.g. trucks, buses, tractors, locomotives
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 2900/1814 Tank level
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/18 characterised by methods of operation; Control
• CPC Class Codes: F01N 3/2066 Selective catalytic reduction [SCR]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/20 Air quality improvement or preservation, e.g. vehicle emission control or emission reduction by using catalytic converters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

A work vehicle display device included in a work vehicle including an internal-combustion engine that generates power and an exhaust gas processing device that processes exhaust gas discharged from the internal-combustion engine using urea water, the work vehicle display device includes: a display unit configured to display an image; and a display control unit configured to display either a first image or a second image different from the first image in the display unit, wherein the display control unit displays device information having a same content related to a state of the exhaust gas processing device in the first image and the second image.

Claims

1. A work vehicle display device included in a work vehicle including an internal-combustion engine that generates power and an exhaust gas processing device that processes exhaust gas discharged from the internal-combustion engine using urea water, the work vehicle display device comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image; and

a display control unit configured to display either a first image or a second image different from the first image in the display unit, the first image being an image including a display of at least a residual amount of fuel and a cooling water temperature, the second image being an image including abnormal information of the exhaust gas processing device that processes the exhaust gas using the urea water,

wherein the display control unit displays a residual amount of the urea water in the first image and the second image.

2. The work vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays the device information in the first image and the second image in similar display forms.

3. The work vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein the device information is a residual amount of urea water accumulated in a tank included in the work vehicle and is supplied to the exhaust gas processing device.

4. The work vehicle display device according to claim 3, wherein the display control unit displays the device information differently from a normal case when abnormality has occurred in detection of the residual amount of the urea water.

5. The work vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays the first image during work of the work vehicle, and enables the second image to be displayed while the work vehicle is not working.

6. The work vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein the first image is a normal image displayed during an operation of the work vehicle, and the second image is an image switched from the normal image to be displayed in response to an input from an input device or an event that has occurred in the work vehicle.

8. The work vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein the second image switches between various kinds of information, and the various kinds of information includes information related to the exhaust gas processing device that processes the exhaust gas using the urea water and information related to a diesel particulate filter (DPF) device.

9. The work vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein the second image includes information related to an output restriction of the work vehicle.

10. The work vehicle display device according to claim 1, wherein the second image includes an image displayed in a state where the exhaust gas processing device that processes the exhaust gas using the urea water is normally being operated.

7. A work vehicle comprising:

an internal-combustion engine configured to generate power;

an exhaust gas processing device configured to process exhaust gas discharged from the internal-combustion engine using urea water; and

a work vehicle display device comprising;

a display unit configured to display an image; and

a display control unit configured to display either a first image or a second image different from the first image in the display unit, the first image being an image including a display of at least a residual amount of fuel and a cooling water temperature, the second image being an image including abnormal information of the exhaust gas processing device that processes the exhaust gas using the urea water,

wherein the display control unit displays a residual amount of the urea water in the first image and the second image.

11. A work vehicle display device included in a work vehicle including an internal-combustion engine that generates power and an exhaust gas processing device that processes exhaust gas discharged from the internal-combustion engine using urea water, the work vehicle display device comprising:

a display unit configured to display an image; and

a display control unit configured to display either a first image or a second image different from the first image in the display unit,

wherein the display control unit displays device information having a same content related to a state of the exhaust gas processing device in the first image and the second image,

wherein the device information in the first and second images includes an indication of a residual amount of urea water for the exhaust gas processing device and an indication of an abnormality or normality in a detection of the residual amount of urea water.

12. The work vehicle display device according to claim 11, wherein the device information in the first and second images includes a urea water gauge, the urea water gauge having:

a plurality of lightable indicators to indicate a residual amount of urea water for the exhaust gas processing device, the plurality of lightable indicators being arranged laterally or longitudinally along a line in the first and second images, and

an icon which is displayed in a first way in a normal case to indicate that the detection of the residual amount of the urea water is normal and displayed in a different second way from the normal case to indicate that the detection of the residual amount of the urea water is abnormal.

13. The work vehicle display device according to claim 12, wherein the different second way includes making a color of the icon different from a normal case, or blinking the icon.

14. The work vehicle display device according to claim 12, wherein the icon is displayable in a different third way when an amount of residual urea water is less than a certain threshold.

15. The work vehicle display device according to claim 11, wherein the device information in the first and second images includes a urea water gauge which indicates the residual amount of urea water for the exhaust gas processing device, the display control unit displaying the urea water gauge in a first color to indicate abnormality in a detection of the residual amount of urea water and in a different second color to indicate normality in a detection of the residual amount of urea water.

16. The work vehicle display device according to claim 11, wherein the abnormality in detection of the residual amount of the urea water is due to a disconnection of an in-vehicle signal line or a failure of a sensor for detecting an amount of the urea water.