Display device for construction machine

• US 9,506,223 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2011
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Jinbo, Shimon, Take, Hiroaki, Morinaga, Jun, Suzuki, Kouzou
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Calvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Martinez Borrero, Luis A
• Application Number:
  US13/583,568
• Publication Number:
  US 20130110348A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,086 Days
• Field of Search: 701/50, 701/35, 701/1, 701/36, 340/945, 340/442, 340/439, 715/866, 700/101, 700/100, 700/106, 700/107, 700/99, 707/706, 707/722, 707/723, 707/738, 707/758, 707/802
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1523 Matrix displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/168 Target or limit values
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1523 Matrix displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/155 Virtual instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/168 Target or limit values
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/213 Virtual instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• 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: B60Y 2200/41 Construction vehicles, e.g. graders, excavators
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2075 of the hybrid type for vehicles in general B60W20/00
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/26 Indicating devices E02F5/145 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/267 Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 7/08 using a common indicating element for two or more variables

Abstract

A display device includes a display controller and displays a content based on display signals output from the display controller. The display controller includes: a gauge value converter that converts measurements of a plurality of devices displayed in a predetermined unit into gauge values with the same scale; and a maximum gauge value determiner that determines a maximum one of the gauge values converted by the gauge value converter, so as for the gauge value determined by the maximum gauge value determiner to be displayed.

Claims

1. A display device for a construction machine comprising:

a display unit that is configured to display one measurement value at a time; and

a display controller, wherein the display device is configured to display content based on display signals output from the display controller, the display controller comprising;

a value converter that converts a plurality of measurements corresponding to different display ranges of a predetermined unit into different values sharing a common scale such that the plurality of measurements are representable as a percentage of the corresponding predetermined maximum acceptable amount of each of the plurality of measurements, and

a value determiner that determines a single converted value, among the different values converted by the value converter, to be displayed on the display unit based on priority, wherein the determined single converted value is displayed on the display unit such that the plurality of measurements corresponding to different display ranges are displayed one at a time on the display unit based on the different values sharing the common scale, wherein the other of the different values that are not displayed on the display unit are not displayed on the display device.

2. The display device for a construction machine according to claim 1,

wherein the plurality of the measurements belong to a same group in which the measurements are related to one another.

3. The display device for a construction machine according to claim 2,

wherein the same group is an electrical group.

4. The display device for a construction machine according to claim 1,

wherein the measurements are temperatures and

a cooling water temperature display unit that displays cooling water temperatures of engine cooling water is provided separately from the display unit.

5. The display device for a construction machine according to claim 1,

wherein the plurality of the measurements are displayed in a same unit.

6. The display device for a construction machine according to claim 1,

wherein the value determiner determines, based on the priority, a maximum value from the converted values to be the single converted value that is displayed on the display unit.

7. The display device for a construction machine according to claim 1,

wherein the value determiner determines, based on the priority, a minimum value from the converted values to be the single converted value that is displayed on the display unit.

12. The display device for a construction machine according to claim 1, wherein the display unit includes an indicator that is configured to indicate a percentage display, the indicator being configured to display any one of the different values converted by the value converter, and wherein the display controller is configured to cause the indicator to indicate only the determined single value.

8. A display device, comprising:

a display panel having a display unit, the display unit being configured to display one measurement value at a time; and

a display controller configured to output display signals to the display panel, the display controller comprising;

a value converter that converts (i) a first measurement value associated with a first measurement range into a first scaled value that represents the first measurement value as a percentage of a maximum acceptable amount of the first measurement value and (ii) a second measurement value associated with a second different measurement range different from the first measurement range into a second scaled value that represents the second measurement value as a percentage of a maximum acceptable amount of the second measurement value, wherein the first and second scaled values are associated with a common display range, and

a value determiner that selects a single one of the first and second scaled values based on priority, wherein the selected single value is displayed on the display unit based on the first and second scaled values sharing the common display range, and wherein the other of the first and second scaled values that is not displayed on the display unit is not displayed on the display panel.

9. The display device according to claim 8,

wherein the value determiner selects a maximum value from the scaled values to be the single value that is displayed on the display unit.

10. The display device according to claim 8,

wherein the value determiner selects a minimum value from the scaled values to be the single value that is displayed on the display unit.

11. The display device according to claim 8,

wherein the measurement values are associated with temperature measurements, and

wherein the display panel includes an additional display unit for displaying cooling water temperatures of engine cooling water.

13. The display device according to claim 8, wherein the display unit includes an indicator that is configured to indicate a percentage display, the indicator being configured to display any one of the different values converted by the value converter, and wherein the display controller is configured to cause the indicator to indicate only the determined single value.