Device for displaying maintenance procedure requirements

• US 20050216150A1
• Filed: 03/18/2005
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Original Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Inventors: Binderberger, Andreas
• Granted Patent: US 7,333,881 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/30
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0234 related to maintenance or repairing of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F01M 2011/14 for indicating the necessity to change the oil
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/006 Indicating maintenance

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.

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.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein maintenance procedures are represented on the display with due dates determined by operating time and/or operating distance.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the due dates for maintenance procedures which come due depending on operating distance are represented as a function of an operating time derived from the total annual distance driven.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the total annual distance driven is determined in the first year of operation from an extrapolation of the distance driven up to the particular point in time of determination.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein maintenance procedures which are to be expected in the future are also represented on the time line diagram at the correct time.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the display of the point in time of a maintenance procedure can be changed by moving a pertinent marking.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein displays of predictable costs of the particular maintenance procedure are also linked with the maintenance procedures.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the color representation of the markings assigned to the particular maintenance procedures differs depending on their urgency.