Information display apparatus for a vehicle

• US 6,859,697 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2002
• Issued: 02/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nippon Yusoki Company Limited (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Nippon Yusoki Company Limited (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Muragishi, Hajime
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mancho, Ronnie
• Application Number:
  US10/245,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20030149513A1
• Time in Patent Office: 888 Days
• Field of Search: 703/1, 703/35, 703/29, 703/31, 703/34, 703/50, 703/36, 187/222
• US Class Current: 701/31
• CPC Class Codes: B66F 9/24 Electrical devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 3/00 Registering or indicating the condition or the working of machines or other apparatus, other than vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/006 Indicating maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0825 using optical means

Abstract

An information display apparatus for a vehicle including: a key switch for starting the vehicle; a setting operation portion for inputting and setting a plurality of start-up inspection items to be inspected as to operations of the vehicle before starting work; a display portion for displaying the start-up inspection items set by the setting operation portion; and a control portion which controls the display portion in response to turning on of the key switch thereby to display the startup inspection items on the display portion. The control portion controls the vehicle, on which a start-up inspection as to all the start-up inspection items are terminated, in a state of capable of performing work.

Claims

1. An information display apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a key switch for starting the vehicle;

a setting operation portion for inputting and setting a plurality of start-up inspection items to be inspected as to operations of the vehicle before starting work;

a display portion for displaying the start-up inspection items set by the setting operation portion; and

a control portion which controls the display portion in response to turning on of the key switch thereby to display the start-up inspection items on the display portion before the start-up inspection is terminated,

wherein, when the start-up inspection as to all the start-up inspection items is terminated, the control portion controls the vehicle to be able to perform work.

2. An information display apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a key switch for starting the vehicle;

a setting operation portion for inputting and setting a plurality of start-up inspection items to be inspected as to operations of the vehicle before starting work;

a display portion for displaying the start-up inspection items set by the setting operation portion;

a clock portion for clocking time;

a control portion which controls the display portion thereby to display the start-up inspection items on the display portion, and wherein the control portion controls the display portion to display the start-up inspection items thereon in response to first turning-on of the key switch after the clock portion clocks start time set in advance;

wherein, when the start-up inspection as to all the start-up inspection items is terminated, the control portion controls the vehicle to be able to perform work.

3. The information display apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 2, further comprising

a storage portion controlled by the control portion for storing the start-up inspection items admitted not to be normal as a result of the start-up inspection.

4. The information display apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle is a forklift truck, and the start-up inspection items includes at least normal/abnormal of operations of various kinds of lamps of the forklift truck, normal/abnormal of operation of a handle and normal/abnormal of various kinds of operations of forks.

5. The information display apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the control portion locks a running system and a hydraulic system of the forklift truck during the start-up inspection, and

wherein the control portion cancels a locked state of the running system and the hydraulic system of the forklift truck, on which a start-up inspection as to all the start-up inspection items are terminated, in a state of capable of performing work.

6. The information display apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the control portion locks a running system and a hydraulic system of the forklift truck during the start-up inspection, and

wherein the control portion cancels a locked state of the running system and the hydraulic system on a condition that all the start-up inspection items are admitted to be normal thereby to place the forklift truck in a state capable of performing work.