Electronic control and display unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9798451-B2
Application number	US-201313962258-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2013
Priority date	Aug 17, 2012
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

An electronic control and display unit includes at least one display that has a touchscreen monitor and at least one control unit. The display has a plurality of visualization regions having visualization content. The touchscreen monitor associated with the display is subdivided into visualization regions and the visualization content of each visualization region is editable independently of the visualization content of the remaining visualization regions using available touchscreen functions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An agricultural working machine configured with an electronic control and display unit, wherein the electronic control and display unit comprises:
a display with a touchscreen monitor, wherein display operates in at least first and second navigation levels that can be subdivided into one or more visualization regions having visualization content, and
a control unit,
wherein the visualization regions in the at least first and second navigation levels can be scrolled, and zoomed independently of the remaining visualization regions,
wherein scrolling a particular visualization region horizontally or vertically using two fingers increases the scrolling speed therein,
wherein the visualization regions comprise a plurality of configurable subregions,
wherein the visualization content comprises at least one tool,
wherein the visualization content of each of the visualization regions is editable independently of the visualization content of the remaining visualization regions, using touchscreen functions,
wherein each of the subregions are editable such that content of a tool stored in a visualization region is draggable into a subregion, which activates the subregion for editing according to a first editing option for the selected tool,
wherein operation in the first editing option can be interrupted to cause a pop-up window that presents additional alternative editing options for the tool, which are selectable, and
wherein navigation between the selectable editing options is carried out via vertical scrolling.

2. The agricultural working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the visualization regions comprise a plurality of visualized icons, and wherein touching the touchscreen monitor with two fingers making a circular motion prompts a particular icon to be displayed as a mirror image while the original depiction of the icon is retained.

3. The agricultural working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the horizontal or vertical scrolling using two fingers takes place independently of one another in simultaneously visualized visualization regions.

4. The agricultural working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the display comprises, in the first navigation level, at least one “working phase” visualization region and one “tool menu” visualization region, and wherein the “working phase” visualization region is scrollable horizontally and the “tool menu” visualization region is scrollable vertically.

5. The agricultural working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the display comprises, in the second navigation level, at least one “tool content” visualization region, a “tool menu” visualization region and a “tool submenu” visualization region, and wherein all of the visualization regions are scrollable vertically.

6. The agricultural working machine according to claim 1 , wherein touching an activated visualization region outside of an icon that describes the visualization region causes an activated display region or pop-up window or both to close, or causes implemented changes to be reset or both.

7. The agricultural working machine according to claim 1 , wherein when one or more pop-up windows are open in the display, dragging an open pop-up window horizontally using two fingers causes this pop-up window to close.

Assignees

• Claas Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen Gmbh

Inventors

• Grevinga Markus
• Losch Michael

Classifications

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• A01D41/127 Primary

  Control or measuring arrangements specially adapted for combines · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title