Ground work vehicle, ground work vehicle management system, and ground work information display method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9870654-B2
Application number	US-201715468643-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2017
Priority date	Sep 26, 2012
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

A work device that performs work using a work unit while traveling, or a management system in which the work device is incorporated includes: a travel information generation unit that, over time, generates travel information indicating a travel state; a work information generation unit that, over time, generates work information indicating a work state for the work unit; a travel evaluation unit that, based on the travel information and the work information, divides the traveling of the work device into non-work traveling and actual work traveling; and a data visualization unit that generates visual data according to which the result of the division performed by the travel evaluation unit is made visible.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A ground work vehicle having a vehicle-mounted display configured to display information, the ground work vehicle comprising:
a work information generation unit configured to generate internally-generated work information, which is information relating to ground work;
a data input unit configured to be able to exchange data with a mobile communication terminal carried by a driver;
a first display data generation unit configured to, based on the internally-generated work information, generate first display data to be displayed on the vehicle-mounted display;
a second display data generation unit configured to, based on the internally-generated work information, generate second display data to be displayed on a display of the mobile communication terminal; and
a third display data generation unit configured to generate third display data to be displayed on the vehicle-mounted display, based on externally-generated work information relating to ground work, which is generated by a remotely-located management center and is acquired by the data input/output unit using the mobile communication terminal as a relay.

2. The ground work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a fourth display data generation unit configured to, based on the externally-generated work information, generate fourth display data to be displayed on the display of the mobile communication terminal.

3. The ground work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a driver recognition unit configured to recognize the driver based on ID information of a mobile communication terminal connected via the data input/output unit so as to be able to transfer data,
wherein display content on one or both of the vehicle-mounted display or the display of the mobile communication terminal is changed based on registration information of the recognized driver.

4. The ground work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the internally-generated work information includes one or both of operation state data for the equipped ground work apparatus and the vehicle travel state data, and the externally-generated work information includes one or both of past ground work result data for a target ground work site and ground work target data determined by an external apparatus.

5. The ground work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
content included in the first display data and content included in the second display data are extracted from the internally-generated work information based on ground work attribute information that includes a ground work type, a ground work site property, a ground work site environment and the like.

6. The ground work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
content of display data sent to the mobile communication terminal is changed based on a location of the mobile communication terminal.

7. A ground work information display program installed in a mobile communication terminal configured such that data can be transferred between the mobile communication terminal and a data input/output unit of a ground work vehicle having a vehicle-mounted display configured to display information, the ground work information display program being configured to cause a computer to realize:
an internal display data generation function according to which internal display data to be displayed on a display of the mobile communication terminal is generated based on externally-generated work information relating to ground work, which is generated by a remotely-located management center and is received via a data communication line;
an external display data generation function according to which external display data to be displayed on the vehicle-mounted display is generated based on the externally-generated work information; and
a function according to which the external display data are transmitted to the data input/output unit.

8. The ground work information display program according to claim 7 , furthermore configured to cause a computer to execute:
a function according to which display data to be displayed on the display of the mobile communication terminal is generated based on internally-generated work information relating to ground work, which is generated by the ground work vehicle and is sent from the ground work vehicle.

9. The ground work information display program according to claim 8 , wherein
the internally-generated work information includes one or both of operation state data for the equipped ground work apparatus and the vehicle travel state data, and the externally-generated work information includes one or both of past ground work result data for a target ground work site and ground work target data determined by an external apparatus.

10. The ground work information display program according to claim 7 , wherein
display content on one or both of the vehicle-mounted display and the display of the mobile communication terminal is changed based on registered information on an owner, which is obtained by inquiry of the ground work vehicle or the management center using internally-stored ID information of the owner.

11. A storage medium storing a ground work information display program installed in a mobile communication terminal configured such that data can be transferred between the mobile communication terminal and a data input/output unit of a ground work vehicle having a vehicle-mounted display configured to display information, the storage medium storing an agricultural work management program configured to cause a computer to execute:
an internal display data generation function according to which internal display data to be displayed on a display is generated based on externally-generated work information relating to ground work, which is generated by a remotely-located management center and is received via a data communication line;
an external display data generation function according to which external display data to be displayed on the vehicle-mounted display is generated based on the externally-generated work information; and
a function according to which the external display data are transmitted to the data input/output unit.

12. A ground work information display method performed using a mobile communication terminal configured such that data transfer is possible between the mobile communication terminal and a data input/output unit of a ground work vehicle having a vehicle-mounted display configured to display information, the ground work information display method comprising:
an internal display data generation step of generating internal display data to be displayed on a display of the mobile communication terminal, based on externally-generated work information relating to ground work, which is generated at a remotely-located management center and is received via a data communication line;
an external display data generation step of generating external display data to be displayed on the vehicle-mounted display, based on the externally-generated work information; and
a step of transmitting the external display data to the data input/output unit.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Tanabe Aya
• Takahara Kazuhiro
• Matsufuji Kazunori
• Inoue Hirotsugu

Classifications

• B60K35/28

  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 title

• B60K35/29

  Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/00

  Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles · CPC title