Patent ID: 7817021
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: B60R,E02F

Abstract:
1. A display device mounted in a working vehicle equipped with a camera that monitors areas around the working vehicle, the display device comprising: a monitor screen; first display means for displaying on the monitor screen information describing work undertaken by the working vehicle or describing running status of the working vehicle; second display means for displaying on the monitor screen an image captured by the camera; first switching means for switching image information displayed on the monitor screen between image information input by the first display means and image information input by the second display means; malfunction detection means for detecting a malfunction occurred in the working vehicle; warning display means for displaying warning information on a part of the monitor screen; operation detecting means for detecting whether the working vehicle is working or not; and second switching means for automatically switching the image information displayed on the monitor screen from the image information input by the second display means to the image information input by the first display means; wherein when the image information input by the second display means is displayed on the monitor screen, if the malfunction detection means detects the malfunction in the working vehicle, the warning display means superposes and displays the warning information on the part of the monitor screen, and if the operation detecting means detects that the working vehicle has stopped working, the second switching means automatically switches the image information displayed on the monitor screen from the image information input by the second display means to the image information input by the first display means.