Patent ID: 8437920

Claim:
An operator display system for an excavator that swings left and right between a digging site and a dumping site, wherein the excavator has an operator seat; said operator display system comprising: a first display device located on a first side of the operator seat; a second display device, separate from the first display, and located on a second side opposite the first side of the operator seat; a control system connected to the first display device and the second display device and generating a first set of information related to operation of the excavator and a second set of information related to operation of the excavator; and an arrangement for responding to an input signal by dynamically selecting on which of the first and second display devices the first set of information is displayed and on which of the first and second display devices the second set of information is simultaneously displayed, wherein the input signal indicates the excavator swing to the right or to the left and wherein when the input signal indicates the excavator swing to the right, the arrangement selects the first display device to display the first set of information and the second display device to display the second set of information; and when the input signal indicates the excavator swing to the left, the arrangement selects the second display device to display the first set of information and the first display device to display the second set of information.