Patent application EP20172835A (EP), filed 2020-05-05
Publication number: EP3736162A1
Title: AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE PROVIDING AN AUTOMATIC DISPLAY SELECTION
Abstract: Agricultural vehicle (1) that is designed to be coupled with at least one implement wherein a vehicle cab (3) defining an inner space (4) where a seat (5) for the driver is located houses a first data display (6-d) coupled with a front the windshield (6) and facing the seat (5), a second data display (7-d) coupled with a rear windshield (7) and placed behind of the seat (5) and a third data display (8-d) coupled with a lateral windshield (8) and placed on one side of the seat (5). An imagine capture system (20) detects the position of the head of the driver with respect a reference system and recognizes a front head position, a rear head position and a lateral head position. The first, the second or the third display is respectively activated if a front head position, a rear head position and a lateral head position has been detected.
IPC codes: B60K  17/    28            A I
B60K  35/    10            A I
B60R  11/    00            A I
B60R  11/    02            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: Agricultural vehicle (1) that is designed to be coupled with one implement that receives torque from a rear Power Torque Output PTO of the agricultural vehicle, the vehicle comprising:
number: 2
text: Agricultural vehicle as defined in claim 1, wherein the first data display (6-d), the second data display (7-d) or the third data display (8-d) are retro illuminated display.
number: 3
text: Agricultural vehicle as defined in claim 2, wherein when one data display is switched on the other data displays are switched off to avoid unnecessary lighting generation inside of the cab.
number: 4
text: Agricultural vehicle as defined in claim 1 wherein the electronic control unit is further configured for displaying in the second data display (7-d) first additional data describing the functioning of said one implement when attached to the rear PTO.
number: 5
text: Agricultural vehicle as defined in claim 4 and comprising a front PTO wherein the electronic control unit is further configured for displaying in the first data display (6-d) second additional data describing the functioning of an additional implement when attached to the front PTO.
Office action: search_report, dated 2020-11-11
Prior art cited: ref_id: DE20013646U1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP1674324A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: DE19722081A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: WO2017047132A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP2444919A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: DE19722081
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: DE20013646U
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP1674324
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: EP2444919
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: WO2017047132
ref_type: patent
severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2020-11-11)