Work Vehicle Meter Panel Layout for Readable Multi-Page Information

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Solution Overview

Problem

Agricultural and construction machines require a meter panel that can display a variety of information with high visibility, as existing systems become cluttered and difficult to read with increased information density, especially in smart agriculture and automated operations.

Innovation Solution

An information display system with a meter panel unit featuring a primary region for main information and a sub-region for additional content, allowing pages to be advanced or returned by user operation, and a control device to manage the display of primary and secondary information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If more kinds of information are displayed on the meter panel, then the information completeness is improved, but the visibility decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidvisibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The display element is divided into a primary region for displaying main information (such as vehicle speed, engine RPM) and a sub-region for displaying additional information (such as fuel level, temperature, warning messages). This segmentation allows multiple types of information to be displayed simultaneously while maintaining the visibility of critical data in the primary region.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If the amount of information displayed increases, then the information completeness is improved, but the readability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidreadability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

Different regions of the display element are assigned different display qualities and functions. The primary region uses larger font sizes and higher contrast for critical information that requires immediate attention, while the sub-region uses smaller fonts for secondary information. This local differentiation of display qualities maintains overall readability while increasing information completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP4681957A1Information display system, image display method, computer program, and work vehicle
Publication Date: 2026.01.21 KUBOTA CORP
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AI summary

An information display system for a work vehicle includes a meter panel unit including a display element and a control device configured to control the meter panel unit. The display element includes a display region including a primary region to display a primary image indicating main information related to the work vehicle, and a sub-region to display a plurality of content including information related to the work vehicle. The plurality of content is composed of a plurality of pages that can be advanced or returned by a user operation, and the control device causes one of the plurality of pages selected by the user to be displayed in the sub-region while displaying the primary image in the primary region.