# US 9,775,277 B2 · Operating environment of an agricultural utility vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,775,277 B2 - Document ID: US9775277B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/265,874 - Filed: 2016-09-15 - Published: 2017-01-05 - Granted: 2017-10-03 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-18 - Assignees: Deere & Company - Applicants: Deere & Company - Inventors: Juergen Wagner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9775277B2 ## CPC - A01B 76/00: Parts, details or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, not provided for in groups A01B51/00 - A01B75/00 - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/22: Display screens - B60K 35/60: Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) - B60K 35/81: for controlling displays - B60R 11/0229: {for displays, e.g. cathodic tubes} - B60R 11/0264: {for control means} - B60K 2360/1438: Touch screens - B60K 2360/774: on or in the centre console - B60R 2011/0007: {Mid-console} - B60R 2011/0022: {Pillars} - A01B: SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL (making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring A01C5/00; mowers convertible to soil working apparatus or capable of soil working A01D42/04; mowers combined with soil working implements A01D43/12; soil working for engineering purposes E01, E02, E21) - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An operating environment of an agricultural utility vehicle having a graphical user interface includes a freely configurable display or control unit. The display or control unit can, as desired, be mounted at a first mounting interface for providing a first display or control configuration in a first driver field of vision, or at a second mounting interface for providing a second display or control configuration in a second driver field of vision. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An operating environment of an agricultural utility vehicle having a graphical user interface, comprising: a freely configurable display or control unit; a first mounting interface; and a second mounting interface; wherein, the display or control unit is mountable at the first mounting interface to provide a first display or control configuration in a first driver field of vision, or at the second mounting interface to provide a second display or control configuration in a second driver field of vision, and the display or control unit comprises a touch screen. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The operating environment of claim 1, wherein the first mounting interface is associated with a central control console, and the second mounting interface is associated with a side cabin pillar. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The operating environment of claim 2, wherein the central control console or the side cabin pillar includes a contour for at least a partial form-fit accommodation of the display or control unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The operating environment of claim 1, wherein the first or second mounting interface comprises a mechanical mount. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The operating environment of claim 4, wherein the mechanical mount comprises a fixed electrical connector configured to be in communication with a data bus of the agricultural utility vehicle, the electrical connector being connectable with a complementary fixed electrical connector on the display or control unit to produce a data exchange connection. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The operating environment of claim 1, wherein the deployment of the first display or control configuration is executed automatically upon mounting the display or control unit at the first mounting interface, or that the deployment of the second display or control configuration is executed automatically upon mounting the display or control unit at the second mounting interface. ### Claim 7 An operating environment of an agricultural utility vehicle having a graphical user interface, comprising: a freely configurable display or control unit; a first mounting interface; and a second mounting interface; wherein, the display or control unit is mountable at the first mounting interface associated with a central control console to provide a first display or control configuration in a first driver field of vision, or at the second mounting interface associated with a side cabin pillar to provide a second display or control configuration in a second driver field of vision. ### Claim 8 An operating environment of an agricultural utility vehicle having a graphical user interface, comprising: a freely configurable display or control unit; a first mounting interface; and a second mounting interface; wherein, the display or control unit is mountable at the first mounting interface to provide a first display or control configuration in a first driver field of vision, or at the second mounting interface to provide a second display or control configuration in a second driver field of vision; and wherein the deployment of the first display or control configuration is executed automatically upon mounting the display or control unit at the first mounting interface, or that the deployment of the second display or control configuration is executed automatically upon mounting the display or control unit at the second mounting interface.