Display control device for vehicle

• US 20040212482A1
• Filed: 04/23/2004
• Published: 10/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo KK (Subaru Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo KK (Subaru Corp.)
• Inventors: Kaneda, Kouji
• Granted Patent: US 7,123,135 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/425.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/33 Illumination features
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/33 Illumination features
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/736 the user being the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/654 the user being the driver

Abstract

If a successive lighting operation inhibition mode is not set up, a pointer portion of a speed meter is lighted, and then a peripheral ring portion of the speed meter is lighted. On the other hand, if the successive lighting operation inhibition mode is set up, the peripheral ring portion and the pointer portion are lighted at once. Subsequently, if a sweep operation inhibition mode is not set up, a sweep operation of a meter pointer in the pointer portion is performed. Thereafter, a nameplate portion is lighted. On the other hand, if the sweep operation inhibition mode is set up, the nameplate portion is lighted instantly without performing the sweep operation.

Claims

1. A display control device for a vehicle for displaying in a preset display mode based on an operation of an ignition key, comprising:

a display mode change instructing unit for instructing a change of the preset display mode; and

a display mode changing unit for changing the preset display mode into a display mode different from the preset display mode upon an instruction from the display mode change instructing unit.

2. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein:

changing the preset display mode into the display mode different from the preset display mode includes inhibiting the display in the preset display mode.

3. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the preset display mode has a mode wherein a pointer portion is forced to make a sweep operation.

4. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the preset display mode has a mode wherein illuminator portions within a meter cluster are lighted in succession.

5. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the preset display mode has a mode wherein illuminator portions within a meter cluster are lighted off in succession.

6. The display control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display portion for displaying an indication wherein the preset display mode is changed into the display mode different from the preset display mode.

7. The display control device according to claim 1, wherein:

the display mode change instructing unit instructs a change of the preset display mode based on operations of an odo trip meter switch and the ignition key.