Onboard Display Device, Onboard Display System and Vehicle
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Abstract
An onboard display device in accordance with the present invention includes a display section (11) attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle. The section (11) has a second display area (11b) and a first display area (11a). The second display area (11b) shows at least the speed as vehicle condition images indicating the conditions of the vehicle. The first display area (11a) shows a navigation image and other secondary images. The display section (11) measures greater in width than in height with an aspect ratio of 7:3 or greater. The aspect ratio is the width/height ratio of a display area. The onboard display device allows for a visibility-improved simultaneous display of the secondary image, such as a navigation image, and the vehicle condition image, such as a speed display, which presents information on the conditions of the vehicle.
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13. An onboard display device attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle, comprising:
a display screen having a resolution including at least 468 rows of pixels and at least 1092 columns of pixels, said display screen including a first area, a second area, a third area and a fourth area, wherein the first area and the fourth area are laterally elongated display areas with a row direction displayed as a column direction in the display screen, and the second area and the third area are laterally elongated display areas with the row direction displayed as the row direction in the display screen, the first area being displayed on a left-hand side of the display screen, the fourth area being displayed on a right-hand side of the display screen, the second area being displayed between and above the first area and the fourth area, and the third area being displayed between and below the first area and the fourth area. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. An onboard display device, comprising:
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a display section attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle, said display section showing a secondary image different from vehicle condition images indicating conditions of the vehicle in a first portion thereof and showing the vehicle condition images in a second portion thereof;
whereinsaid display section is greater in width than in height and has an aspect ratio that is equal to or greater than approximately 7;
3, the aspect ratio being a width/height ratio of a display area. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29)
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23. An onboard display system, comprising:
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an onboard display device including a display section attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle, the display section showing a secondary image different from vehicle condition images indicating conditions of the vehicle in a first portion thereof and showing the vehicle condition images in a second portion thereof, the display section being greater in width than in height and having an aspect ratio that is equal to or greater than approximately 7;
3, the aspect ratio being a width/height ratio of a display area;imaging devices arranged to obtain images from areas near the front, rear, right, and left of the vehicle; and a control device arranged to control imaging operations of the imaging devices so that a front image, a rear image, a right-hand image, and a left-hand image obtained by the imaging devices can be all simultaneously shown on the display section of the onboard display device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 30)
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25. A vehicle, comprising:
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an onboard display device including a display section attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle, the display section showing a secondary image different from vehicle condition images indicating conditions of the vehicle in a first portion thereof and showing the vehicle condition images in a second portion thereof, the display section being greater in width than in height and having an aspect ratio that is equal to or greater than approximately 7;
3, the aspect ratio being a width/height ratio of a display area;an imaging device arranged to obtain an image from an area near the rear of the vehicle; a reverse gear selected to move the vehicle rearwardly; and a display control device arranged to control the onboard display device such that, upon activation of the reverse gear, the display section shows a widthwise elongated image of the area near the rear of the vehicle as obtained by the imaging device at an aspect ratio that is equal to or greater than approximately 2.3;
1. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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26. A vehicle, comprising:
an onboard display device including a display section attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle, said display section showing a secondary image different from vehicle condition images indicating conditions of the vehicle in a first portion thereof and showing the vehicle condition images in a second portion thereof, said display section being greater in width than in height and having an aspect ratio that is equal to or greater than approximately 7;
3, the aspect ratio being a width/height ratio of a display area.- View Dependent Claims (32)
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27. A vehicle, equipped with an onboard display system comprising:
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an onboard display device including a display section attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle, the display section showing a secondary image different from vehicle condition images indicating conditions of the vehicle in a first portion thereof and showing the vehicle condition images in a second portion thereof, the display section being greater in width than in height and having an aspect ratio that is equal to or greater than approximately 7;
3, the aspect ratio being a width/height ratio of a display area;imaging devices arranged to obtain images of areas near the front, rear, right, and left of the vehicle; and a control device arranged to control imaging operations of the imaging devices so that a front image, a rear image, a right-hand image, and a left-hand image obtained by the imaging devices can be all simultaneously shown on the display section of the onboard display device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 33)
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Specification