ONBOARD DISPLAY DEVICE, ONBOARD DISPLAY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE

• US 20080204205A1
• Filed: 04/15/2008
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Toshiya, Yamamoto, Takeshi, Miake, Aki, Itoh, Megumi, Okuda, Mitsukazu, Abe, Takeo, Doi, Takeshi
• Application Number:
  US12/103,164
• Publication Number:
  US 20080204205A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/425.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/21 using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/21 using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

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.

Claims

1. An onboard display device attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle, comprising:

a display screen having an aspect ratio of approximately 7;

3 or more and approximately 32;

9 or less, the aspect ratio being a width/height ratio of the display screen, the display screen having a resolution including at least 468 rows of pixels and at least 1092 columns of pixels.

2. The onboard display device of claim 1, wherein the aspect ratio is approximately 8:

3.

3. The onboard display device of claim 1, wherein the aspect ratio is approximately 30:

9

4. The onboard display device of claim 1, wherein the aspect ratio is approximately 32:

9

5. The onboard display device of claim 1, wherein the number of columns of pixels is 1200 or more.

6. The onboard display device of claim 1, wherein the display screen includes at least three W-QVGA display areas in a row direction, and includes at least two W-QVGA display areas in a column direction.

7. A vehicle comprising the onboard display device of claim 1.