VEHICULAR INSTRUMENT DEVICE AND VEHICLE WITH VEHICULAR INSTRUMENT DEVICE
First Claim
1. A vehicular display device comprising:
- a transmissive first liquid crystal display unit having a plurality of display elements;
a transmissive second liquid crystal display unit superposed on said first liquid crystal display unit and having a plurality of display elements; and
a controller for controlling said display elements of said first liquid crystal display unit and said display elements of said second liquid crystal display unit, so as to display information required by a driver of the vehicle,wherein the information displayed by said display elements comprises at least first information indicative of a status of said vehicle, second information for confirming an operating setting of a vehicle-mounted device on said vehicle, and third information for indication to said driver, andwherein said controller controls said display elements to selectively display said information by selectively energizing and de-energizing said display elements, and further controls said display elements to simultaneously display the information in a non-overlapping manner.
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Abstract
A first meter cluster panel and a second meter cluster panel are disposed on an instrument panel of a vehicle such that the first meter cluster panel and the second meter cluster panel have respective centers of display disposed substantially coaxially with each other. The first meter cluster panel is disposed near a boundary line at a position deeper than that of the second meter cluster panel as viewed by a driver who is directing his or her line of sight from an eye range in the forward direction of the vehicle. The first meter cluster panel displays information that is visually recognized outside of a steering wheel. The second meter cluster panel displays information that is visually recognized inside the steering wheel when the driver directs his or her line of sight from the eye range in the forward direction of the vehicle.
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4 Claims
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1. A vehicular display device comprising:
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a transmissive first liquid crystal display unit having a plurality of display elements; a transmissive second liquid crystal display unit superposed on said first liquid crystal display unit and having a plurality of display elements; and a controller for controlling said display elements of said first liquid crystal display unit and said display elements of said second liquid crystal display unit, so as to display information required by a driver of the vehicle, wherein the information displayed by said display elements comprises at least first information indicative of a status of said vehicle, second information for confirming an operating setting of a vehicle-mounted device on said vehicle, and third information for indication to said driver, and wherein said controller controls said display elements to selectively display said information by selectively energizing and de-energizing said display elements, and further controls said display elements to simultaneously display the information in a non-overlapping manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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