METER DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130158792A1
• Filed: 11/02/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Motors Ltd (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Inventors: KOBAYASHI, Mitsuru, SAITO, Shoji
• Granted Patent: US 8,886,396 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1868 according to driving situations
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/349 Adjustment of brightness
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/154 Combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1868 according to driving situations
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/193 for improving awareness
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/349 Adjustment of brightness
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/215 characterised by the combination of multiple visual outputs, e.g. combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/12 Motorcycles, Trikes; Quads; Scooters
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00

Abstract

The present invention provides a meter display device provided in a vehicle, including a display portion having a display region in which a plurality of display areas extending elongatedly in the left-right direction of a meter body are provided in proximity in a line arrangement in the orthogonal direction orthogonal to the left-right direction, and a display control portion switching each of the display areas between the display operated state and the non-display operated state and increasing the number of the display areas display-operated.

Claims

1. A meter display device for vehicle comprising:

a display portion having a display region in which a plurality of display areas extending elongatedly in the left-right direction of a meter body are provided in proximity in a line arrangement in the orthogonal direction orthogonal to the left-right direction; and

a display control portion switching each of the display areas between the display operated state and the non-display operated state and increasing the number of the display areas display-operated from one end in the orthogonal direction toward the other end in the orthogonal direction with a predetermined state change of the vehicle.

2. The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the display portion is arranged at the center of the left-right width of the meter display device.

3. The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the left-right width of the display areas is set to be sequentially changed in the orthogonal direction.

4. The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the left-right width of the display areas is set to be increased from one end in the orthogonal direction toward the other end in the orthogonal direction.

5. The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the display region is formed to be left-right symmetrical.

6. The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, wherein codes indicating the state of the vehicle are provided in proximity in a line arrangement in the orthogonal direction corresponding to the display areas.

7. The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the rotation speed of the drive source of a vehicle having a transmission is displayed on the display portion.

8. A motorcycle comprising the meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, the center in the left-right direction of the meter display device being located at the center in the left-right direction of the vehicle.

9. A display method of the meter display device for vehicle comprising:

providing in a display portion a display region in which a plurality of display areas extending elongatedly in the left-right direction of a meter body are provided in proximity in a line arrangement in the orthogonal direction orthogonal to the left-right direction; and

using a display control portion controlling the display portion to switch each of the display areas between the display operated state and the non-display operated state and to increase the number of the display areas display-operated from one end in the orthogonal direction toward the other end in the orthogonal direction with a predetermined state change of the vehicle.