IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INSTRUMENT PANEL

• US 20160075235A1
• Filed: 09/14/2015
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Kanai, Takao, Takamatsu, Masahiro, Inoue, Tai, Nagata, Masahide, Ogawa, Takayuki, SATO, Gosei
• Granted Patent: US 10,259,324 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1523 Matrix displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/166 Navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/168 Target or limit values
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/178 Warnings
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/182 Distributing information between displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/186 Displaying information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1868 according to driving situations
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/338 Light strips
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/23 Head-up displays [HUD] optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01
• 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

Abstract

A display unit incorporated in the housing surface of an instrument panel on the passenger seat side changes its display variously together with other display devices such as a liquid crystal display and a line illumination, and displays information such as driving information, danger notification information and entertainment information in coordination.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle display apparatus that displays various pieces of information in a cabin, comprising:

a first display device incorporated in a housing of an instrument panel; and

a second display device disposed in a neighborhood of the instrument panel,

wherein pieces of information displayed on the first display device and the second display device are displayed in coordination.

2. The in-vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first display device is provided with a base material that displays an image along a surface of the housing and a surface panel that covers a surface of the base material and directs the image displayed by the base material toward a passenger seat side in the cabin.

3. The in-vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first display device is incorporated in the housing of the instrument panel on a driver seat side.

4. The in-vehicle display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first display device is incorporated in the housing of the instrument panel on the passenger seat side.

5. An in-vehicle display apparatus that displays various pieces of information in a cabin, comprising:

a first display device incorporated in a housing of an instrument panel; and

a second display device disposed in a cabin,

wherein pieces of information displayed on the first display device and the second display device are displayed in coordination.

6. An in-vehicle display apparatus that displays various pieces of information in a cabin, comprising:

a first display device and a second display device incorporated in a housing of an instrument panel,

wherein the first display device displays an image along a surface of the housing, and

pieces of information displayed on the first display device and the second display device are displayed in coordination.

7. The in-vehicle display apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the first display device is provided with a base material that displays an image and a surface panel that covers a surface of the base material and directs the image displayed by the base material toward a passenger seat side in the cabin,

wherein the surface panel forms part of the surface of the housing.

8. The in-vehicle display apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the first display device is incorporated in the housing of the instrument panel on a driver seat side.

9. The in-vehicle display apparatus according to claim 6,

wherein the first display device is incorporated in the housing of the instrument panel on the passenger seat side.

10. An instrument panel comprising the in-vehicle display apparatus according to claim 6.