Information displaying apparatus for a vehicle
First Claim
1. An information displaying apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
- a cluster disposed to face an occupant;
a display device disposed in said cluster;
a display controlling portion configured to control said display device, said display device including a displaying surface which displays vehicle information; and
a plurality of reflecting mirror members which are disposed in said cluster and are disposed to have a distance from each other, said vehicle information being reflected by the plurality of reflecting mirror members to be visible by the occupant, the plurality of reflecting mirror members including at least a first reflecting mirror member which is provided far from the occupant, a second reflecting mirror member which is provided nearer to the occupant than the first reflecting mirror member, and a third reflecting mirror member which is provided nearer to the occupant than the second reflecting mirror member, and the vehicle information reflected by the first reflecting mirror member being visible by the occupant by being transmitted through the second and third reflecting mirror members;
wherein the vehicle information includes a diagram to call attention of the occupant; and
wherein said display controlling portion controls the display device such that the diagram reflected by the first reflecting mirror member is sequentially changed to the diagram, reflected by the second and third reflecting mirror members as a warning display when there is a necessity of calling the occupant'"'"'s attention.
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Abstract
The present invention is an information displaying apparatus for a vehicle, which includes a cluster disposed to be faced to an occupant; and a display device disposed in the cluster; the display device includes a displaying surface on which information on the vehicle is displayed, and a plurality of reflecting mirror members which have a distance from each other and disposed forward of the occupant, for allowing the occupant to see the vehicle information by reflecting the vehicle information displayed on the displaying surface, wherein the vehicle information reflected by a reflecting mirror member provided far from the occupant is configured to be visible by the occupant by transmitting a reflecting mirror member provided near to the occupant, and an area where does not overlap with the vehicle information reflected by the reflecting mirror member provided far from the occupant is provided at a proximity of periphery of the reflecting mirror member provided near to the occupant.
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14 Claims
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1. An information displaying apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
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a cluster disposed to face an occupant; a display device disposed in said cluster; a display controlling portion configured to control said display device, said display device including a displaying surface which displays vehicle information; and a plurality of reflecting mirror members which are disposed in said cluster and are disposed to have a distance from each other, said vehicle information being reflected by the plurality of reflecting mirror members to be visible by the occupant, the plurality of reflecting mirror members including at least a first reflecting mirror member which is provided far from the occupant, a second reflecting mirror member which is provided nearer to the occupant than the first reflecting mirror member, and a third reflecting mirror member which is provided nearer to the occupant than the second reflecting mirror member, and the vehicle information reflected by the first reflecting mirror member being visible by the occupant by being transmitted through the second and third reflecting mirror members; wherein the vehicle information includes a diagram to call attention of the occupant; and wherein said display controlling portion controls the display device such that the diagram reflected by the first reflecting mirror member is sequentially changed to the diagram, reflected by the second and third reflecting mirror members as a warning display when there is a necessity of calling the occupant'"'"'s attention. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An information displaying apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
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a cluster disposed to face an occupant; a display device disposed in said cluster; a display controlling portion configured to control said display device, said display device including a displaying surface which displays vehicle information; a plurality of reflecting mirror members which are disposed in said cluster and are disposed to have a distance from each other, said vehicle information being reflected by the plurality of reflecting mirror members to be visible by the occupant, the plurality of reflecting mirror members including a first reflecting mirror member which is provided far from the occupant and a second reflecting mirror member which is provided near to the occupant, and the vehicle information reflected by the first reflecting mirror member being visible by the occupant by being transmitted through the second reflecting mirror member; a rotational lid member configured to open and close an area, where located at front of the vehicle, of said cluster, and a cover member provided in said cluster, the vehicle information displayed on the displaying surface being projected on a front window panel by erecting said first reflecting mirror member and the rotational lid member, and by covering along a back surface of the second reflecting mirror member, which is most adjacent to the first reflecting mirror member, by said cover member; a driving device configured to carry out an erecting operation of said first reflecting mirror member; and a headlight lighting device configured to carry out a lighting operation of a headlight, wherein said driving device is connected with said headlight lighting device, the erecting operation of said first reflecting mirror member is carried out by lighting of said headlight. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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