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Display device for vehicle

  • US 8,717,157 B2
  • Filed: 06/15/2009
  • Issued: 05/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A display device for vehicle comprising an image display device and control means for displaying vehicle information as an image in the image display device,wherein the image includes a first display image serving as first vehicle information of the vehicle information, a second display image serving as second vehicle information different from the first vehicle information, and a third display image serving as third vehicle information different from the first and second vehicle information,wherein the control means displays each of the first and second display images in a first display form in which the first and second display images are adjacent to each other, displays each of the first, second, and third display images in a second display form in which the first and second display images are adjacent to each other on both sides of the third display image, and in transition from the first display form to the second display form, displays the third display image between the first and second display images after the first and second display images are moved in a direction in which the first and second display images are separated from each other or while they are moved in that direction,wherein each of the first and second display images has a decoration image portion which decorates the vehicle information,wherein, in transition from the first display form to the second display form, the control means switches each of the first and second display images from a decoration display mode in which the decoration image portion is displayed to a simple display mode in which the decoration image portion is not displayed, andwherein, after the transition from the first display form to the second display form, the control means switches each of the first and second display images from the simple display mode back to the decoration display mode.

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