Display device for vehicle
First Claim
1. A display device for a vehicle with an engine, the display device comprising:
- an information acquiring unit configured to acquire vehicle information regarding the vehicle, the vehicle information including engine information indicating an engine state as an ON-state or an OFF-state;
a display unit configured to display the vehicle information acquired by the information acquiring unit; and
a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the vehicle information when the engine information indicates the engine state as the ON-state, to immediately discontinue the operation of the display unit which immediately causes the display of the vehicle information to cease when the engine information indicates the engine state is switched to the OFF-state, to determine the occurrence of an event other than when the engine state is again indicated as the ON-state by the engine information, and, with the engine state being indicated as the OFF-state, to restart the operation of the display unit to restart display of the vehicle information after the occurrence of the event, whereinthe event is when a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the engine state is switched to the OFF-state; and
the control unit controls the display unit to restart the display of the vehicle information when the predetermined period of time has elapsed.
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Abstract
A display device for a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit, a display unit and a control unit. The information acquiring unit acquires vehicle information regarding the vehicle. The vehicle information includes engine information indicating an engine on and off state. The control unit controls the display unit to display the vehicle information when the engine information indicates an engine on state. Further, the display unit controls the display unit to discontinue the display of the vehicle information once when the engine on state of the engine information is switched to the engine off state, and to restart display of the vehicle information.
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11 Claims
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1. A display device for a vehicle with an engine, the display device comprising:
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an information acquiring unit configured to acquire vehicle information regarding the vehicle, the vehicle information including engine information indicating an engine state as an ON-state or an OFF-state; a display unit configured to display the vehicle information acquired by the information acquiring unit; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the vehicle information when the engine information indicates the engine state as the ON-state, to immediately discontinue the operation of the display unit which immediately causes the display of the vehicle information to cease when the engine information indicates the engine state is switched to the OFF-state, to determine the occurrence of an event other than when the engine state is again indicated as the ON-state by the engine information, and, with the engine state being indicated as the OFF-state, to restart the operation of the display unit to restart display of the vehicle information after the occurrence of the event, wherein the event is when a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the engine state is switched to the OFF-state; and the control unit controls the display unit to restart the display of the vehicle information when the predetermined period of time has elapsed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A display device for a vehicle with an engine, the display device comprising:
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an information acquiring unit configured to acquire vehicle information regarding the vehicle, the vehicle information including engine information indicating an engine state as an ON-state or an OFF-state and door information indicating an open and closed state of a door of the vehicle; a display unit configured to display the vehicle information acquired by the information acquiring unit; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the vehicle information when the engine information indicates the engine state as the ON-state, to immediately discontinue the operation of the display unit which immediately causes the display of the vehicle information to cease when the engine information indicates the engine state is switched to the OFF-state, to determine the occurrence of an event other than when the engine state is again indicated as the ON-state by the engine information, and, with the engine state being indicated as the OFF-state, to restart the operation of the display unit to restart display of the vehicle information after the occurrence of the event, wherein the event is when the door of the vehicle is switched from a closed state to an open state, with the engine state indicated as the OFF-state, the control unit controls the display unit to restart the display of the vehicle information when the door closed state indicated by the door information is switched to the door open state, and with the engine state indicated as the OFF-state, the control unit controls the display unit to discontinue the display of the vehicle information after a predetermined time period elapsed after the control unit restarted the display of the vehicle information.
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