Display device for vehicle

• US 8,947,454 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2010
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Hashikawa, Nobuko, Onaka, Junichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): HARRISON, CHANTE E
• Application Number:
  US13/505,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20120218295A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,555 Days
• Field of Search: 345/7, 345/84, 345/690, 345/55, 345/173, 345/629, 345/619, 340/425.5, 348/148
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/184 Displaying the same information on different displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/186 Displaying information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/785 on or in relation to the windshield or windows
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/154 Combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/184 Displaying the same information on different displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/186 Displaying Information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/193 for improving awareness
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/785 on or in relation to the windshield or windows
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• 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: G01D 2207/20 Displays for vehicles in which information is superimposed on an external view, e.g. heads-up displays or enhanced reality displays
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2207/30 Displays providing further information, in addition to measured values, e.g. status
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 7/02 Indicating value of two or more variables simultaneously

Abstract

In a display device for a vehicle displays information on a second layer of a first display screen when a display state is changed, the display device displays, on the second layer of the second display screen, an icon corresponding to the information, the display device displays a predetermined image so that the predetermined image displayed on the first layer of the first display screen is different from the predetermined image displayed on the first layer of the second display screen, thereafter, the display device gradually changes the image displayed on the first layer of the first display screen so that a part of or the entirety of the predetermined image displayed on the first layer of the first display screen is the same as the predetermined image displayed on the first layer of the second display screen.

Claims

1. A display device for a vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of display screens provided at positions close to an instrument panel of the vehicle or on the instrument panel, the display screens including at least a first display screen and a second display screen different from the first display screen; and

a display control device showing, on the second display screen, that a display state of the first display screen is changed when the display state of the first display screen is changed, wherein

a displayed image which is displayed on the display screens includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer displays a predetermined image which is to be background, the second layer is overlapped with the first layer so as to make a part of the image displayed on the first layer visible, the second layer displays information related to the vehicle using characters or an icon,

when the display state of the first display screen is changed, the display control device displays the information on the second layer of the first display screen using characters or an icon, the display control device displays, on the second layer of the second display screen, the icon corresponding to the information which was displayed on the second layer of the first display screen, the display control device displays the predetermined image so that the predetermined image displayed on the first layer of the first display screen is different from the predetermined image displayed on the first layer of the second display screen, thereafter, the display control device gradually displays the predetermined image displayed on the first layer of the second display screen on the first layer of the first display screen in a direction from a position in the first display screen, which is close to the second display screen, to a position in the first display screen, which is distant from the second display screen, and the display control device gradually returns a display state of the first layer in the second display screen to a display state of the first layer in the second display screen at the most recent time before the display state of the first display screen is changed, in a direction from a position in the second display screen, which is distant from the first display screen, to a position in the second display screen, which is close to the first display screen.

2. The display device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the second display screen is a head-up display having a display portion provided on a front glass of the vehicle, and

the first display screen is a display screen visible to a driver at a position lower than that of the head-up display.

3. A display device for a vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of display screens provided at positions close to an instrument panel of the vehicle or on the instrument panel, the display screens including at least a first display screen and a second display screen different from the first display screen; and

a display control device showing, on the second display screen, that a display state of the first display screen is changed when the display state of the first display screen is changed, wherein

a displayed image which is displayed on the display screens includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer displays a predetermined image which is to be background, the second layer is overlapped with the first layer so as to make a part of the image displayed on the first layer visible, the second layer displays information related to the vehicle using characters or an icon,

when the display state of the first display screen is changed, the display control device displays the information on the second layer of the first display screen using characters or an icon, the display control device displays, on the second layer of the second display screen, the icon corresponding to the information which was displayed on the second layer of the first display screen, the display control device displays the predetermined image on the first display screen and the second display screen so that the predetermined image showing a continuous shape crosses over the first layer of the first display screen and the first layer of the second display screen,

after a predetermined time is elapsed after the display state of the first display screen is changed, the display control device controls the second display screen so that the predetermined image is gradually removed from the second display screen along a direction from the second display screen to the first display screen due to the predetermined image displayed on the first layer of the second display screen, the icon displayed on the second layer of the second display screen is removed, and a display state of the second display screen returns to the display state of the second display screen at the most recent time before the display state of the first display screen is changed.

4. The display device for a vehicle according to claim 3, wherein

the second display screen is a head-up display having a display portion provided on a front glass of the vehicle, and

the first display screen is a display screen visible to a driver at a position lower than that of the head-up display.