Vehicle indicator unit having wowing and graduation lighting function
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1. A vehicle indicator comprising:
- a graduation board having an arc-shaped graduation portion and translucent graduations disposed along the graduation portion;
a pointer that is disposed on a front side of the graduation board and movable through the graduations;
a plurality of luminous sources disposed on a reverse side of the graduation board for lighting respective graduations; and
a control unit for controlling lighting of the luminous sources and movement of the pointer;
wherein the control unit controls lighting order of the luminous sources according to the movement of the pointer when a key switch of the vehicle is operated.
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Abstract
A graduation board has an arc-shaped graduation portion and translucent graduations disposed along the graduation portion. A light emitting pointer is disposed on a front side of the graduation board and moves along the graduations. A plurality of LEDs that are disposed on a reverse side of the graduation board emits respective graduations. A control circuit controls an emission order of the LEDs according to the movement of the light emitting pointer when a key switch of the vehicle is turned on. As a result, the combination meter provides attractiveness and originality for the driver, when the key switch turns on.
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1. A vehicle indicator comprising:
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a graduation board having an arc-shaped graduation portion and translucent graduations disposed along the graduation portion;
a pointer that is disposed on a front side of the graduation board and movable through the graduations;
a plurality of luminous sources disposed on a reverse side of the graduation board for lighting respective graduations; and
a control unit for controlling lighting of the luminous sources and movement of the pointer;
wherein the control unit controls lighting order of the luminous sources according to the movement of the pointer when a key switch of the vehicle is operated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A vehicle indication method comprising steps of:
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moving, by a control unit, a pointer along an arc-shaped graduation portion and translucent graduations that are included in the graduation board when a key switch is turned on; and
emitting, by the control unit, a plurality of luminous sources, which are disposed on a reverse side of the graduation board, according to predetermined order. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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