Vehicular information display apparatus

A vehicular information display apparatus comprising:

• a display apparatus provided in a vehicle compartment;
• a controller configured to control display of the display apparatus, wherein the vehicular information display apparatus is arranged to display specific information about a vehicle in a form to include a graphic on a screen of the display apparatus and further comprises:
• the controller is configured to switch between a first display mode and a second display mode, the first display mode being configured to display the specific information on a large display region in the screen of the display apparatus and the second display mode being configured to display the specific information on a small display region smaller than the first display mode in the screen of the display apparatus,
• wherein:
• the controller displays the graphic of the specific information by changing an orientation or a shape of the graphic when the controller changes the display region;
• where the graphic representing the specific information is three-dimensional, the controller changes a rendering viewpoint depending on a shape of the display region;
• the large display region is longer in a vertical direction than in a horizontal direction and the small display region is shorter in a vertical direction than the large display region;
• horizontal widths of the large display region and the small display region are equivalent;
• in the first display mode, the large display region displays a three-dimensional graphic representing an outer shape of a vehicle body;
• and
• in the second display mode, the small display region includes a first small display area displaying a navigation screen view and a second small display area displaying the three-dimensional graphic representing the outer shape of the vehicle body.

A vehicular information display apparatus comprising:

• a display apparatus provided in a vehicle compartment;
• a controller configured to control display of the display apparatus,
• wherein the vehicular information display apparatus is arranged to display specific information about a vehicle in a form to include a graphic on a screen of the display apparatus and the specific information about the vehicle includes the graphic representing outer shape of the vehicle body, the vehicular information display apparatus further comprising:
• the controller is configured to switch between a first display mode and a second display mode, the first display mode being configured to display the specific information on a large display region in the screen of the display apparatus and the second display mode being configured to display the specific information on a small display region smaller than the first display mode in the screen of the display apparatus,
• wherein:
• the controller displays the graphic of the specific information by changing an orientation or a shape of the graphic when the controller changes the display region;
• the large display region is longer in a vertical direction than in a horizontal direction and the small display region is shorter in a vertical direction than the large display region;
• horizontal widths of the large display region and the small display region are equivalent;
• in the first display mode, the large display region displays a three-dimensional graphic representing an outer shape of a vehicle body;
• and
• in the second display mode, the small display region includes a first small display area displaying a navigation screen view and a second small display area displaying the three-dimensional graphic representing the outer shape of the vehicle body.