# US 2013/0158792 A1 · Meter display device for vehicle and display method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0158792 A1 - Document ID: US20130158792A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/667,055 - Filed: 2012-11-02 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-20 - Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Mitsuru KOBAYASHI; Shoji SAITO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130158792A1 ## CPC - G06F 17/00: Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions (information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00) - 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 - B60K 35/60: Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) - B60K 35/215: characterised by the combination of multiple visual outputs, e.g. combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays - 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 - B60K 2360/1868: according to driving situations - B60K 2360/349: Adjustment of brightness - B60Y 2200/12: Motorcycles, Trikes; Quads; Scooters - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ## Abstract The present invention provides a meter display device provided in a vehicle, including a display portion having a display region in which a plurality of display areas extending elongatedly in the left-right direction of a meter body are provided in proximity in a line arrangement in the orthogonal direction orthogonal to the left-right direction, and a display control portion switching each of the display areas between the display operated state and the non-display operated state and increasing the number of the display areas display-operated. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A meter display device for vehicle comprising: a display portion having a display region in which a plurality of display areas extending elongatedly in the left-right direction of a meter body are provided in proximity in a line arrangement in the orthogonal direction orthogonal to the left-right direction; and a display control portion switching each of the display areas between the display operated state and the non-display operated state and increasing the number of the display areas display-operated from one end in the orthogonal direction toward the other end in the orthogonal direction with a predetermined state change of the vehicle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the display portion is arranged at the center of the left-right width of the meter display device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the left-right width of the display areas is set to be sequentially changed in the orthogonal direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the left-right width of the display areas is set to be increased from one end in the orthogonal direction toward the other end in the orthogonal direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the display region is formed to be left-right symmetrical. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, wherein codes indicating the state of the vehicle are provided in proximity in a line arrangement in the orthogonal direction corresponding to the display areas. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the rotation speed of the drive source of a vehicle having a transmission is displayed on the display portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A motorcycle comprising the meter display device for vehicle according to claim 1, the center in the left-right direction of the meter display device being located at the center in the left-right direction of the vehicle. ### Claim 9 A display method of the meter display device for vehicle comprising: providing in a display portion a display region in which a plurality of display areas extending elongatedly in the left-right direction of a meter body are provided in proximity in a line arrangement in the orthogonal direction orthogonal to the left-right direction; and using a display control portion controlling the display portion to switch each of the display areas between the display operated state and the non-display operated state and to increase the number of the display areas display-operated from one end in the orthogonal direction toward the other end in the orthogonal direction with a predetermined state change of the vehicle.