Display apparatus
AssigneeDENSO TEN Limited
InventorTomohisa KOSEKI
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Abstract
A display apparatus with a structure of a triangular prism that has a first side surface, a second side surface, and a third side surface parallel to a central axis of the triangular prism. The display apparatus includes: a mirror being provided on a side of a back surface of the first side surface of the triangular prism, the back surface of the first side surface facing an inside of the triangular prism; a display provided on the second side surface, the display visually recognizable from the inside of the triangular prism; and a transparent window provided on the third side surface.
Claims9
A display apparatus with a structure of a triangular prism that has a first side surface, a second side surface, and a third side surface parallel to a central axis of the triangular prism, the display apparatus comprising:
- a mirror being provided on a side of a back surface of the first side surface of the triangular prism, the back surface of the first side surface facing an inside of the triangular prism;
- a display provided on the second side surface, the display visually recognizable from the inside of the triangular prism;
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- a transparent window provided on the third side surface.
A displaying method using a structure of a triangular prism that has a first side surface, a second side surface, and a third side surface parallel to a central axis of a triangular prism, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a mirror on a side of a back surface of the first side surface of the triangular prism, the back surface of the first side surface facing an inside of the triangular prism;
- (b) providing a display on the second side surface such that the display is visually recognizable from the inside of the triangular prism;
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- (c) providing, on the third side surface, a transparent window, wherein the structure of the triangular prism is embedded inside an instrument panel on a front side of a vehicle cabin and on a side of a passenger seat and is rotatable by a rotation axis including the central axis so as to expose one of the first side surface, the second side surface, and the third side surface from the instrument panel,
- in a state in which the third side surface is exposed from the instrument panel, a back surface of the display is mirror-reversed on the mirror and a display content on a front surface of the display is visually recognized from the passenger seat through the window, and
- in the state in which the third side surface is exposed from the instrument panel, the display content on the front surface of the display is obstructed by the instrument panel and is not visually recognized from a driver seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.