Display device
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorManfred Wehner
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Abstract
A display device, in particular for a vehicle, having a pointer which can be actuated by a measuring mechanism for analog representation of measured values, the display device including fixed scale marks which are assigned to the pointer, and a display, arranged in a region over at least part of which the pointer travels, for representing variable information, it being possible to represent scale labeling on the display. In order to reduce the manufacturing costs of the display device and to improve its legibility, the scale marks are arranged outside a display region which can be actuated, and at least one region of the display extends along the scale marks so that it is possible to represent the scale labeling in this region.
Claims25
A display device, in particular for a vehicle, comprising a movable pointer, a measuring mechanism, fixed scale marks, and a variable display;
- wherein the pointer is actuatable by the measuring mechanism for pivotal movement over a pointer region to provide an analog representation of measured values, and the fixed scale marks are coordinated to positions of the pointer to present the measured values;
- the display is arranged in the pointer region over at least part of which the pointer travels, the display presenting variable information and providing a labeling of the scale marks;
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- at least part of the display extends along the scale marks, and a portion of the display is actuatable for replacing the scale labeling with the variable information;
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- the scale marks are arranged outside said portion of the display which is actuatable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.