Meter display device for vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNorikazu Matsumura
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Abstract
The invention provides a meter display device for a vehicle having improved visibility of indicated contents. A meter display device includes a pointer having a pointer position changed by shifting in a predetermined array direction in accordance with a continuously changing vehicle state to indicate the vehicle state, a dial having a plurality of numeral indicating portions configured to indicate the vehicle state at different levels, aligned at intervals in the array direction, and individually change lighting modes, and a controller configured to change the lighting modes of the plurality of numeral indicating portions in accordance with the vehicle state.
Claims18
A meter display device for a vehicle, the meter display device comprising:
- a pointer body having a pointer position changed by shifting in a predetermined array direction in accordance with a continuously changing vehicle state to indicate the vehicle state;
- a display plate having a plurality of index portions configured to indicate the vehicle state at different levels, the plurality of index portions being aligned at intervals in the array direction, and the plurality of index portions being configured to individually change lighting modes;
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- a controller configured to change the lighting modes of the plurality of index portions individually in accordance with a shift of the vehicle state while the vehicle is traveling,
- wherein the controller brings the lighting modes of the plurality of index portions into a first lighting mode,
- under the first lighting mode, the plurality of index portions are changed in synchronism with the shift of the pointer body so as to represent the shift of the vehicle state indicated by the shift of the pointer body, and
- when a predetermined condition while the vehicle is traveling is satisfied, the controller brings the lighting modes of the plurality of index portions into a second lighting mode which is different from the first lighting mode.
A meter display device for a vehicle, the meter display device comprising:
- a pointer body having a pointer position changed by shifting in a predetermined array direction in accordance with a continuously changing vehicle state to indicate the vehicle state;
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- a display plate having a plurality of index portions configured to indicate the vehicle state at different levels, the plurality of index portions being aligned at intervals in the array direction, and the plurality of index portions being configured to individually change lighting modes,
- wherein the plurality of index portion include numeral indicating portions aligned in the array direction, and upon being turned off, the numeral indicating portions take on the same color as a surface of a dial,
- wherein the plurality of index portions turn on according to a first lighting mode,
- under the first lighting mode, the plurality of index portions are changed in synchronism with the shift of the pointer body so as to represent the shift of the vehicle state indicated by the shift of the pointer body, and
- when a predetermined condition while the vehicle is traveling is satisfied, the controller brings the lighting modes of the plurality of index portions into a second lighting mode which is different from the first lighting mode.
A meter display device for a vehicle, the meter display device comprising:
- a pointer body having a pointer position changed by shifting in a predetermined array direction in accordance with a continuously changing vehicle state to indicate the vehicle state;
- a display plate having a plurality of numeral index portions configured to indicate the vehicle state at different levels, the plurality of numeral index portions being aligned at intervals in the array direction, and the plurality of numeral index portions being configured to individually change lighting modes;
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- a controller configured to change the lighting modes of the plurality of numeral index portions in accordance with a shift of the vehicle state while the vehicle is traveling,
- wherein when the vehicle state reaches a predetermined set value representing a case where engine rotational speed reaches shift-up rotational speed, the controller changes the lighting modes of the plurality of numeral index values corresponding to the shift of the vehicle state while the vehicle is traveling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.