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US 9,945,702 B2Granted
Reconfigurable indicating device
AssigneesDENSO International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
InventorsJill DeGowske, Ke Bi
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Abstract
A pointer is rotational relative to a screen. A driver unit is equipped with the pointer and configured to rotate the pointer. A controller sends an output signal to the driver unit to rotate the pointer at a rotational position in a rotational range. The controller is configured to modify the rotational range. The controller is configured to modify the graphic according to the rotational range, which is modified.
Claims13
An indicating device comprising:
- a screen configured to indicate a graphic;
- a pointer rotational relative to the screen;
- a driver unit equipped with the pointer and configured to rotate the pointer;
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- a controller configured to send an output signal to the driver unit to rotate the pointer in order to indicate a certain value at a rotational position in a rotational range, wherein
- the controller is configured to change the rotational range based on a user's selection, so that the pointer indicates at the different rotational position in the different rotational range even if the pointer is controlled to indicate a same value,
- the graphic includes a maximum tick mark and a minimum tick mark of the value, and
- the controller is configured to change a visible position of at least the maximum tick mark or the minimum tick mark on the screen according to the rotational range, which is changed so that the visible distance between a maximum tick mark and a minimum tick mark on the screen is changed.
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