Display device for hybrid vehicle
View Patent ↗A display device, for a hybrid vehicle for displaying an output relating to traveling of the hybrid vehicle, includes a first region, a second region and a third region. The first region indicates the output in a first mode in which an internal combustion engine is stopped and the vehicle travels using an electric motor. The second region indicates the output in a second mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated to travel. The third region is provided between the first region and the second region and has a display type different from that of the first region and the second region.
1. A display device for a hybrid vehicle for displaying an output relating to traveling of the hybrid vehicle, comprising:
a first region indicating the output in a first mode in which an internal combustion engine is stopped and the vehicle travels using an electric motor;
a second region indicating the output in a second mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated to travel; and
a third region that is provided between the first region and the second region and has a display type different from that of the first region and the second region, the third region separating opposing ends of the first region and the second region by a predetermined constant distance greater than zero.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the third region is a blank region.
3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein
the third region has no scale.
4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second region includes a plurality of main scales and a plurality of sub scales provided between the main scales adjacent to each other,
the sub scales have a displaying configuration different from a displaying configuration of the main scales, and
the width of the third region is different from a width of one span of the main scale in the second region.
5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein
the displaying configuration is at least one of a thickness of line, a length of line and a color.
6. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein
the width of the third region is narrower than the width of one span of the main scale in the second region.
7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
a display region including the first region, the second region, and the third region has a circular shape,
the first region, the second region, and the third region are disposed in a fan shape or an arc shape, and
the third region is disposed within a range of 45° in a circumferential direction from an uppermost position of the display region.
8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first region includes a fourth region positioned close to the third region and indicating the output at which the internal combustion engine possibly starts up.
9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein
the fourth region has a predetermined width in a circumferential direction, and the predetermined width corresponds to a range of the output at which the internal combustion engine possibly starts up.
10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein
a width in a circumferential direction of the third region is narrower than a width in a circumferential direction of the fourth region.