IP Library Granted Patent US 11,260,752
Granted Patent B2
US 11,260,752 · App. 16/728,367 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Instrument panel for leisure vehicle

Inventors: Kazumasa Hisada (Akashi, JP); Toshio Araki (Kakogawa, JP); Kazuki Ishibashi (Kobe, JP); Yoshinobu Uozumi (Akashi, JP)
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Patent No.
US 11,260,752
App. No.
16/728,367
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An instrument panel for a leisure vehicle includes a display including a first region including a central part of the display, the first region being configured to display a predetermined image set by a user or a video from a camera installed in the vehicle. The display also includes a second region including at least a part of a peripheral part of the display, the second region being configured to display travelling information indicating a travelling condition.

Claims (22)

1. An instrument panel for a leisure vehicle, the instrument panel comprising a display, the display including:

a first region including a central part of the display, the first region being configured to display a predetermined image set by a user or a video from a camera installed in the vehicle; and

a second region including at least a part of a peripheral part of the display, the second region being configured to display travelling information indicating a travelling condition,

wherein the first region is provided therein with a second display configured to display the travelling information, the travelling information in the second display being displayed when a travelling speed of the leisure vehicle is greater than a threshold speed.

2. The instrument panel for the leisure vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first region accounts for 50% or more of the whole display.

3. The instrument panel for the leisure vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second region includes at least one of an upper part, a left part, and a right part of the display.

4. The instrument panel for the leisure vehicle as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second region further includes a lower part of the display.

5. The instrument panel for the leisure vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the travelling information includes an indicator that indicates a failure state of the leisure vehicle.

6. The instrument panel for the leisure vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second region is further configured to display current time, and the current time is displayed in a color that changes in accordance with a time frame in which the current time is included.

7. The instrument panel for the leisure vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a sound controller configured to, in response to a command from the user to a speaker installed in the leisure vehicle and configured to output audio information including music, control an operation of the speaker.

8. The instrument panel for the leisure vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first region displays a video of an area behind the leisure vehicle captured by the camera when the vehicle enters a backward travelling condition.

9. The instrument panel for the leisure vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a portable controller is used to select the predetermined image in the first region.

10. The instrument panel for the leisure vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the predetermined images is stored in an image storage unit, and is displayed when selected by the user.

11. A leisure vehicle comprising

wheels;

suspensions supporting the wheels to a vehicle body; and

an instrument panel comprising a display displaying a condition of the leisure vehicle, wherein the display includes:

a first region including a central part of the display, the first region being configured to display a predetermined image set by a user or a video from a camera installed in the vehicle; and

a second region including at least a part of a peripheral part of the display, the second region being configured to display travelling information indicating a travelling condition, and

the first region displays a video of an area ahead of the leisure vehicle and captured by the camera on the basis of a motion of the suspensions.

12. The leisure vehicle as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the predetermined image or the video from the camera installed in the leisure vehicle is displayed in a left part or a right part of the display within the first region.

13. The leisure vehicle as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the predetermined image is also displayed in a lower part of the display within the first region.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER 2948485061 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 061467 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 21, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061741/0727 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NOS. 29385357, 29385986, 29421245, 29484849 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 060313 FRAME 0629. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061467/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060313/0629 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2019
From: HISADA, KAZUMASA; ARAKI, TOSHIO; ISHIBASHI, KAZUKI; UOZUMI, YOSHINOBU
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051376/0591 →
Continuity (1)
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