IP Library Granted Patent US 10,682,913
Granted Patent B2
US 10,682,913 · App. 16/025,125 · Granted Jun 16, 2020

Vehicle display device

Inventors: Tomohiro Maeda (Shizuoka, JP); Tomohiro Sugiyama (Shizuoka, JP); Daisuke Nagashima (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60K35/00B60K37/02B60K2370/172B60K2370/193B60K2370/331B60K2370/52
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Patent No.
US 10,682,913
App. No.
16/025,125
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle display device includes an accommodating unit mounted on a vehicle, a ring-like decorative member disposed inside the accommodating unit, and a device configured to change a state of the decorative member depending on a travel mode of the vehicle. The device configured to change a state of the decorative member may be a drive device configured to change a posture of the decorative member depending on the travel mode. The drive device may change a posture of the decorative member to be different from that in the other travel mode if a first travel mode in which responsiveness of behavior of the vehicle in response to a driver's manipulation input is higher than that in the other travel mode is selected.

Claims (22)

1. A vehicle display device comprising:

an accommodating unit mounted on a vehicle;

a ring-like decorative member disposed inside the accommodating unit;

a drive device configured to change a posture of the decorative member, and

a light source that irradiates the decorative member with light, wherein

the vehicle is configured to be operated in vehicle travel modes, the vehicle travel modes comprising a first vehicle travel mode in which vehicle behavior responsiveness based on a driver's manipulation input is higher than that in other vehicle travel modes,

the drive device is further configured to set the posture of the decorative member to an upright posture in which a tilt angle of the decorative member with respect to a vehicle vertical direction is small when the vehicle is operated in the first vehicle travel mode,

the light source is configured to be turned on when the vehicle is operated in the first vehicle travel mode and

the light source is configured to be turned off when the vehicle is operated in a vehicle travel mode other than the first vehicle travel mode.

2. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the drive device is further configured to set the posture of the decorative member to be different when the vehicle is operated in the first vehicle travel mode than when the vehicle is operated in a vehicle travel mode other than the first vehicle travel mode.

3. The vehicle display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the drive device is further configured to set a posture of the decorative member to a tilted posture in which the tilt angle is larger than that which is set in the first vehicle travel mode when the vehicle is operated in the vehicle travel mode other than the first vehicle travel mode.

4. The vehicle display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the drive device is also configured to change a position of the decorative member,

the drive device is configured to place the decorative member in a center of an image display area disposed inside the accommodating unit when the vehicle is operated in the first vehicle travel mode, and

the drive device is configured to place the decorative member in a lower side of the image display area when the vehicle is operated in the vehicle travel mode other than the first vehicle travel mode.

5. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the drive device is further configured to change a lateral position of the decorative member depending on which vehicle travel mode the vehicle is operated in.

6. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the drive device is further configured to change a vertical position of the decorative member depending on which vehicle travel mode the vehicle is operated in.

7. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the decorative member comprises a left side decorative member and a right side decorative member, and the drive device is further configured to horizontally move the left side decorative member and the right side decorative member.

8. The vehicle display device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a virtual image display device configured to display a pointer image and an index image on an area inward of the decorative member as bird's eye images depending on a tilt angle of the decorative member when a posture of the decorative member is set to the tilted posture.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2018
From: MAEDA, TOMOHIRO; SUGIYAMA, TOMOHIRO; NAGASHIMA, DAISUKE
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046251/0853 →