IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,878,587
Granted Patent B2
US 11,878,587 · App. 17/598,698 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Yuichi Kamei (Tokyo, JP); Eiji Yamashita (Tokyo, JP); Toyohito Hirano (Tokyo, JP); Reoto Ueda (Tokyo, JP); Jinichi Ohta (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Okuji (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K35/00G06F3/0484G06T19/00G09G3/2003B60K6/22B60K2370/152B60K2370/167B60K2370/172B60K2370/695B60Y2200/92B60Y2400/92G09G2320/0686G09G2380/10
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Patent No.
US 11,878,587
App. No.
17/598,698
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device 30 displays information of variables that reflect a state of a vehicle 10 . The display device 10 includes: a first display region 31 that displays a scale of a first variable; a second display region 32 that is provided to be aligned with the first display region 31 and displays a scale of a second variable; a first pointing portion 42 that points, in the first display region 31 , the first variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle 10 ; a first strip-shaped image 43 that is displayed between a pointed position of the first pointing portion 42 and a start point S 1 of the first display region 31 ; a second pointing portion 52 that points, in the second display region 32 , the second variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle 10 ; and a second strip-shaped image 53 that is displayed between a pointed position of the second pointing portion 52 and a start point S 2 of the second display region.

Claims (25)

1. A display device that displays information of variables that reflect a state of a vehicle, the display device comprising:

a first display region that displays a scale of a first variable;

a second display region that is provided to be aligned with the first display region and displays a scale of a second variable;

a first pointing portion that points, in the first display region, the first variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle;

a first strip-shaped image that is displayed between a pointed position of the first pointing portion and a start point of the first display region;

a second pointing portion that points, in the second display region, the second variable in accordance with the state of the vehicle; and

a second strip-shaped image that is displayed between a pointed position of the second pointing portion and a start point of the second display region,

wherein the first variable indicates a first output of the vehicle in a first mode in which priority is placed on traveling using an electric motor with an internal combustion engine stopped, and

the second variable indicates a second output of the vehicle in a second mode in which the vehicle travels with the internal combustion engine operated,

wherein the thickness of the first strip-shaped image is thicker than the thickness of the second strip-shaped image.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first variable indicates a third output of the vehicle in the second mode, and the third output is different from the second output.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third display region that is provided inside the first display region at a portion close to the second display region and indicates a range of the output in which there is a high probability that the internal combustion engine is activated.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein scale marks provided in the third display region and other scale marks provided in the first display region have different color combinations.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein scale mark numbers are represented in the second display region, and the second strip-shaped image is displayed at a position at which the second strip-shaped image does not overlap the scale mark numbers.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a fourth display region that is provided to be aligned with the first display region on a side different from a side of the second display region and indicates a charged power in a battery of the vehicle at the time of regeneration;

a fourth pointing portion that changes in accordance with the charged power in the fourth display region; and

a fourth strip-shaped image that is displayed between a pointed position of the fourth pointing portion and a start point of the fourth display region,

wherein the first strip-shaped image and the fourth strip-shaped image are displayed in different display forms.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the first strip-shaped image and the fourth strip-shaped image have different color combinations.

8. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a region including the first display region and the second display region has a semi-circular shape, and

the start point of the first display region is at a 9 o'clock position, and an end point of the second display region is at a 3 o'clock position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2021
From: KAMEI, YUICHI; YAMASHITA, EIJI; HIRANO, TOYOHITO; UEDA, REOTO; OHTA, JINICHI; OKUJI, TAKAYUKI
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057632/0693 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-056462 · Mar 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220153136A1 · May 19, 2022
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