Patent ID: 9597962
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B60K

Claim:
1. A display control device that controls an indication status of a display device disposed in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle, the display control device comprising: a traveling status obtaining unit that obtains a traveling status of the vehicle, the traveling status including at least a speed of the vehicle; a traveling status determining unit that determines, based on the traveling status obtained by the traveling status obtaining unit, whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition corresponding to at least a condition that both of a first region to be displayed on the display device and a second region other than the first region are present on an analog speed meter that presents the speed of the vehicle; and a display control unit that, when the traveling status shifts to another status that satisfies the predetermined condition of the analog speed meter, controls the indication status to move a display position of the analog speed meter in a display region of the display device from an initial position in which an entire region of the analog speed meter is included in the display region to an end position in which the second region lies outside the display region, and not to substantially change a size, shape and orientation of the first region, wherein, when the speed of the vehicle is low, the first region corresponds to a low-speed range of the analog speed meter and the second region corresponds to a high-speed range of the analog speed meter, wherein the traveling status further includes at least a shift position and a steering angle of the vehicle, wherein the predetermined condition further corresponds to at least a condition that the speed of the vehicle is a first value or less, the shift position is a drive position, and the steering angle is a second value or less, and wherein the first region includes at least a region corresponding to the speed of the vehicle having the first value in the analog speed meter.