Patent ID: 8803675
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a first display unit which is provided in a region within a horizontal width of a steering wheel when viewed from a driver, and which is configured to display a plurality of different notification symbols regarding a state of the vehicle; a second display unit which is integrally formed with the first display unit, and which is configured to display information in a region outside the horizontal width of the steering wheel when viewed from the driver; and a control unit which is configured to control image-display on the first display unit and the second display unit, wherein the second display unit includes an information-image display region which is configured to display an information-image and a text image corresponding to one of the plurality of different notification symbols being displayed on the first display unit, and a guide display region which is configured to display a guide-image for guiding a driver's eye to a side of the information-image display region, wherein the guide display region is located between the first display unit and the information-image display region, the guide display region has a plurality of elongated guide lights which are aligned from a side of the first display unit to a side of the information-image display region, and the elongated guide lights become shorter in length from the side of the first display unit to the side of the information-image display region, and the control unit lights the guide display region when the control unit causes the first display unit to display the one of the plurality of different notification symbols.