Patent ID: 8922358
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60Q,B60W,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus provided in a vehicle in which one of a first locomotion mode that an engine is stopped to perform locomotion using an electric motor for locomotion and a second locomotion mode that the engine is driven to perform locomotion is selected in accordance with an output request, comprising: a display plane configured to display a first display portion that shows a locomotion region in the first locomotion mode in a display region based on the output request and a future travelable distance of the vehicle and a second display portion that shows a locomotion region in the second locomotion mode next to the first display portion in the display region; and a control unit configured to calculate a relationship between the output request and an estimated future travelable distance under the first locomotion mode, calculated based on a state of a battery that supplies power to the electric motor, and to control an image displayed in the display plane, wherein the control unit changes a border between the first display portion and the second display portion based on the estimated future travelable distance in accordance with an estimation result of displacement of a switching point between the first locomotion mode and the second locomotion mode determined based on the calculated relationship; and wherein the image includes an indicator indicative of the output request, and the indicator is displaced in a region which is a combination of the first display portion and the second display portion in accordance with the output request, the indicator moves in a first direction linearly extending in the display plane, and a scale portion configured to indicate the future travelable distance is formed on the display plane along a linear second direction orthogonal to the first direction.