Patent ID: 9121736
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B60K,G01D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle meter comprising: a display device configured to display an image on a display surface including a first display area and a second display area adjacent to the first display area; an indicator needle which is a rod-like member disposed on an image display surface side of the display device and which is configured to rotate around one end of the rod-like member along the image display surface; a display control unit configured to display, on the display surface, alternatively one of a first image and a second image that has an area narrower than an area of the first image in a circumferential direction, the first image and the second image each including a plurality of scale marks at the other end side of the rod-like member, the plurality of scale marks being displayed within a range in a circumferential direction of a predetermined circle centered at a rotational axis of the indicator needle; and an indicator needle control unit configured to control the indicator needle, wherein the display control unit is configured to control to display: wherein the indicator needle control unit is configured to control the indicator needle in such a manner that a rotating range of the second image being displayed is smaller than a rotating range of the indicator needle of the first image being displayed, wherein first information indicated by the first image and the indicator needle is the same as second information indicated by the second image and the indicator needle, wherein a first maximum value and a first minimum value of the scale marks displayed in the first image are the same as a second maximum value and a second minimum value of the scale marks displayed in the second image, and wherein a second distance between adjacent scale marks of the second image is smaller than a first distance between adjacent scale marks of the first image.