Patent ID: 8933799
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: B60K,B60Q

Abstract:
1. A display device for a vehicle with an engine, the display device comprising: an information acquiring unit configured to acquire vehicle information regarding the vehicle, the vehicle information including engine information indicating an engine state as an ON-state or an OFF-state; a display unit configured to display the vehicle information acquired by the information acquiring unit; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the vehicle information when the engine information indicates the engine state as the ON-state, to immediately discontinue the operation of the display unit which immediately causes the display of the vehicle information to cease when the engine information indicates the engine state is switched to the OFF-state, to determine the occurrence of an event other than when the engine state is again indicated as the ON-state by the engine information, and, with the engine state being indicated as the OFF-state, to restart the operation of the display unit to restart display of the vehicle information after the occurrence of the event, wherein the event is when a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the engine state is switched to the OFF-state; and the control unit controls the display unit to restart the display of the vehicle information when the predetermined period of time has elapsed.