Patent ID: 8816833
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B60K,G01D

Abstract:
1. A display device for a vehicle comprising: a meter unit including an image display monitor having a screen, and displaying an image of a meter on the screen, the meter indicating a vehicle state value; an indicator unit including a display pane, which defines an exposure opening for exposing the meter at a display side of the image display monitor, and provides an indicator on both sides of a peripheral area of the display pane across the exposure opening, the indicator unit displaying the indicator for indicating another vehicle state by light; and a control unit configured to control independently a display luminance of the meter and a display luminance of the indicator, wherein: the meter unit further includes a monitor substrate, on which the control unit is mounted; the indicator unit further includes: the image of the meter includes a pointer image and a speed meter image; the indicator substrate is sandwiched between the display pane and the screen of the meter unit, and the indicator substrate is behind the display pane and in front of the meter unit so that indicator substrate is at the display side of the image display monitor of the meter unit; the indicator light source is disposed on both sides of the peripheral area of the indicator substrate across the exposure opening in the indicator substrate; and the indicator includes an abnormal indicator for indicating an abnormal condition of the vehicle.