Patent ID: 8947454
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B60K,G01D

Abstract:
1. A display device for a vehicle, comprising: a plurality of display screens provided at positions close to an instrument panel of the vehicle or on the instrument panel, the display screens including at least a first display screen and a second display screen different from the first display screen; and a display control device showing, on the second display screen, that a display state of the first display screen is changed when the display state of the first display screen is changed, wherein a displayed image which is displayed on the display screens includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer displays a predetermined image which is to be background, the second layer is overlapped with the first layer so as to make a part of the image displayed on the first layer visible, the second layer displays information related to the vehicle using characters or an icon, when the display state of the first display screen is changed, the display control device displays the information on the second layer of the first display screen using characters or an icon, the display control device displays, on the second layer of the second display screen, the icon corresponding to the information which was displayed on the second layer of the first display screen, the display control device displays the predetermined image so that the predetermined image displayed on the first layer of the first display screen is different from the predetermined image displayed on the first layer of the second display screen, thereafter, the display control device gradually displays the predetermined image displayed on the first layer of the second display screen on the first layer of the first display screen in a direction from a position in the first display screen, which is close to the second display screen, to a position in the first display screen, which is distant from the second display screen, and the display control device gradually returns a display state of the first layer in the second display screen to a display state of the first layer in the second display screen at the most recent time before the display state of the first display screen is changed, in a direction from a position in the second display screen, which is distant from the first display screen, to a position in the second display screen, which is close to the first display screen.