Patent ID: 7289085

Claim:
A combined instrument for a vehicle, comprising: at least one visual display device arranged in a position changeable with respect to the vehicle, a drive device coupled to the at least one visual display device so as to effect a change in position, and an electronic circuit coupled to the drive device so as to drive the drive device, automatically as a function of one or more input parameter values thereby facilitating human readability of the display device, wherein the electronic circuit comprises an evaluation unit comprising means for processing one or more input parameter values in order to obtain one or more parameter values for controlling the drive device, wherein the electronic circuit is configured to evaluate one or more input parameter values from a group comprising: direction coordinates of an interference light source, angles between a direction of an interference light source and at least one reference direction, instantaneous position of the vehicle, angle of inclination of the vehicle, direction and/or absolute value of a speed of the vehicle, degree and/or frequency of change of a direction of travel, satellite navigation data, time, and information from a route planner or route atlas.