Patent ID: 7954951

Claim:
A vehicular meter unit arranged to face a driver's seat of a vehicle, the vehicular meter unit comprising: a meter display means for displaying a plurality of image function components, each of which is formed as either one of an image meter indicating an obtained meter indication value and an information output section other than the image meter for changing a display state in accordance with an obtained information content, on a screen of a display in such a manner that the display of the image function components can be switched between a first display mode and a second display mode providing different display layouts of the image function components, wherein the image function components include at least one image meter; and a display control means for setting a display region of a second specific image function component, which is the image function component displayed as a display object only in the second display mode, in the second display mode such that the display region of the second specific image function component overlaps at least partially with a display region of a common image function component, which is the image function component displayed as a display object in both of the first display mode and the second display mode, in the first display mode on the screen after the switching of the display mode, for setting a display region of the common image function component in the second display mode exclusively outside the display region of the second specific image function component, and for providing a display state in the second display mode in the case where the display mode is switched from the first display mode to the second display mode while or after a moving image showing a transition process of movement of the common image function component from a display position in the first display mode to a display position in the second display mode is displayed as a mode transition animation.