Patent ID: 7969294

Claim:
An onboard display device attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle, comprising: a display screen being greater in width than in height and having an aspect ratio that is equal to or greater than 7:3, the aspect ratio being a width/height ratio of the display screen, said display screen including a first display area in which a secondary image including information other than information of the vehicle is displayed, and a second display area in which vehicle condition images including information of the vehicle are displayed, the first display area and the second display area being positioned side by side in a width direction; and a display control section arranged to control how the secondary image and the vehicle condition images are displayed; wherein said display control section is programmed to: (1) fix one of the vertical display lines of the secondary image at a left-hand side or a right-hand side of the secondary image; and (2) scale up the secondary image by: (a) extending the secondary image toward the left-hand side or the right-hand side; (b) moving a vertical display line at an unfixed side in a manner such that a motion of the vertical display line is visible by a driver of the vehicle; and (3) change how at least one of the vehicle condition images is displayed as the secondary image is being extended toward the left-hand side or the right-hand side.