Patent ID: 7609452

Claim:
A method of making a vehicle dashboard including a gauge face, the method comprising: providing a first sheet including a microlens array; laser-etching a designed pattern into the first sheet, the designed pattern comprising at least first and second images; applying the first sheet to a second sheet; connecting at least one vehicle sensor to a plurality of light sources, the at least one vehicle sensor being operable to measure a status and/or parameter associated with the vehicle; locating the first and second sheets in a dashboard area of the vehicle; providing at least one said light source at a location in the vehicle to cause the first image to appear to an operator of the vehicle to be floating above and/or below the gauge face when said light source is turned on, said light source being turned on in response to one said vehicle sensor connected thereto, and providing at least two said light sources at locations in the vehicle to cause associated portions of the second image to appear to the operator of the vehicle to be floating above and/or below the gauge face when said at least two light sources are turned on, said at least two light sources being turned on in response to one said vehicle sensor connected thereto.