Patent ID: 8115612

Claim:
A display device for a vehicle, comprising: a segment display unit that can display a numerical value of a plurality of digits and is provided with segment groups that display values of each digit; and a display control unit for displaying a travel distance of the vehicle on the segment display unit, wherein the vehicle comprises: distance storage means for storing a travel distance; a filter device for exhaust gas purification for trapping a particulate matter contained in an exhaust gas; and collected amount detection means for finding an amount of the particulate matter collected in the filter device for exhaust gas purification, and the display control unit normally acquires a travel distance from the distance storage means and displays the travel distance as a numerical value on the segment display unit, and when instructed to display a collected amount of the particulate matter, the display control unit acquires a collected amount from the collected amount detection means and lights up the number of segment groups corresponding to the collected amount, thereby displaying the collected amount.