Patent ID: 7940604

Claim:
A dial indicator display device comprising: a plurality of needle indicators; a needle moving means for moving the plurality of needle indicators; a display panel disposed behind the plurality of needle indicators and capable of displaying an image; and a drive control means for controlling the needle moving means and driving the display panel, and including a scale display control means for displaying a plurality of scales, one for each of the plurality of needle indicators, in respective scale display areas on the display panel, a needle position detection means for detecting the position of each of the plurality of needle indicators, and an information display means; wherein the scale display control means segments each scale display area into a scale area and a no-scale area not including the scale area based on the position of the corresponding needle detected by the needle position detection means, and displays the scale for each needle indicator for reading values indicated by the corresponding needle indicator only in the corresponding scale area, the segmenting and setting of each scale display area being done independently of one another; and the information display means displays information in the no-scale area.