Patent ID: 8368823

Claim:
A meter display apparatus configured for mounting on a vehicle, said display apparatus comprising: a liquid crystal panel including a display screen having a first portion for displaying a warning image and a second portion for displaying a non-warning image; a light source configured to backlight the liquid crystal panel at a constant luminance; a first memory portion configured to store first color intensity data used for displaying the warning image; a second memory portion configured to store second color intensity data used for displaying the non-warning image; and a control circuit configured to display the warning image based on the first color intensity data and configured to display the non-warning image based on the second color intensity data, wherein the control circuit changes an intensity of color displayed in the non-warning image in order to change brightness of the non-warning image while maintaining a brightness of the warning image that is greater than the non-warning image brightness regardless of a selected overall display screen brightness, wherein the control circuit is configured to maintain color intensity in the warning image unchanged in order to maintain unchanged warning image brightness regardless of the selected display screen brightness and is also configured to: display the non-warning images as images indicating a speed of the vehicle, display the warning images as images indicating information required by of legal constraints, and display the non-warning image and the warning image simultaneously on the same display screen.