Patent ID: 8681136

Claim:
A vehicle display apparatus comprising: a first indicator disposed in a cabin of a vehicle, the first indicator being configured to display information at a first display luminance for daytime and for nighttime; a second indicator configured to display information at a second display luminance; a first luminance setting device configured to allow a user to select a setting of the first display luminance of the first indicator; a first controller configured to control the first indicator to display information at the first display luminance based on the setting of the first display luminance selected through the first luminance setting device; an illuminance detector configured to detect an outside illuminance outside the vehicle; and a second controller configured to control the second indicator to display information at the second display luminance based on display luminance characteristics of the second indicator and the outside illuminance detected by the illuminance detector, the display luminance characteristics of the second indicator including a relationship between the second display luminance and the outside illuminance detected by the illuminance detector, wherein the second controller is configured to modify at least part of the display luminance characteristics of the second indicator, if the setting of the first display luminance selected through the first luminance setting device is lighter than a predetermined display luminance, so that the second display luminance of the second indicator increases, and wherein the display luminance characteristics of the second indicator includes a plurality of display luminance characteristics having different display luminance of the second indicator with respect to the outside illuminance detected by the illuminance detector, further comprising a second luminance setting device configured to allow a user to select one of the plurality of display luminance characteristics of the second indicator, wherein the second controller is configured to modify at least part of display luminance characteristics selected from the plurality of display luminance characteristics through the second luminance setting device, if the setting of the first display luminance selected through the first luminance setting device is lighter than the predetermined display luminance, so that the second display luminance of the second indicator increases.