Patent ID: 8279141

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display panel having a plurality of pixels in a form of matrix; and a controller configured to control the plurality of pixels of the display panel so that an instrument image indicating an instrument is displayed on the display panel, the instrument image including a scale image indicating a scale, a pointer image indicating a pointer that is movable in accordance with an increase and decrease in a measured magnitude for indicating the measured magnitude in association with the scale image, wherein the instrument image further includes a belt-shaped highlight image having a predetermined length, the highlight image is displayed in a display area of the scale image in accordance with a position and increase and decrease motions of the pointer image, the highlight image is displayed to extend from a first position that is located on at least one of a position coinciding with an indication point indicated by the pointer image and a position adjacent to the indication point, when a distance between the first position and a second position that corresponds to one of a minimum value and a maximum value of the scale is less than the predetermined length, the highlight image is displayed in a range between the first position and the second position, when the distance between the first position and the second position is equal to or greater than the predetermined length, the highlight image is displayed while maintaining the predetermined length, wherein the predetermined length is a constant length.