Patent ID: 8477022

Claim:
A vehicular display apparatus comprising a display portion that displays a predetermined graphic in accordance with a present consumption amount of energy used for moving a vehicle, wherein the graphic displayed on the display portion changes at least one of a displayed size and a displayed color thereof in accordance with the consumption amount, the displayed size increases as the consumption amount increases, the displayed color is changed to have a longer wavelength as the consumption amount increases, and the vehicular display apparatus further comprising a display control portion that determines an indication value within a defined range in accordance with a detected value of the consumption amount and displays the indication value on the display portion, so that a ratio of a change in the indication value with respect to a change in the detected value is configured to decrease as the detected value of the consumption amount increases, wherein the display portion displays a first graphic for indicating a zero energy consumption of the vehicle and a second graphic for indicating an idle stop state of the vehicle, the first graphic successively decreasing in size in connection with a defined range of integers and changing to the second graphic when the vehicle is shifted to the idle stop state.