Patent ID: 8531283

Claim:
A vehicular instrument, comprising: a dial that has a display section capable of displaying a plurality of scales at a front face side thereof; a light source that controls the display section to emit light for displaying; a pointer that turns to indicate a value associated with an arbitrary scale on the display section; and a light source that controls the pointer to emit light for displaying, a controller that switches an emission of light for displaying between the plurality of the scales respectively and rotates the pointer for indicating, thereby displaying a plurality of pieces of vehicle information on the identical display section; and wherein when a display on the dial is changed from a first vehicle information display to a second vehicle information display, emission of light for displaying a scale associated with the first vehicle information display and for illuminating the pointer are turned off, thereafter, emission of light for displaying a scale associated with the second vehicle information display is turned on, and thereafter the pointer in a non-illuminated state is rotated to a predetermined position corresponding to the scale associated with the second vehicle information display, and illumination of the pointer located at the predetermined position is turned on.