Patent ID: 8143783

Claim:
A display apparatus for displaying indications using liquid crystal or Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs), the display apparatus comprising a 12-segment display comprised of 12 liquid crystal or LED segments, wherein the 12-segment display includes: a first segment horizontally disposed on an upper side of the 12-segment display and configured to have an inverted trapezoidal shape; a second segment disposed under a right end of the first segment and extending in a downward direction from, and perpendicular to, the first segment, wherein the second segment is configured to have a parallelogram shape; a third segment disposed under the second segment and configured to have an isosceles triangle shape with a radially inwardly disposed apex; a fourth segment disposed under the third segment in a downward direction and configured to have a parallelogram shape; a fifth segment horizontally disposed beside a bottom end of the fourth segment and extending in a left direction from, and perpendicular to, the fourth segment, wherein the fifth segment is configured to have a trapezoidal shape corresponding to the shape of the first segment as a mirror image thereof; a sixth segment disposed over a left end of the firth segment and extending in an upward direction from, and perpendicular to, the fifth segment, wherein the sixth segment is configured to have a parallelogram shape corresponding to the shape of the fourth segment as a mirror image thereof; a seventh segment disposed over the sixth segment and configured to have an isosceles triangle shape with a radially inwardly disposed apex; an eighth segment disposed between a top end of the seventh segment and a right end of the first segment and extending perpendicular to the first segment, wherein the eighth segment is configured to have a parallelogram shape corresponding to the shape of the second segment as a mirror image thereof; ninth and tenth segments horizontally disposed between the third and seventh segments having an isosceles triangle shape, wherein the ninth and tenth segments are configured to have a square shape; and eleventh and twelfth segments respectively disposed on upper and lower sides of the ninth segment, wherein the eleventh and twelfth segments are configured to have a square shape.