Denso Corporation

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Takuo Yamamoto

Naoto Ogawa

Ryo Kobe

Kouzou Ono

Yuuki Uekubo

Shizuo Nagata

Nozomi Kitagawa

Katsumi Fujita

Shota Nojiri

Tadaaki Ishimaru

Naoki Kamiya

Shinji Kamon

Hiroshi Nishimura

Hideharu Kanbayashi

Shoichi Komoto

Kouta Fukutomi

Masashi Nakamura

Mika Kasai

A display device for a vehicle includes: a dial plate having an indicator portion corresponding to vehicle information on a viewing side; an image display panel disposed on a back side of the dial plate opposite to the viewing side to luminescently display an image; and a light transmissive display plate that includes a reflective portion disposed on the viewing side of the dial plate to reflect a light from a light source to the viewing side. A region of the dial plate, which faces the image display panel, is set to have a light transmission property to transmit the image of the image display panel through the region of the dial plate.

Display device for vehicle

A display device for a vehicle includes: a display unit; a light guide plate disposed on a viewing side of the display unit and having translucency; and a light source unit that causes a light source light to enter inside of the light guide plate through an outer peripheral portion of the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a reflecting portion having a plurality of reflecting elements to reflect the light source light from the light source unit to the viewing side. The reflecting element has a reflective curved surface formed in a curved surface shape to face the outer peripheral portion where the light source light is incident.

Display device for vehicles

An operation apparatus includes a touch operation surface configured to move in up and down directions, with a sensor for outputting a signal representing a touch of a finger thereon, and with an outer frame element or a dead zone; a downward movement detection part that outputs a signal representing a movement of the touch operation surface in the down direction; and a control device that executes, when the movement of the touch operation surface in the down direction is detected while the touch of the finger on the touch operation surface is not detected, at least one of scrolling lists in an image area or the image area itself displayed in a display that is located remotely with respect to the touch operation surface, changing the image area displayed on the display to another image area, and successively moving a cursor in the image area displayed on the display.

Operation apparatus

An operation device for a vehicle, includes a touch operational surface configured to be movable upward and downward, and to include a sensor to output a signal representing a contact of a finger; an outer frame member configured to be disposed around a circumference of the touch operational surface, in an aspect such that the outer frame member projects upward compared to the touch operational surface, or in an aspect such that the outer frame member extends on the same plane as the touch operational surface, and to be movable upward and downward together with the touch operational surface as a whole; a down movement detection unit configured to output a signal representing a down movement of the outer frame member; and a control unit configured to respond, based on the signal output by the sensor, to a selection operation performed on selection items shown on a display unit being remotely placed with respect to the touch operational surface, and to respond, based on the signal output by the down movement detection unit, to a determination operation performed on the selection item having been selected.

Operation device for vehicle

A vehicular display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display unit and a display plate. The display plate includes a diffusion portion that transmits and diffuses light of a first light source, and a transmission display portion that permits light of a second light source to transmit through and illuminate a prescribed shape portion serving as a status display portion. The liquid crystal display unit provides a liquid crystal display using, as back light, the light diffused by the diffusion portion. The display plate includes a slit in a portion located in between the transmission display portion and the diffusion portion.

Vehicular display apparatus

A vehicular display apparatus includes a light source and a light guide member. The light guide member includes (i) an interior portion that receives light from the light source and (ii) outer faces that reflect the light repeatedly to permit the light to propagate in the interior portion. The light guide member further includes a viewable portion and a light absorption member serving as a light attenuation portion. The viewable portion reflects a part of the light propagating in the interior portion towards a viewer side so as to appear to be luminous. The light absorption member absorbs a part of light reflected by the outer face.

An operation device includes a touch operation unit that has an operation surface; and a control device that responds to a selection operation performed on each of selection items displayed on a display device arranged remotely from the touch operation unit, based on two-dimensional coordinates of a finger touch point on the operation surface, wherein the control device operates in an absolute coordinate mode, in which a coordinate system of the display device corresponds absolutely to a coordinate system of the operation surface of the touch operation unit, when any of the selection items is not selected and, at the same time, operates in a relative coordinate mode, in which the coordinate system of the display device corresponds relatively to the coordinate system of the operation surface of the touch operation unit, when one of the selection items is selected.

Operation device

An extra wide display device displays a primary window and a secondary window side by side. A pointer is displayed on the display device. A position indicated by the pointer is moved by manipulating a switch. When the primary window is displayed, the switch has a primary manipulation region. When the secondary window is displayed, the switch has a secondary manipulation region. The primary manipulation region and the secondary manipulation region are designated to contain an overlapped region between them.

Manipulation input apparatus

An onboard display device has a pickup unit that picks up nighttime environment to acquire a nightview image, a display that can display a nightview image together with a map image, and a display control unit that displays an information-providing image that is different from the map image and the nightview image on the display and controls displays of the map image and the nightview image, when the information-providing image has to be displayed in a state in which the map image and the nightview image are displayed on the display.

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Takuo Yamamoto