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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1989
Osamu Igarashi, Katsuta, JP;
Takanori Shibata, Hitachi, JP;
Yoji Matuoka, Mito, JP;
Kazuhiro Watanabe, Ishioka, JP;
Kunio Terashima, Mito, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
An automotive information display device has a CPU unit capable of performing the processing of various informations, an electronic display unit including a liquid crystal panel and a plurality of switches for selecting the information to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel, and an information-reading actuating device capable of reading, in accordance with the instructions given by the CPU, information from a storage device and for enabling the read information to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel. The electronic display unit is extractable to the outside of the instrument panel. After the extraction of the electronic display unit, the display surface can be stationary at any desired angles both in the vertical direction and horizontal direction so that display surface correctly faces the driver or the assistant seat personnel, whereby the driver or the assistant seat personnel can look at the display surface in the front direction thereof for easy recognition of the display image.