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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heinz-Bernhard Abel, Grossostheim, DE;
Heinrich Noll, Gross-Umstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann VDO AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 9/00 ;
Abstract
In an instrument cluster for motor vehicles with a variable-color display, with which at least two different measured variables and/or operating states of the motor vehicle can be represented in analog and/or digital form, when a value of a measured variable is overshot or a certain operating state of the motor vehicle is entered, the color and/or brightness of representation of more than one measured value displayed and/or operating state displayed are changed.