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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Hiroyuki Yokota, Shizuoka, JP;
Satoshi Saotome, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Matsumura, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is to provide a display unit for a vehicle. The display unit has an attractive and three dimensional appearance and is manufactured with low cost. A display unit for a vehicle includes a display screen having display areas displaying a plurality of informations about conditions of the vehicle, a first controller for controlling images displayed on the display screen, and a display partition member disposed on a part of the display areas and having an opening, wherein the first controller controls the display screen to display an image of a display design of a dial on a first display area surrounded by the opening of the display partition member and to rotate the image of the display design based on a prescribed display change specifier signal.