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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Katsutoyo Inoue, Nagano-ken, JP;
Akiko Obara, Nagano-ken, JP;
Keiko Okayasu, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A dial indicator display device according has a needle indicator; a needle moving means for moving the needle indicator; a display panel disposed behind the needle indicator and capable of displaying an image; and a drive control means for controlling the needle moving means and driving the display panel. The drive control means includes a scale display control means for displaying a scale in a scale display area on the display panel overlapping the range of needle movement in plan view, a needle position detection means for detecting the position of the needle indicator, and an information display means. The scale display control means segments the scale display area into a scale area and a no-scale area not including the scale area based on the needle position detected by the needle position detection means, and displays a scale for reading values indicated by the needle indicator only in the scale area, and the information display means displays information in the no-scale area.
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