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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2011
Kenichi Arie, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kazuhiro Hasunuma, Utsunomiya, JP;
Naoki Wada, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masahide Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Kabayama, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Koike, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kenichi Arie, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kazuhiro Hasunuma, Utsunomiya, JP;
Naoki Wada, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masahide Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Kabayama, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Koike, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular display device that includes a transmissive first liquid crystal display unit having a plurality of display elements; a transmissive second liquid crystal display unit superposed on the first liquid crystal display unit and having a plurality of display elements; and a controller for controlling the display elements of the first second liquid crystal display units, so as to display information required by a driver of the vehicle. The information displayed by the display elements includes at least first information indicative of a status of the vehicle, second information for confirming an operating setting of a vehicle-mounted device on the vehicle, and third information for indication to the driver. The controller controls the display elements to selectively display the information by selectively energizing and de-energizing the display elements, and further controls the display elements to simultaneously display the information in a non-overlapping manner.