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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Upton Beall Bowden, Canton, MI (US);
James P. Farell, Canton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Upton Beall Bowden, Canton, MI (US);
James P. Farell, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/00 (2006.01); G09F 9/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G01D 11/28 (2006.01); G01D 13/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An operator configurable vehicle instrument panel with the ability to provide both analog and digital style outputs, and more particularly to an instrument panel configured to provide a digital style display in a first state and an analog state display in a second state using a physical pointer that was not visible in the first state.