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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Robert Hofmann, Berlin, DE;
Gustav Hofmann, Braunschweig, DE;
Sun Kyoung Han, Berlin, DE;
Mathias Kuhn, Berlin, DE;
Marc Amann, Berlin, DE;
Rainer Dehmann, Berlin, DE;
Robert Hofmann, Berlin, DE;
Gustav Hofmann, Braunschweig, DE;
Sun Kyoung Han, Berlin, DE;
Mathias Kuhn, Berlin, DE;
Marc Amann, Berlin, DE;
Rainer Dehmann, Berlin, DE;
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
A display device for a vehicle for the display of information relating to the operation of the vehicle includes a display, at least one round instrument which is readable to a viewer in the area of the display, and a control device which controls the reading on the display and of the round instrument. The display device can be controlled by the control device such that the display device has a first display mode in which the at least one round instrument is displayed to the viewer and the display has a display area within the round instrument and a display area outside the round instrument, and the display device has a second display mode in which the at least one round instrument is not displayed to the viewer, the information which can be displayed by the round instrument is represented by a digital reading of the display, and the information displayed by the display in the first display mode within the round instrument is displayed in another display area of the display.