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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Masayuki Sato, Wako, JP;
Inventor:
Masayuki Sato, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/04 (2006.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 3/042 (2013.01); B60K 2350/2065 (2013.01); B60K 2350/206 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1092 (2013.01); B60K 2350/2052 (2013.01); B60K 2350/2056 (2013.01); B60K 37/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle instrument includes a mechanical meter which is attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle, and a projector which projects an image to be superimposed on an indication area of the mechanical meter. The projector projects a graphic image according to the type of display content. In the case where the display content is a warning, a warning image is superimposed on an indicator and the area surrounding the indicator of the mechanical meter. The projector can also superimpose an area image on the display area of the mechanical meter, the area image indicating a cost effective driving range according to a driving state of the vehicle.