Display device of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10699495-B2
Application number	US-201715761068-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2017
Priority date	Feb 22, 2016
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

Provided as display portions configured to display maintenance related information pieces about a plurality of maintenance items of a vehicle are: a first display portion configured to, when at least one of the plurality of maintenance items is in a predetermined maintenance period, display the maintenance related information piece about the maintenance item that is in the predetermined maintenance period, the predetermined maintenance period including a predetermined maintenance timing and periods before and after the predetermined maintenance timing; and a second display portion configured to, when none of the plurality of maintenance items is in the maintenance period, display only the information piece about a nearest one of the maintenance timings of the plurality of maintenance items.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display device of a vehicle, the display device comprising:
a center display unit provided at a middle portion of an instrument panel in a vehicle body width direction; and
a meter display unit provided separately from the center display unit and located in front of a steering wheel, wherein
the center display unit displays all remaining periods until maintenance timings of a plurality of maintenance items of the vehicle regardless of whether or not the plurality of maintenance items are in respective maintenance periods,
the center display unit, when at least one maintenance item is within its respective maintenance period, displays an image indicating that the maintenance item is within its respective maintenance period,
the meter display unit, when none of the plurality of maintenance items are in their respective maintenance periods, displays only a shortest remaining period of all of the remaining periods, and
the meter display unit does not display the plurality of maintenance items.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising an operating portion configured to switch display of the center display unit, wherein
in accordance with an operation of the operating portion, the center display unit displays which one of the plurality of maintenance items corresponds to the shortest remaining period displayed at the meter display unit.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of maintenance items comprise a periodic inspection, a tire rotation, and an oil change.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the meter display unit further displays:
a temperature of an engine cooling water; and
an amount of fuel remaining in a fuel tank.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Kudou Tsuneo
• Watase Hiroyuki
• Sugino Fumiaki

Classifications

• B60K35/29

  Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/81

  for controlling displays · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60K35/215

  characterised by the combination of multiple visual outputs, e.g. combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays · CPC title