Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11548449-B2
Application number	US-202016788349-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2020
Priority date	Feb 13, 2019
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

A display apparatus including a display that has a screen; a wall portion (instrument panel) where the display is attached to an attachment portion; and a display control section that displays an information image showing information to be provided to a user (occupant) in a partial range of the screen, and displays a wall portion image having the same texture, color, or pattern as the wall portion, in a range of the screen in which the information image is not displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display that includes a screen;
a wall portion where the display is attached to an attachment portion;
a display control section configured to display an information image showing information to be provided to a user in a partial range of the screen, and display a wall portion image having the same texture, color, or pattern as the wall portion, in a range of the screen in which the information image is not displayed; and
a display changeover switch that is manipulated by the occupant,
wherein the wall portion is an interior member of a vehicle,
the information image includes a travel information image relating to travel of the vehicle and a preference information image relating to a preference of an occupant,
the travel information image includes at least one of a device image showing a device, a warning image showing warning information, and a navigation image showing navigation information, and
the preference information image includes at least one of a visual image showing information relating to an audio/visual apparatus and a store information image showing guidance information for a store located near the vehicle, and
the display control section causes the travel information image and the preference information image to swap display positions when manipulation of the display changeover switch is detected in a state where the travel information image and the preference information image are being displayed.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pattern of the wall portion is woodgrain, and
the display control section displays the wall portion image with a woodgrain pattern.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information image includes the travel information image and the preference information image, and
the display control section adjusts a display area or an arrangement of the travel information image and the preference information image, according to a state of the vehicle.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is configured to switch between automated driving and manual driving,
the image information includes the travel information image and the preference information image, and
the display control section displays the travel information image and does not display the preference information image when a driving state of the vehicle is a manual driving state, and displays the travel information image and the preference information image when the driving state of the vehicle is an automated driving state.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising a display changeover switch that is manipulated by the occupant,
wherein the information image includes the travel information image and the preference information image, and
when manipulation of the display changeover switch is detected in a state where one of the travel information image and the preference information image is being displayed, the display control section sets the image, among the travel information image and the preference information image, that was displayed before the manipulation of the display changeover switch not to be displayed, and displays the image, among the travel information image and the preference information image, that was not displayed before the manipulation of the display changeover switch.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the wall portion is an instrument panel.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the screen is arranged deeper than a surface of the wall portion, and
a region of the screen adjacent to the surface of the wall portion is covered with a transparent member that transparently passes light.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the transparent member becomes thinner toward a center of the screen.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising a ring member arranged on a front surface of the screen.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein a central axis of the ring member intersects with the screen, and
the display control section is configured to display the travel information image in a range including a position where the central axis and the screen intersect.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Aoki Yuki
• Murayama Hisashi
• Masu Shintaro

Classifications

• G09F9/00

  Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements (in which the variable information is permanently attached to a movable support G09F11/00; abacus G06C1/00; slide-rules G06G1/00) · CPC title

• B60R11/0235 Primary

  of flat type, e.g. LCD · CPC title

• B60R2300/8086

  for vehicle path indication · CPC title

• G09G3/00

  Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes · CPC title

• B60R11/0229

  for displays, e.g. cathodic tubes · CPC title