Display device for vehicle

US8933799B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8933799-B2
Application numberUS-201113199503-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 31, 2011
Priority dateSep 7, 2010
Publication dateJan 13, 2015
Grant dateJan 13, 2015

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Abstract

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A display device for a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit, a display unit and a control unit. The information acquiring unit acquires vehicle information regarding the vehicle. The vehicle information includes engine information indicating an engine on and off state. The control unit controls the display unit to display the vehicle information when the engine information indicates an engine on state. Further, the display unit controls the display unit to discontinue the display of the vehicle information once when the engine on state of the engine information is switched to the engine off state, and to restart display of the vehicle information.

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What is claimed is: 1. A display device for a vehicle with an engine, the display device comprising: an information acquiring unit configured to acquire vehicle information regarding the vehicle, the vehicle information including engine information indicating an engine state as an ON-state or an OFF-state; a display unit configured to display the vehicle information acquired by the information acquiring unit; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display…

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  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8933799B2 cover?
A display device for a vehicle includes an information acquiring unit, a display unit and a control unit. The information acquiring unit acquires vehicle information regarding the vehicle. The vehicle information includes engine information indicating an engine on and off state. The control unit controls the display unit to display the vehicle information when the engine information indicates a…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Katoh Takahira, Denso Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60Q3/044. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 13 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).