To provide a display device for a vehicle, capable of preventing a driver from having his eyes fixed on a display surface for a long time.
This display device for a vehicle is provided with a display 2 stored in an instrument panel 11, a front state detecting part 4 for detecting the distance up to a vehicle ahead or an obstacle, a front state calculating part 5, an operation determining part 6 for determining the display and erase of the display 2, a display opening and closing driving part 9 for switching the display 2 to be stored or exposed, a drive control part 8 and a display control part 7 for controlling the display of the display 2. When the distance up to the vehicle ahead or obstacle becomes shorter, the display contents of the display 2 are erased, and the display 2 is stored in the instrument panel 11 to cut off the display surface of the display 2. Thus, attention to the front of the driver's vehicle is called.
KITAZAKI TOMOYUKI
NAKAJI YOSHIHARU
KATO KAZUTO
HIJIKATA SHUNSUKE
| JPH10278633A | 1998-10-20 | |||
| JPH1083026A | 1998-03-31 | |||
| JP2000168403A | 2000-06-20 | |||
| JP2001030848A | 2001-02-06 |