Onboard display device, onboard display system and vehicle

Abstract

An onboard display device in accordance with the present invention includes a display section ( 11 ) attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle. The section ( 11 ) has a second display area ( 11 b ) and a first display area ( 11 a ). The second display area ( 11 b ) shows at least the speed as vehicle condition images indicating the conditions of the vehicle. The first display area ( 11 a ) shows a navigation image and other secondary images. The display section ( 11 ) measures greater in width than in height with an aspect ratio of 7:3 or greater. The aspect ratio is the width/height ratio of a display area. The onboard display device allows for a visibility-improved simultaneous display of the secondary image, such as a navigation image, and the vehicle condition image, such as a speed display, which presents information on the conditions of the vehicle.

1 . An onboard display device attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle, comprising:
 a display screen having an aspect ratio of approximately 7:3 or more and approximately 32:9 or less, the aspect ratio being a width/height ratio of the display screen, the display screen having a resolution including at least 468 rows of pixels and at least 1092 columns of pixels;   wherein the display screen is divided into a first display area and a second display area.   
   
   
       2 . The onboard display device of  claim 1 , wherein the first display area has an aspect ratio of approximately 4:3 and the second display area has an aspect ratio of approximately 3:3. 
   
   
       3 . The onboard display device of  claim 1 , wherein the first display area has an aspect ratio of approximately 4:3 and the second display has an aspect ratio of approximately 4:3. 
   
   
       4 . The onboard display device of  claim 1 , wherein the first display area has an aspect ratio of approximately 15:9 and the second display area has an aspect ratio of approximately 15:9. 
   
   
       5 . The onboard display device of  claim 1 , wherein the first display area has an aspect ratio of approximately 16:9 and the second display area has an aspect ratio of approximately 16:9. 
   
   
       6 . The onboard display device of  claim 1 , wherein the first display area is for displaying a secondary image including information other than information of the vehicle, and the second display area is for displaying vehicle condition images including information of the vehicle. 
   
   
       7 . The onboard display device of  claim 6 , wherein the secondary image includes a navigation image, and the vehicle condition images include an image of a round speed display meter. 
   
   
       8 . The onboard display device of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 a display control section arranged to control how the secondary image and the vehicle condition images are displayed; wherein   the secondary image includes a navigation image, and the vehicle condition images include an image of a speedometer; and   the display control section produces an enlarged view of the navigation images using a portion of the second display area, and produces an image of a speedometer in the shape of a horizontal bar or a vertical bar.   
   
   
       9 . The onboard display device of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 a display control section arranged to control how the secondary image and the vehicle condition images are displayed; wherein   the secondary image includes a navigation image, and the vehicle condition images include an image of a speedometer; and   the display control section produces an enlarged view of the navigation images using a portion of the second display area, and produces an image of a speedometer including numbers in digit form.   
   
   
       10 . The onboard display device of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 a display control section arranged to control how the secondary image and the vehicle condition images are displayed; wherein   when producing an enlarged view of the secondary image, the display control section uses a portion of the second display area to display the secondary image, and alters a manner in which the vehicle condition images are displayed.   
   
   
       11 . A vehicle comprising the onboard display device of  claim 1 .