JP2003159960A - Vehicular meter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a meter which gives a novel impression unlike before. <P>SOLUTION: In the vehicular meter having a design light emitting part 41a to be visually recognized as a design by emitting light, the design light emitting part 41a is made to emit light matching the opening of a vehicular door. Thus, the design light emitting part 41a is made to emit light each time occupants open the door to get on a vehicle. In this way, meters the light of which has been naturally put out heretofore when occupants got on, are emitted light in the design light emitting part 41a, can give them a novel impression when they get on the vehicle. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle instrument.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With respect to illumination of scales and pointers of vehicle instruments, in a general instrument, an occupant gets into a vehicle and operates an ignition switch by operating a key switch.
By doing so, electric power is supplied to the light emitting portions such as the graduation plate illuminator and the pointer illuminator, and the graduation plate and the pointer are simultaneously illuminated and illuminated at the timing when the ignition switch is turned on.

On the other hand, in the measuring instrument disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 8-14500, only the dial is illuminated at the timing of turning on the ignition switch, and the pointer is illuminated with a delay from this timing, thereby operating the key switch. It is intended to give the passengers a fresh impression when performing.

[0004]

However, in the instrument of the above publication, the occupant is given a novel impression only when the key switch is operated, and further novelty is demanded in recent years.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a measuring instrument that gives an extremely novel impression that has never existed before.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] None of the instruments up to now, such as the instrument described in the above publication, gives a novel impression when an occupant gets into a vehicle. On the other hand, according to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the invention according to claim 1, a design light emitting portion (41) that emits light to be visually recognized as a design.
The vehicle instrument having a) is characterized in that the design light emitting section (41a) is caused to emit light at the timing of opening the vehicle door.

According to this, when the passenger opens the door and gets into the vehicle, the design light emitting section (41a) emits light. Therefore, the design light-emitting portion (41a) of the instrument of the present invention is turned on in the instrument that was naturally turned off when getting into the vehicle, which gives a very novel impression when the occupant gets in the vehicle. be able to.

Further, according to the present invention, the design light-emitting portion (41a) emits light when the occupant exits the vehicle by opening the door after finishing driving the vehicle. Therefore, in the past, it was natural to turn off the light when getting off the vehicle,
In the instrument of the present invention, since the design light emitting portion (41a) is turned on, an extremely novel impression can be given even when the occupant gets out of the vehicle.

As a light emitting part of an instrument that emits light when a door is opened, there has been a warning lamp for a half-door notification or the like. However, while the design light-emitting portion (41a) of the present invention is intended to be visually recognized by the occupant as a design, the warning lamp is for warning the occupant, and the occupant has a novel impression like the present invention. Of course, it is not something to give to.

Here, as the operation when the occupant gets in the vehicle and the operation when the occupant gets out of the vehicle, not only the operation of opening the door as described in claim 1 but also the operation of unlocking the door can be mentioned. . Therefore, in the invention according to claim 2, in a vehicle instrument having a design light emitting portion (41a) that emits light and is visually recognized as a design, the design light emitting portion (41a) is caused to emit light at the timing when the vehicle door lock is released. Is characterized by.

As a result, similarly to the first aspect of the invention, the design light-emitting portion (41a) emits light when an occupant opens the door to get into the vehicle and gets out of the vehicle. A very novel impression can be given when getting in and out of the vehicle.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the normal light emitting portions (1b to 4b, 72, 7) different from the design light emitting portion (41a) are provided.
6, 77), and the design light emitting portion (41
After illuminating a), when the vehicle is operated by the occupant to allow the vehicle to travel, the normal light emitting portions (1b to 4b, 72, 76, 77) are emitted together with the design light emitting portion (41a). And

According to this, when the occupant opens the door and gets into the vehicle, the design light emitting portion (41a) emits light, and thereafter,
The design light-emitting section (41
a) together with the normal light emitting parts (1b to 4b, 72, 76, 7)
7) will emit light. Therefore, in addition to giving a novel impression when getting on the vehicle, it is possible to give a further novel impression when the user operates the vehicle in the travel-permitted state after getting on the vehicle.

Here, there is a situation in which the occupant does not see the instrument after the door is opened or the door is unlocked, such as when the occupant comes to the vehicle to get something left behind or gets off the vehicle. It is possible. Therefore, in the invention according to claim 4, when the vehicle traveling prohibition state continues for a predetermined time or more after the design light emitting portion (41a) emits light at the timing, the design light emitting portion (41a) is turned off. Since it is characterized in that the design light emitting section (41a) is turned off in the situation where the passenger does not see the instrument as described above, useless power consumption can be avoided.

Further, as in the invention described in claim 5, the design light emitting portion (41a) is provided on the scale plate (70A, 70B, 70).
C) A ring shape provided on the outer periphery is suitable.

The reference numerals in parentheses for each means described above are examples showing the correspondence with specific means described in the embodiments described later.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show an example in which the vehicle instrument according to the present invention is applied to an instrument of a passenger vehicle, and the instrument is arranged on an instrument panel provided in a passenger compartment of the passenger vehicle.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an instrument, and the instrument is
An engine tachometer 1, a speedometer 2, a fuel gauge 3, a water temperature gauge 4, and various indicators 5 are provided. Then, as shown in FIG. 2 which is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, these engine tachometers 1,
The speedometer 2, the fuel gauge 3, the water temperature gauge 4, and the various indicators 5 are provided in a housing including a casing 10 having a U-shaped cross section, an annular dial plate 20, and a transparent front panel 30 in a light guide plate 40 and a diffusion plate 50. And the wiring board 60.

The engine tachometer 1 is an analog indicator for indicating the engine speed, and the pointer 1a rotates in accordance with the engine speed directly detected from the cam shaft of the engine. The speedometer 2 is an analog indicator that indicates the speed of the vehicle, and the pointer 2a rotates according to the speed of the vehicle detected by a vehicle speed sensor or the like. The fuel gauge 3 is an analog instrument that indicates the remaining amount of fuel in the fuel tank, and the pointer 3a rotates according to the remaining amount of fuel. Water thermometer 4
Is an analog indicator that indicates the engine cooling water temperature, and the pointer 4a rotates in accordance with this water temperature.

Further, the display 5 has a liquid crystal display (LCD) for displaying the shift position of the automatic transmission of the passenger car,
Examples thereof include an LCD that displays the traveling distance and the like, an indicator that displays the operating state of the auto cruise function and other vehicle operating states, and a warning lamp for other vehicle half doors.

The dial plate 20 has a plurality of substantially cylindrical side surfaces 21A, 21B, 21C extending in the direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG.
And an annular bottom portion 22 that extends substantially perpendicularly to the inner peripheral surfaces of the side surface portions 21A to 21C, and the annular bottom portion 22 is attached to the opening 11 of the casing 10.

The side surface portion 21B located around the engine tachometer 1 and the side surface portion 21A located around the speedometer 2 are arranged side by side in the left-right direction so that portions of the substantially cylindrical shape overlap each other. Similarly, the side surface portion 21C and the side surface portion 21A located around the fuel gauge 3 and the water temperature gauge 4 are arranged side by side in the left-right direction so that portions of the substantially cylindrical shape overlap each other. Therefore, the side surface portions 21A, 21B, and 21C are continuously connected to the left and right to form a single ring.

The annular bottom portion 22 has a plurality of openings 2
2A, 22B, and 22C are formed, and the inner peripheral surfaces of these openings 22A to 22C have dials 70 to be described later.
It is formed in an annular shape that faces A, 70B, and 70C, respectively.

On the back side of the annular bottom portion 22 of the dial plate 20, a light guide plate 40, scale plates 70, 70A, and a diffusion plate 50 are sequentially stacked and arranged, and these stacked components 40, 70, 70A and 50 are annular bottom portions 22
It is sandwiched between and and the casing 10. Here, the light guide plate 40 and the diffusion plate 50 are formed of a colorless and transparent light guide resin material. The wiring board 60 is provided side by side on the back surface side of the diffusion plate 50 as described later.

On the front surface side of the dial plate 20, a front panel 30 is fitted in the front end opening of the dial plate 20. The front panel 30 is for protecting the internal analog indicating instruments 1 to 4 and the like. In addition,
A smoke material is used for the front panel 30 of the present embodiment. An example of the material of this smoke material is a resin such as black translucent acrylic resin, which has a light transmittance of 20%.
A material of a certain degree is preferable.

By using the smoked material in this way, each of the dials 70A, 70B, 70C and the pointers 1 is provided in a state where the light sources 90, 91, 92 described later do not emit light.
The positions of a, 2a, 3a, 4a, etc. become invisible.
That is, the instrument of this embodiment is a so-called black face meter, and is always illuminated without relying on outside light.

Next, the structure of the speedometer 2 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the speedometer 2 includes a graduation plate 70A, a rotary inner unit 80, and a plurality of graduation plate light sources 90.
And a plurality of light sources 91 for the design light emitting portion and a light source 92 for the pointer.
And a pointer 2a.

The scale plate 70A is sandwiched between the light guide plate 40 and the diffusion plate 50 at the outer peripheral portion 71 thereof. A portion of the dial 70A that is visible to a vehicle occupant inside the annular bottom portion 22 of the dial plate 20 has a substantially arc-shaped graduation, a character, and a symbol 72 that calibrate the vehicle speed of the passenger car. ing.

In this embodiment, the graduation plate 70A is
A dark color layer 74 is printed on the surface of a light-transmissive substrate 73 made of acrylic resin or the like, excluding the surface portions corresponding to the scales, characters, and symbols 72 of the surface, using an opaque dark color printing material. Has been formed. Therefore, scales, letters, symbols 7
The surface of the light-transmissive substrate 73 is exposed through the inside of each contour 2.

Further, the light guide plate 40 is formed with a ring portion 41 overlapping the front surface side of the graduation plate 70A, and this ring portion 41 is formed in an annular shape along the opening 22A of the annular bottom portion 22. . The ring portion 41 is provided with a design light emitting portion 41a, and the design light emitting portion 41a is provided.
Is formed by a recess or printing provided on the back surface of the ring portion 41. The recess or print 41a is formed in a decorative shape having a function as a design. Incidentally, the shape of the design light emitting portion 41a of the present embodiment is formed in a substantially arc-shaped ring shape surrounding the outer circumferences of the scales, characters, and symbols 72 as shown by the diagonal lines in FIG.

The rotating inner unit 80 is provided with an inner unit body 81 and a pointer shaft 82. The inner unit body 81 is attached to the bottom wall 22 of the casing 10 so as to correspond to the dial 70A. It is installed. The pointer shaft 82 rotatably extends from the inner unit main body 81 through the through hole portion 61 of the wiring board 60, the through hole portion 51 of the diffusion plate 50, and the through hole portion 75 of the dial 70.
The pointer 2a is coaxially supported by the tip of the pointer shaft 82,
The pointer 2a is adapted to rotate along the surface of the scale plate 70A.

The plurality of graduation plate light sources 90, the design light emitting portion light source 91, and the pointer light source 92 are arranged concentrically with respect to the pointer shaft 82 on the surface of the wiring board 60. In the present embodiment, the light sources are provided. Light emitting diodes are applied as 90, 91 and 92.

Then, the light source 90 for the graduation plate is incident on the diffuser plate 50 from its back surface side by its light emission. Along with this, the diffusion plate 50 guides the light toward the front surface side, diffuses the light, and uniformly emits the light to the dial 70A from the back surface side. By this emission, each scale, character, symbol 7
2 is transmitted and illuminated by light transmitted from the back surface side of the graduation plate 70A.

Here, on the outer periphery of the ring portion 41 of the light guide plate 40, a light guide portion 42 extending from the front surface side to the back surface side of the dial 70A and the diffusion plate 50 is formed. And
The tip of the light guide section 42 is located directly above the light source 91 for the design light emitting section. Therefore, the light source 91 for the design light emitting unit
Is incident on the light guide portion 42 from its tip due to its light emission. Along with this, the light guide section 42 guides the incident light to the ring section 41 and emits it from the front surface side of the ring section 41.

In this emission, of the light guided to the light guide plate 40, the light reflected by the design light emitting portion 41a and emitted from the ring portion 41 is reflected by the portion other than the design light emitting portion 41a and is emitted from the ring portion 41. The amount of light is much larger than the amount of emitted light. Therefore, the design light emitting portion configured by the design light emitting portion 41a is guided and illuminated by the light guided to the light guide plate 40, and emits light in the ring shape shown by the hatched portion in FIG. Will be done. Less than,
The illumination by the design light emitting section 41a is called ring illumination.

The pointer light source 92 is incident on the pointer 2a from its back surface side by its light emission. Along with this, the light guide portion 2b inside the pointer 2a shown in FIG.
Light is guided toward the tip. The guided light is guided by the light guide portion 2b.
The light is emitted to the front surface side to guide and illuminate the light guide portion 2b of the pointer 2a.

Each of the engine tachometer 1, the fuel gauge 3, and the water temperature gauge 4 has the same structure as the vehicle speedometer 2.
A light guide plate 40, a scale plate 70, a rotary inner unit 80, and a plurality of light sources 90 and 91 similar to
4a and scale plates 70B and 70C corresponding to them are provided.

Of the scale 70B of the engine tachometer 1,
The portion of the dial plate 20 that is visible to the vehicle occupant inside the annular bottom portion 22 has substantially arc-shaped scales, letters, and symbols 76 that indicate the engine speed of the passenger vehicle.
Further, the design light emitting portion 41a of the engine tachometer 1 is formed in an annular shape in which a part of the vehicle speedometer 2 side having a substantially arc shape is cut out as shown by the hatched portion in FIG.

Of the graduation board 70C of the fuel gauge 3 and the water temperature gauge 4, the portion visually recognized by the vehicle occupant inside the annular bottom portion 22 of the dial plate 20 has a substantially arcuate shape for calibrating the remaining fuel amount and the water temperature. It has a scale, a character, and a symbol 77. Further, the design light emitting portion 41a of the fuel gauge 3 and the water temperature gauge 4 is formed in an annular shape with a part of the vehicle speedometer 2 side cut out in a substantially arc shape as shown by the hatched portion in FIG.

Each of the pointers 1a, 3a, 4a is also provided with light guide portions 1b, 3b, 4b similar to the light guide portion 2b of the speedometer 2, and these light guide portions 1b-4b and the above-mentioned. The scales, characters, and symbols 72, 76, 77 correspond to the normal illuminating section described in the above claims.

FIG. 3 is a control circuit diagram of the instrument of the present embodiment. The operations of the light sources 90, 91, 92, the various indicators 5 and the rotating internal unit 80 are controlled by the control circuit 100 including a microcomputer. It is supposed to be done. When the key switch 101 as a switch means is turned on, the battery 102 mounted on the vehicle causes
Electric power can be supplied to each of the light sources 90, 91, 92, the various display devices 5, and the rotating internal unit 80.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control circuit 100. The control circuit 100 always starts the flowchart of FIG. 4 even when the key switch 101 is not turned on. There is.

A door open sensor 103 for detecting whether or not the vehicle door is open is connected to the control circuit 100. When the door open sensor 103 detects that the door is open, it outputs a detection signal to the control circuit 100.
It is designed to output to.

Then, in step S10, it is determined whether or not this detection signal is input to the control circuit. And
When the detection signal is input and it is determined that the door is open, the process proceeds to step S20, the design light emitting unit light source 91 is operated, and ring illumination is performed. As a result, ring illumination is performed at the timing of opening the door. Here, only the design light emitting unit light source 91 is turned on, and no illumination other than the ring illumination is performed.

Next, in step S30, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is operated in the travel-permitted state. Specifically, the key switch 101 determines whether or not the ignition switch is in the ON state.

The above-mentioned traveling-permitted state means a state in which the key switch 101 is operated to the ignition switch ON position as described above in the vehicle traveling with the engine as the drive source. In addition, in a vehicle such as an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle that uses a battery as a driving source, the key switch 101 is operated to a start position to allow the traveling.

When the ignition switch is in the ON state, in step S40, in addition to turning on the light source 91 for the design light emitting portion, the light source 90 for the dial and the light source 92 for the pointer are turned on.

As a result, in step S40,
Along with ring illumination, each dial 70A, 70B, 70C
And each pointer 1a-4a is illuminated. Hereinafter, the dials 70A, 70B, and 70, as well as the ring illumination, will be described.
The state in which C and the pointers 1a to 4a are illuminated is called normal illumination.

In the present embodiment, in the normal illumination in step S40, the design light emitting portion light source 91 is made to instantaneously emit light with a predetermined luminance, whereas in the ring illumination in step S20, it gradually increases with the passage of time. The light source 91 for the design light emitting unit is caused to emit light so as to be extremely bright. In the ring illumination in step S20, the ring illumination is performed with a higher luminance than the predetermined luminance in step S40.

In the normal illumination of this embodiment, the light source 91 for the design light emitting portion is first turned on, and then the light source 92 for the pointer and the light source 90 for the dial are sequentially turned on at a predetermined time interval. Has become. Incidentally, the predetermined time interval is preferably about 1 second.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S30 that the ignition switch is not in the ON state, it is determined in step S50 whether or not a preset predetermined time has elapsed since the door was opened. To judge. Here, the predetermined time is set as a predicted time from opening the door to turning on the ignition switch when an occupant gets into the vehicle and drives the vehicle. Incidentally, the predetermined time in this embodiment is set to 30 seconds.

If it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S60, the design light emitting portion light source 91 is turned off, and the ring illumination is turned off. In this embodiment,
The light source 91 for the design light emitting unit is turned off so that the light is gradually darkened over time.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S30. By this, step S
When the running prohibition state of the vehicle continues for a predetermined time or more from the time when the ring illumination of 20 is performed, the ring illumination is turned off.

The above-mentioned traveling prohibited state means that the key switch 1 is used in a vehicle traveling with the engine as a drive source.
01 indicates a state in which the key switch 101 is operated to a position other than the ignition switch ON or a key is removed from the key switch 101. Further, in a vehicle such as an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle that runs on a battery as a drive source, it means a state in which the key switch 101 is operated to a position other than the start position or a key is removed from the key switch 101.

By the operation shown in the above flow chart,
When the occupant gets into the vehicle and tries to drive the vehicle, the ring illumination in step S20 is performed when the occupant opens the door. When the occupant operates the key to turn on the ignition switch, step S4
Normal illumination at 0 is provided.

When the passenger opens the door and then closes the door without turning on the ignition switch by a key operation and gets off the vehicle, for example, when he / she comes to forget something, the passenger opens the door. And the ring illumination in step S20 is performed. Then, the ring illumination is automatically turned off after a predetermined time elapses without continuously performing the ring illumination after getting off the vehicle.

When the occupant who is driving the vehicle finishes driving and gets off the vehicle, when the occupant turns off the ignition switch by a key operation and then opens the door, the ring illumination in step S20 is performed. .
Then, if the ignition switch is not turned on within a predetermined time after the ring illumination, the ring illumination is automatically turned off without continuing to perform the ring illumination after getting off the vehicle.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when the passenger opens the door and gets into the vehicle, the design light emitting section 41a emits light to provide ring illumination. Therefore, in the instrument of the present embodiment, the design light-emitting portion 41a is turned on and ring illumination is performed, which is a matter of course that the instrument is conventionally turned off when getting into the vehicle. It can give a fresh impression.

Further, according to the present embodiment, even when the occupant finishes driving the vehicle and opens the door to get out of the vehicle, the design light emitting portion 41a emits light to provide ring illumination. Therefore, since the instrument that is conventionally turned off when getting out of the vehicle is ring-illuminated in the instrument of the present embodiment, an extremely novel impression can be given when the occupant gets out of the vehicle. .

Moreover, the lighting of the ring illumination of this embodiment gradually becomes brighter with the passage of time, and when the ring illumination is turned off, it becomes gradually darker with the passage of time. The impression to the occupants at the time of opening can be made even more innovative.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the ring illumination is provided when the passenger opens the door and gets into the vehicle, and then the normal illumination sections 1b to 4b together with the ring illumination when the passenger operates to the traveling permitted state. Since 72, 76, and 77 are illuminated, in addition to giving a novel impression when getting on the vehicle, it is possible to give an even more novel impression when the vehicle is operated to the travel-permitted state after getting on.

Further, the normal illumination when the occupant operates the traveling permission state is a ring illumination and the light guide portion 1 of the pointers 1a to 4a.
Since the illumination of b to 4b and the illumination of the scales 70A to 70C are sequentially performed at predetermined time intervals, a more novel impression can be given when the vehicle is operated to the travel permitted state after getting into the vehicle.

Further, each of the scale plates 70A, 70 of the present embodiment.
While the illumination of B, 70C and the pointers 1a to 4a is transmitted illumination, the ring illumination of the present embodiment uses guided light of a different form from the transmitted illumination, and therefore the occupant when the door is opened The impression can be made even more novel.
Incidentally, in the light guide illumination of the present embodiment, the design light emitting portion constituted by the concave portion 41a has a crystallized visibility.

(Other Embodiments) In the above embodiment, the ring illumination is performed at the timing of opening the door. However, the illumination at the above timing of the present invention is not limited to the ring illumination, and a portion visually recognized as a design may be used. Any lighting will do. For example, the pointers 1a to 4 at the above timing
The light guide portions 1b to 4b of a may be illuminated.
The scale plates 70A to 70C may be illuminated at the above timing.

Further, in the above embodiment, step S10.
In step S10, it is determined whether or not the door lock is unlocked by performing ring illumination at the timing when the door is opened. The ring illumination may be performed at the timing of unlocking the door, and in this case, the same effect as that of the present embodiment can be obtained.

In the above embodiment, the light sources 90, 91,
Although a light emitting diode is applied as 92, it is needless to say that a bulb, an EL (electroluminescence) or the like may be applied as each of the light sources 90, 91 and 92 in implementing the present invention.

Further, in implementing the present invention, the design light emitting portion 41a may be constituted by a concave portion, and the design light emitting portion 41a may be configured by printing or hot stamping the ring portion 41.

In carrying out the present invention, the present invention is not limited to passenger cars, and the present invention may be applied to various instruments used in automobiles and other vehicles, ships, aircrafts, and the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a control circuit diagram of the instrument shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation by the control circuit of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1b-4b ... Light guide part (normal light emitting part) inside the pointer, 41a
... Design light emitting part, 72 ... Speedometer scale, characters, symbols (normal light emitting part), 76 ... Engine tachometer scale, characters, symbols (normal light emitting part), 77 ... Fuel gauge and water temperature gauge scales, characters, Symbol (usually light emitting part).

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kazuaki Sato             1 Toyota Town, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture Toyota Auto             Car Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 2F041 FA01 FA07                 2F074 AA02 BB06 DD03 EE03 FF02                       GG02                 3D044 BA22 BB01 BD01 BD13

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle instrument having a design light-emitting portion (41a) that emits light to be visually recognized as a design, wherein the design light-emitting portion (41) is opened at a timing when a vehicle door is opened.
A vehicle instrument characterized by causing a) to emit light. 2. A vehicle instrument having a design light emitting portion (41a) which emits light and is visually recognized as a design, characterized in that the design light emitting portion (41a) emits light at a timing of unlocking a door lock of the vehicle. Measuring instrument. 3. A normal light emitting portion (1b to 4b, 72, 76, 77) different from the design light emitting portion (41a) is provided, and after the design light emitting portion (41a) emits light at the timing, The normal light-emitting part (1b-4b, 72, 76, 77) is made to light-emit with the said design light-emitting part (41a), when the said vehicle is operated by the passenger | operator into the driving | running | working state. Or the vehicle instrument according to 2. 4. The design light emitting section (41) at the timing.
When the traveling prohibition state of the vehicle continues for a predetermined time or more from the point of time when a) is emitted, the design light emitting section (41
The vehicle instrument according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a) is turned off. 5. The design light-emitting portion (41a) has a ring shape provided on the outer periphery of a graduation plate (70A, 70B, 70C), according to any one of claims 1 to 4. Vehicle instrument.