JP3932095B2 - Vehicle interior display device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vehicle interior display device in a vehicle such as an automobile in which a marking instrument comprising a marking plate such as a speedometer and a tachometer and a pointer is installed at a substantially central portion of an instrument panel.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, in automobiles, paying attention to the advantages of good visibility and the driver's eyes not getting tired, the indicator instruments such as speedometer and tachometer are installed between the driver's seat and the passenger seat on the instrument panel. A device provided with a so-called center meter type vehicle interior display device installed at a substantially central portion has been provided.
[0003]
FIG. 3 shows an example of a vehicle interior structure provided with such a center meter type vehicle interior display device. In the figure, 1 is a passenger compartment, 2 is a steering wheel, 5 is a driver's seat, and 7 is a passenger seat. Reference numeral 3 denotes a dashboard covering the front portion of the passenger compartment 1, 6 denotes an instrument panel to which display instruments are attached, 4 denotes a front cover, and 3a denotes a shelf board.
Reference numeral 100 denotes a display device composed of a marking instrument such as a speedometer and a tachometer, and is installed at a substantially central portion between the driver seat 5 and the passenger seat 7 of the instrument panel 6.
[0004]
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram viewed from a plane showing the relationship between the marking plate of the speedometer and the scale on the marking plate in the center meter type vehicle interior display device.
In the figure, 10 is a marking plate, 12 is a scale formed on the marking plate 10, 20 is a driver seat center, and 21 is a driver's (driver's) eye position. In such a center meter type vehicle interior display device, in order to make it easier for the driver to see the marking surface 15, the marking surface 15 is directed toward the driver's seat 5 with respect to the surface 06 of the instrument panel 6 by a certain angle α. It is installed at an angle.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In such a center meter type vehicle interior display device, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the display device 100 including a marking instrument is an abbreviation between the driver seat 5 and the passenger seat 7 of the instrument panel 6. Since it is installed in the central part, the driver's line of sight 14 is obliquely applied to the marking surface 15 of the marking plate 10 through the pointer 11 located at a position a from the marking surface 15 at an angle β. Become.
Therefore, the line of sight 14 of the driver is applied to the pointer 11 indicating the scale 12 of the marking plate 10 in an oblique direction with the angle β, whereas the scale 12 of the marking plate 10 is the marking surface of the line of sight 14. Since the shift amount b is shifted from the intersection 014 to 15 toward the driver seat center 20 side (driver seat 5 side) by an amount of deviation b, an error occurs in the driver's scale reading, and accurate scale visibility is not possible.
[0006]
On the other hand, as means for avoiding the occurrence of a visual shift between the pointer 11 and the scale 12 as described above, the indicator surface 15 is set in a direction perpendicular to the line of sight 14 of the driver, that is, the angle β = 90 °. However, in this case, the mounting depth of the marking instrument from the instrument panel surface 06 is increased, and the passenger compartment space is compressed.
And so on.
[0007]
In view of the problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a vehicle equipped with a center meter type vehicle interior display device, and is visually limited between the scale on the marking plate and the pointer without limiting the vehicle compartment space. An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle interior display device that can improve the driving safety and the driving operability by eliminating the deviation, thereby preventing the driver from generating a scale reading error and performing accurate scale visual recognition. To do.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides, as an invention according to claim 1, a marking plate on which a scale is displayed and a pointer that is arranged to face a position at a predetermined distance from the display surface of the marking plate and that indicates the scale. In the vehicle interior display device of the vehicle, which is installed at a substantially central portion between the driver seat and the passenger seat of the instrument panel provided at the front of the vehicle interior,
The marking plate is arranged by shifting the scale in the direction of the passenger seat with respect to a predetermined position of the scale when the pointer is projected in a right angle direction on the marking surface of the marking plate. A vehicle interior display device is proposed.
[0009]
In the first aspect of the present invention, preferably, as described in the second aspect, the deviation amount of the scale is largest at a portion corresponding to the vertical position of the pointer and becomes smaller as the portion corresponding to the horizontal position of the pointer is approached. It should be constructed.
[0010]
According to this invention, the scale of the marking plate is shifted in the direction of the front passenger seat with respect to the projection position in the direction perpendicular to the pointer on the marking surface of the marking plate. Is configured to be the largest in the position corresponding to the vertical position of the pointer and to become smaller as it approaches the position corresponding to the horizontal position of the pointer. Therefore, the scale of the pointer and the marking plate is aligned on the driver's line of sight, and the driver corresponds to the pointer. The scale to be read can be accurately read without causing an error. Thereby, driving safety and driving operability can be improved.
[0011]
Further, since the amount of inclination of the marking surface of the marking plate in the direction of the driver's seat can be kept to a minimum and the occurrence of the scale error corresponding to the pointer as described above can be avoided, the instrument panel surface of the marking instrument Thus, it is possible to achieve accurate visual recognition of the scale as described above while avoiding an increase in the mounting depth from the vehicle and the accompanying compression of the passenger compartment space.
[0012]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the marking surface of the marking plate is inclined at a certain angle so as to face the driver's seat side with respect to the surface of the instrument panel. It is characterized by being provided.
According to this invention, the increase in the mounting depth of the marking instrument from the instrument panel surface is minimized, and the marking plate surface is directed toward the driver's seat with respect to the instrument panel surface. Thus, accurate scale visual recognition is possible while reducing the deviation of the scale corresponding to the pointer position.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. However, the dimensions, materials, shapes, and other relative arrangements of the components described in this embodiment are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to specific examples unless otherwise specified. Not too much.
[0014]
1A and 1B show a configuration of a sign plate and a pointer in a vehicle interior display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a front view and FIG. 1B is a plan view. FIG. 2 is a front view of the speedometer. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a vehicle interior structure of an automobile equipped with a vehicle interior display device to which the present invention is applied.
[0015]
In FIG. 3 which shows the vehicle interior structure of a vehicle equipped with a vehicle interior display device to which the present invention is applied, 1 is a vehicle compartment, 2 is a steering wheel, 5 is a driver's seat, and 7 is a passenger seat. Reference numeral 3 denotes a dashboard covering the front portion of the passenger compartment 1, 6 denotes an instrument panel to which display instruments are attached, 4 denotes a front cover, and 3a denotes a shelf board. Reference numeral 100 denotes a display device composed of a marking instrument such as a speedometer and a tachometer, and is installed at a substantially central portion between the driver seat 5 and the passenger seat 7 of the instrument panel 6.
[0016]
The present invention relates to an improvement in the arrangement configuration of the marking plate and the pointer in the display device 100 in the vehicle interior.
In FIG. 2 showing the speedometer 30 to which the present invention is applied, 10 is a marking plate, and 12 is a scale formed on the marking surface of the marking plate 10. Reference numeral 11 denotes a pointer provided at a position from the marking surface 15 to indicate the scale 12 by rotating around the support shaft 011 (in the figure, four pointers 11 are displayed for convenience, but in actuality 1 Pieces). As will be described later, the pointer 11 and the scale 12 of the marking plate 10 are arranged such that the scale 12 is shifted counterclockwise by a shift amount b with respect to the vertical position of the pointer 11.
[0017]
In FIG. 1 showing the configuration of the marking plate and the pointer, 10 is a marking plate, 15 is a marking surface of the marking plate 10, and a scale 12 is formed on the marking surface 15 at a predetermined position. 11 is a pointer, 011 is a support shaft of the pointer 11, and 22 is a vertical line.
The scale 12 of the marking plate 10 is located at a predetermined position of the scale 12 when the pointer 11 is projected onto the marking surface 15 of the marking plate 10, that is, a position 12a where the pointer 11 is perpendicular to the marking surface 15. Are shifted in one direction, that is, counterclockwise or in the direction of the passenger seat 7.
[0018]
The displacement amount S of the scale 12 is the largest at the part corresponding to the vertical position of the pointer 11 (that is, the part shown in FIG. 1), and becomes smaller as the part corresponding to the horizontal position of the pointer 11 is approached. Is done. That is, the deviation amount S of the portion corresponding to the vertical position of the pointer 11 is smaller shift amount S ₁ and S than the vertical position in a portion and the front passenger's seat 7 side portion of the driver's seat 5 side from the vertical position ₂ is formed.
[0019]
Further, the sign plate 10 is provided so as to be inclined by a certain angle α so that the sign surface 15 faces the driver's seat 5 side with respect to the surface 06 of the instrument panel 6. This inclination angle α is set to such an angle that the mounting depth of the speedometer 30 from the instrument panel surface 06 does not increase, and the deviation amount S of the scale 12 is excessive and there is no visual error. To do.
[0020]
In the vehicle interior display device having such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 1, the line of sight 14 of the driver (driver) during driving is applied to the pointer 11 disposed near the center of the instrument panel 6. The scale 12 of the marking plate 10 is shifted in one direction, that is, counterclockwise with respect to the projection position of the pointer 11 on the marking surface 15 of the marking plate 10, and the amount of shift is shifted by the vertical position corresponding portion of the pointer 11. since the amount S is configured to be smaller as S ₁ and S ₂ gets closer to the horizontal position the corresponding sites of the pointer at the maximum, so that the the pointer 11 on the driver's line of sight 14 and the scale 12 of the sign plate are aligned .
Accordingly, the driver can accurately read the scale 12 corresponding to the pointer 11 without generating an error. In addition, since the amount of deviation is changed depending on the magnitude of the deviation of the scale 12 from the line of sight 14, accurate scale visual recognition is possible in the entire indicated range.
[0021]
Further, the amount of inclination of the marking surface 15 of the marking plate 10 in the direction of the driver's seat 5 (tilt angle α) can be kept to a minimum, and the occurrence of the error of the scale 12 corresponding to the pointer 11 can be avoided. Therefore, it is possible to achieve accurate scale visual recognition as described above while avoiding an increase in the mounting depth of the speedometer 30 from the instrument panel surface 06 and the accompanying compression of the space of the passenger compartment 1. .
[0022]
Further, according to this embodiment, the increase in the mounting depth of the speedometer 30 from the instrument panel surface 06 is minimized, and the marking surface 15 of the marking plate 10 is placed on the surface of the instrument panel 6. On the other hand, by facing the driver's seat 5 side, accurate scale visual recognition is possible while reducing the shift amount of the scale 12 corresponding to the position of the pointer 11.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the scale of the marking plate is shifted in the direction of the passenger seat with respect to the pointer (preferably, the amount of displacement is maximum at the position corresponding to the vertical position of the pointer and Since the scale of the pointer and the marking plate is aligned on the driver's line of sight, the driver can accurately set the scale corresponding to the pointer without generating an error. Thus, driving safety and driving operability can be improved.
[0024]
In addition, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of scale errors corresponding to the above-mentioned pointers by keeping the amount of inclination of the marking surface in the direction of the driver's seat to a minimum, so that the marking instrument can be attached from the instrument panel surface. Accurate visual recognition of the scale as described above can be achieved while avoiding the increase in depth and the accompanying compression of the passenger compartment space.
[0025]
According to the third aspect of the present invention, the increase in the mounting depth of the speedometer (indicator) from the instrument panel surface is minimized, and the indication surface of the indicator plate is the surface of the instrument panel. On the other hand, by directing it toward the driver's seat, accurate scale visual recognition is possible while reducing the amount of scale shift corresponding to the pointer position.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1A and 1B show a configuration of a sign plate and pointers in a vehicle interior display device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where FIG. 1A is a front view and FIG. 1B is a plan view.
FIG. 2 is a front view of a speedometer in the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a conventional vehicle interior structure provided with a center meter type vehicle interior display device.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram viewed from a plane showing a relationship between a speedometer marking plate and a scale on the marking plate in a center meter type vehicle interior display device;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Car compartment 3 Dashboard 5 Driver's seat 6 Instrument panel 06 Instrument panel surface 10 Marking plate 11 Pointer 30 Speedometer 100 Display device

Claims (3)

A sign board on which a scale is displayed, and a pointer that is arranged facing a predetermined distance from the display surface of the sign board and indicates the scale, and a driver's seat on an instrument panel provided at the front of the vehicle interior, In a vehicle interior display device installed in a substantially central part between the passenger seat,
The marking plate is arranged by shifting the scale in the direction of the passenger seat with respect to a predetermined position of the scale when the pointer is projected in a right angle direction on the marking surface of the marking plate. A vehicle interior display device of the vehicle.   2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the scale deviation amount is configured to be largest at a portion corresponding to the vertical position of the pointer and become smaller as the portion corresponding to the horizontal position of the pointer is approached. Car interior display device.   The marking surface of the marking plate is provided to be inclined at a certain angle so as to face the driver's seat side with respect to the surface of the instrument panel. Vehicle interior display device.

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