JPH061865Y2 - Vehicle display - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to a vehicle display device for displaying driving information at the position of an instrument panel of a dashboard.

[Problems to be solved by conventional techniques and devices]

Conventionally, vehicle speed, engine speed, remaining fuel amount, and driving information such as time and various warnings were displayed by a meter, clock or warning lamp provided on the instrument panel, but recently space in the dashboard In consideration of ensuring the above, a semi-transmissive reflective member such as a half mirror is provided at the instrument panel position, and a warning lamp or the like for making a minor display is left behind the reflective member,
It has been proposed that a display means for performing a main meter display is attached to the lower surface of a meter hood, and the meter display is performed by projection display on a reflecting surface of a reflecting member (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-152544).

In the proposed device, the driver can be provided with necessary information by the warning display and the projection display when seeing through the semi-transparent reflective member, and the display means for the meter display is provided behind the instrument panel. That is, it is possible to secure a space in the dashboard by not being in the dashboard.

However, the proposed device still has a meter hood,
Since the installation position of the reflecting member is defined in the inner part of the meter hood, there is a limit in securing the space in the dashboard. In addition, the meter hood of the proposed device is not only for providing the display means for the meter display, but also for preventing the warning display etc. performed by the display means provided behind the reflecting member from being reflected on the windshield. However, even if the meter display means is provided at a place other than the meter hood, it cannot be deleted.

Therefore, the present invention is intended to provide a vehicular display device in which the meter hood can be deleted to further secure the space in the dashboard.

[Means and Actions for Solving Problems]

In order to solve the above problems, a vehicular display device according to the present invention has a reflective member having an electric device and a connection portion that can be electrically contacted and separated from the electric device, and has a reflective surface of the reflective member. A support member that detachably holds the reflecting member toward the driver's seat at the instrument panel position of the dashboard, and a display surface is provided in a portion other than the dashboard with the display surface facing the reflecting surface of the reflecting member. Display means for projecting and displaying the driving information displayed on the surface on the reflecting surface.

In the above configuration, all the display images displayed in the range of the reflecting surface of the reflecting member are formed as an upright virtual image behind the reflecting member by projection display by the display means provided in a portion other than the dashboard, and Since the display means is provided in a portion other than the dashboard, the window reflection of the display that is visible to the driver does not occur even without the meter hood.

Further, since the electric device attached to the reflecting member is detachable, it is not necessary to newly secure a mounting space for the electric device when mounting a desired electric device.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of a vehicle display device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 10 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which 10 is a windshield of a vehicle, 12 is a dashboard, and 14 is a steering wheel.

The dashboard 12 is projected from the lower edge of the windshield 10 toward the interior of the vehicle, and has a substantially horizontal upper surface 12
1 is cut out in a circular arc shape in the front portion facing the driver's seat to form a step portion 122.

A pair of supporting members 18 each having a jack 18a as an electrical connecting member therein are attached on the step portion 122, and the reflecting member 16 on which a display image of a display described later is projected is the supporting member 18 described above. Thus, the reflection member 16 is provided at the instrument panel position of the dashboard 12 with the reflection surface 161 facing the driver's seat.

The reflection member 16 has a substantially rectangular shape with the long side in the left-right direction, and the reflection surface 161 is a concave surface slightly curved in the left-right direction, and a pair of speakers 163 are symmetrically attached to both ends thereof. The reflecting surface 161 is supported by being slightly inclined downward.

The connection with the support 18 is performed by a pair of connecting portions 162 formed on the surface opposite to the reflecting surface 161 of the reflecting member 16, that is, the back surface.

Inside the connecting portion 162, the pair of speakers 163 is provided.
And plugs 162b that are connected to the jacks 18a of the support 18 respectively and that are rotatably supported by a rotation shaft 162a at an angle of 2 to 3 degrees. The reflection member 16 and the support 18 are connected by being inserted.

As a result, the pair of speakers 163 of the reflection member 16 are connected to the output line of the audio signal (not shown) via the jack 18a of the support 18 and the reflection surface 161.
The tilt angle of can be adjusted within a range of 2 to 3 degrees.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a column cover that covers a steering shaft rod (not shown) that connects the steering wheel 14 and the steering mechanism in the engine room, and has a shaft rod through hole 201 through which the steering shaft rod is inserted in the center thereof. Has been done. The column cover 20 is slightly inclined forward and downward along the steering shaft rod, and the portion opposite to the end portion on the steering wheel side is inserted into the dashboard 12.

The uppermost end of the steering wheel side end of the column cover 20 has substantially the same height as the surface of the stepped portion 122 of the dashboard 12, and the upper surface of the column cover 20 is kept at this height while the steering wheel side end. The display housing 202 is formed by projecting upward from the section to the middle section and projecting both side surfaces of the column cover 20 to the left and right in the middle section. The left and right protrusions of the display accommodating portion 202 are further protruded rearward, that is, toward the steering wheel side to form switch accommodating portions 203 and 204.

On the surface 202a of the display housing 202 that faces the reflecting surface 161 of the reflecting member 16, the display housing 2 is provided.
Window holes 202b, 202c, and 202d are opened in which the display surface of the display device housed and fixed in 02 is exposed. The display surface 22 facing the window hole 202b is an engine speed indicator that displays the engine speed as a bar.
The display surface 24 of 02c is a cooling water temperature display, and the display surface 26 of the window 202d is a display surface of a fuel remaining amount display.

Near the dashboard 12 of the column cover 20,
By the column cover 20 itself, the display housing 205
Are formed on the upper surface of the column cover 20 in that portion, the two rows of window holes 205a facing the display surface of the display accommodated in the display accommodating portion 205 and the concave portion having a V-shaped cross section. The location 205b is formed. The display surface 28 facing the window hole 205b is a display surface of a display device accompanied by a warning display about a half door, a seat belt and the like.
A window hole 205c is formed in the surface of the recess 205b facing the reflection surface 161 of the reflection member 16, and the display surface 30 of the display for displaying the vehicle speed is exposed to the window hole 205c.

As the display accommodated in the display accommodating portions 202 and 205, a self-luminous type using a fluorescent display tube, a light emitting diode, a transmissive liquid crystal having a backlight, or the like is preferably applied.

Various switches are accommodated in the switch accommodating portions 203 and 204, and an operator of each switch is arranged in a portion in the vicinity of the steering wheel 14, and some fingers are put on the steering wheel so that the hand of It can be operated with other fingers.

In particular, the switch accommodating portion 204 accommodates column switches, and in the drawing, a rear defogger switch operator 204a, an emergency flashing light switch operator 204b, a parking switch operator 204c, and a washer switch operation that operate these switches. The child 204d, the light switch operator 204e, the wiper switch operator 204f, the turn switch operator 204g and the like are shown. On the other hand, the switch accommodating portion 203 accommodates switches for operating an on-vehicle air conditioner, a radio, and a navigation device, and four select switch operators 20 are shown in the drawing.
3a, 203b, 203c, 203d and mode designating switch operators 203e, 20 for selecting the switches operated by these operators for air conditioner operation, radio operation, and navigation operation, respectively.
3f and 203g are shown. In addition, the switch accommodating portion 203 includes select switch operators 203 a to 203.
A dot matrix display device for displaying the respective functions of d is accommodated, and its display surface 203h is provided facing the driver.

With the above-described configuration, the driver can operate the steering wheel 1 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 while sitting in the driver's seat.
The reflecting surface 161 of the reflecting member 16 can be seen through the semi-circular space 141 above the number four. Therefore, the display surface 2
The display image displayed on 2, 24, 26, 28, 30 is the fifth
As shown in the figure, by being projected on the reflecting surface 161 of the reflecting member 16 and being reflected by the reflecting surface 161, it reaches the eyes 32 of the driver through the space 141 of the steering wheel 14. As a result, the driver can
The erecting virtual image X of the display image formed at a predetermined position behind 6 can be visually recognized to obtain necessary information.

In the arrangement of the display surfaces 22 to 30 described above, the display that the driver can visually recognize within the range of the reflection surface 161 of the reflection member 16 is as shown in FIG. In the figure, A, B, and C are engine speeds, cooling water temperatures, and fuel residual amounts displayed by bars, D is a warning display, and E is a vehicle speed display.

As described above, only the reflection member 16 is provided at the instrument panel position of the dashboard 12, and all of the display performed within the range of the reflection surface 161 of the reflection member 16 is provided on the portion other than the dashboard 12. It is formed by an erecting virtual image formed on the rear surface of the reflecting member by the projection of the display image from the displayed display. Therefore, the driver does not see the displayed image even when the portion of the windshield 10 at the position of the instrument panel appears in the window, and the meter hood is unnecessary.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the reflecting surface 16 of the reflecting member 16 is
Even when light is incident on the windshield 1 through the windshield 10, the reflected light does not reach the driver's eyes 32, and the display image of the display 30 or the like reflected on the windshield 10 has the direction of reflection of the eyes 32. It's far off and it's not visible to the driver.

On the other hand, since the connecting portion 162 and the supporting member 18 are detachable with the above-described structure, another reflecting member having a plug having the same shape as the insertion plug 162b may be attached to the supporting member 18 in the same manner as above. can do.

For example, it is possible to use a film speaker in which a frame is arranged so as to be kept in a constant shape, and a reflective surface is formed on the surface thereof by vapor deposition or the like.
In this case, considering the directional characteristics of the film speaker,
Similar to the reflecting member 16, it is preferable to form the reflecting surface as a concave surface which is slightly curved in the left-right direction.

The pair of speakers 163 attached to the reflecting member 16 are symmetrically positioned in front of the driver together with the reflecting surface 161, and the speaker 163 is arranged on the side surface of the passenger compartment at a different distance from the driver's seat. Unlike the speaker, the position is favorable in terms of acoustic characteristics, and thus a good acoustic effect can be obtained by the pair of speakers 163.

11 to 13 are views showing another example of the reflection member provided with the electric device, FIG. 11 is a perspective view, FIG. 12 is a side view, and FIG. 13 is a back view.

As shown in the figure, the connecting portion 1 is provided on the rear surface of the reflecting member 16 '.
In addition to 62 ', a solar cell 163' is provided, and the output line of the solar cell 163 'is connected to a plug 162b' which is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft 162a '.

This reflecting member 16 'is a support 18' on the dashboard.
Installed on the windshield 10
When exposed to external light through the windshield 10, an electromotive force is generated in the solar cell 163 '.

The electric power of the solar cell 163 'is used to compensate for the decrease in electromotive force due to self-discharge of the battery mounted on the vehicle.

The plug 162 connected to the speaker 163
If two types of jacks that can be individually contacted and separated are provided in the support corresponding to the b and the plug 162b 'connected to the solar cell 163', respectively, the speaker 163
It is possible to replace and use the reflecting member 16 provided with and the reflecting member 16 'provided with the solar cell 163'.

〔effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, even if the meter hood is not provided, the window reflection of the display that can be seen by the driver does not occur. Therefore, the meter hood can be omitted and the reflection member having the electric device at the instrument panel position can be omitted. Combined with the fact that there is no display at all, it becomes possible to secure a large space in the dashboard. In addition, since the front hood of the driver can be increased by eliminating the meter hood, a driving environment favorable for the driver can be obtained.

In addition, since the electric device attached to the reflecting member is detachable, it is not necessary to newly secure a mounting space for the electric device when mounting a desired electric device.

Further, since the reflecting member and the dashboard are detachable, it becomes possible to replace and use a plurality of reflecting members having electric devices having different functions.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a vehicular display device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same device seen from a direction different from that of FIG. 1, and FIG. Top view, FIG. 4 is a front view of the same device, FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the same device, FIG. 6 is a view showing a display example of the same device, and FIG. 7 is a view for explaining the effect of the same device. Explanatory drawing, FIG. 8 is a front view showing the reflecting member of the embodiment, FIG. 9 is a side view showing the reflecting member, and FIG. 10 is a rear view showing the reflecting member. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the reflecting member, FIG. 12 is a side view of the reflecting member of FIG. 11, and FIG. 13 is a rear view of the reflecting member. 12 ... Dashboard, 16, 16 '... Reflective member, 16
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Reflective surface, 162, 162 '... Connection part, 163 ... Speaker, 163' ... Solar cell, 22, 24, 26, 2
8, 30 ... Display surface.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A reflecting member having an electric device, and a connecting portion capable of electrically contacting and separating from the electric device, wherein a reflecting surface of the reflecting member faces a driver seat side at a dashboard instrument panel position. And a support member that detachably holds the reflective member, and a display surface is provided on a portion other than the dashboard with the display surface facing the reflective surface of the reflective member, and the operation information displayed on the display surface is projected on the reflective surface. A display device for a vehicle, comprising: display means for displaying.