US 7,508,381 B2
Display apparatus
Kazuyuki Matsumura, Kobe (Japan); Hiroyuki Asada, Kobe (Japan); Takashi Ota, Kobe (Japan); Takeshi Konuma, Kobe (Japan); Yasuhiro Sakakibara, Nishikasugai-gun (Japan); Akiyoshi Nagano, Nishikasugai-gun (Japan); Etsuo Ozawa, Nishikasugai-gun (Japan); and Minoru Shibata, Nishikasugai-gun (Japan)
Assigned to Fujitsu Ten Limited, Hyogo (Japan); and Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Aichi (Japan)
Filed on Oct. 03, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/677,261.
Claims priority of application No. P2002-292464 (JP), filed on Oct. 04, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2004/0140959 A1, Jul. 22, 2004
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 345—173 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
31. An on-board display apparatus mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
a transmission type display portion mounted at a forward position in the vehicle and operable to display images thereon;
a rearward display portion mounted at a rearward position of the vehicle which is rearward of said transmission type display portion and spaced apart from said transmission type display portion, said rearward display portion being mounted such that a gap is formed between said transmission type display portion and said rearward display portion, and said rearward display portion being operable to form a display of images that are different from the images displayed on said transmission type display portion such that the images displayed on said rearward display portion can be seen through said transmission type display portion;
a display control portion operable to display a switch operation guide in said transmission type display portion;
a touch detecting portion provided in said transmission type display portion for detecting a position touched by an operator; and
an operation signal output portion for outputting an operation signal indicating an operation content based on a display state of said display control portion and a touch detection output from said touch detecting portion;
wherein said transmission type display portion is operable, in response to finger approach toward or finger touch of said transmission type display portion, to function as a touch panel and cover said rearward display portion such that an image of said rearward display portion is visible.