摘要:
A display element can be used to represent bars of variable length. The display instrument may have a plurality of light chambers which are disposed adjacent to one another and in each case have a light barrier to the respective adjacent light chamber. The light chambers each have an optical waveguide. The light barrier is formed from one side of the optical waveguide which is impermeable to light or only partially light-permeable. Moreover, a corresponding display instrument, vehicle and display method may use the optical waveguide and the display element.
摘要:
An ultraviolet risk indicator instrument comprising a dial and a shadow projection device on it, the dial having colored areas that indicate different UV risks, defined by lines of declination (solstices and equinoxes) and solar hour lines calculated based on the transformation of the Hour Coordinates of the Sun (Hour Angle and Declination) in a 3D Cartesian Coordinate System, whose origin is the tip of the shadow projection device (being a polar style parallel to the rotation axis of the Earth, or a straight style perpendicular to the dial plane) using matrix calculations to produce the necessary rotations of the system, taking into account the latitude of the place, the declination and inclination of the dial. The style may be a rod or a triangular shape. The tip of the style is the focus or point of view of a gnomonic projection, where the Sun is the “point” of space to be projected, the dial is the projection plane and the projected point is the shadow point, whose coordinates (x,y) in the dial plane are calculated. Hour lines for local solar time in the dial are calculated, converging to the intersection of a polar style with the dial, the lines of declination of solstices and equinoxes and the position on the dial plane of the shadow cast by the tip of the style. The shadow point moves according to the annual and diurnal variation of the altitude of the Sun crossing different sectors of the dial.
摘要:
Disclosed herein is an improvement of an indicator such as a speed meter, a tachometer, or the like for use in a motor vehicle. The indicator comprises a scale plate having a pointer rotatably mounted thereon, indicia provided on the scale plate and containing fluroescent brigthener, the indicia indicating a specific value in cooperation with the pointer, a single ultraviolet light source for illuminating the indicia, and technique for equalizing the brightness of the indicia.The equalizing technique can comprises varying the quantity of fluorescent brigtener contained in the indicia according to the distance from the ultraviolet light source of the indicia.
摘要:
An illumination meter dial device comprises a transparent base plate (32); a black semitransparent layer (38) coated on the transparent base plate so as to form marks (28 or 30); a black opaque layer (40) coated so as to cover a margin and an outer periphery of the mark formed by the black semitransparent layer (38); and a white semitransparent layer (42) coated so as to cover a margin of the black opaque layer (40) and all over the dial plate except the marks. In the daytime, the marks (28, 30) can be seen in black in contrast with the white dial plate irradiated by sunlight from the outside; in the evening, margins of the marks formed by the black opaque layer (40) not covered by the white semitransparent layer (38) can be seen in black in contrast with the marks and the dial plate irradiated with sunlight from outside and illuminated by the lamp from inside; and in the night, other thick margins of the marks formed by the black opaque layer (40) can be seen in black in contrast with the marks and dial plate illuminated by the lamp from inside.
摘要:
Discloses an improved instrument dial illuminating system including a light transmitting optical element formed with a thickness diminishing in the vicinity of one edge of the optical element to the vicinity of an opposite edge of the element and with a prescribed generally convex surface extending from the thick edge to across the element. Profile is of configuration prescribed to cause light rays refracted within the element from a light source to be reflected from such surface at angles closer to normal with respect to a dial face located adjacent to the light source. Such surface of optical element may be formed with a localized regional surface located intermediate the edges of such element and formed of configuration designated to cause light rays refracted within such optical element from said light source to be reflected from such regional surface at angles closer to normal with respect to such dial face.
摘要:
A manipulating rotary control device wherein a knob is connected to a dial having associated therewith a hub defining a socket for receiving the end of a control shaft, such as the valve shaft, in a domestic range or the like. The knob may be formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin and may be hollow so as to permit desired aesthetic treatment of the interior thereof. The knob may serve as an insulating element of the assembly permitting the dial to be made of metal as well as of synthetic resin. The knob may be secured to the dial or hub by suitable means such as heat staking, etc. The hub socket may be closed so as to seal out moisture. An indicator may be associated with the knob which may be selectively movable as an incident of movement of the knob toward and from the wall from which the control shaft projects for providing an indication of the position of the control shaft. The knob may include a clear portion for viewing of the indicator in preselected disposition within the knob. A seal may be provided for sealing the interior of the knob relative to the movable indicator.
摘要:
The invention provides a meter display device for a vehicle having improved visibility of indicated contents. A meter display device includes a pointer having a pointer position changed by shifting in a predetermined array direction in accordance with a continuously changing vehicle state to indicate the vehicle state, a dial having a plurality of numeral indicating portions configured to indicate the vehicle state at different levels, aligned at intervals in the array direction, and individually change lighting modes, and a controller configured to change the lighting modes of the plurality of numeral indicating portions in accordance with the vehicle state.
摘要:
A gauge can include a face plate and an indication area disposed about a gauge center. The indication area can have a shape that can be defined by a bottom boundary, a top boundary, and first and second ends joining respective ends of the top and bottom boundaries. The top and bottom boundaries can be spaced apart from the gauge center by first and second radial distances. The indication area can be angled rearward relative to the face plate with the top boundary being spaced rearward from the face plate. A plurality of indicia can be disposed on the face plate. The gauge can further include a laser system disposed behind a rear side of the face plate and arranged to rotate and reflect a laser beam to a position adjacent or relative to a specific one of the plurality of indicia based on a signal output from a sensor.
摘要:
An indicator having a character plate capable of making indicative characters emit light is provided, wherein a metal character plate 30 is provided with cut-out portions 30a being cut out along the peripheries of respective indicative characters, a back light source emits light on the back of the metal character plate 30, and a light-transmissive plate 40 are provided with projecting portions 40a to fit in cutout portions 30a of the metal character plate 30.