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Variable-brightness display for use in a navigation system for a vehicle

US4965574A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 1987
Grant dateOct 23, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/06
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display device applied to a navigation system for a vehicle displaying map information by using a color pallet. The device comprises means for supplying at least a signal distinguishing a bright and a dark environment according to the degree of brightness degree in a passenger compartment of the vehicle. Color pallets have their contents changed according to the information from the supply means. The contents of the registers are changed so that a degree of brightness of background color of a display unit is decreased to less than a decreased degree of brightness of colors displaying the information on the display unit when the output information of the supply means changes from the brightness to the darkness.

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