A display system for a vehicle includes a plurality of sensors, a priority determining module, a display control module, and display unit having two display segments. The sensors detect various vehicular conditions to provide signals to the priority determining module. Each signal is assigned a degree of priority of high or low level. On input of signals to the priority determining module, determination is made as to whether the received signals are high or low level. If the received signal is h...

A meter is disclosed wherein a light source is disposed behind the face thereof. A light path from the light source is defined in part by a reflective surface on the needle which directs light from the light source onto a portion of the face that is in the immediate vicinity of the needle. The reflecting surface is opaque which causes the needle to appear as a silhouette over the illuminated portion of the face.

A warning system for burned-out condition of automotive lamps including brake lamps, high-mount lamps and tail lamps, includes a detection circuit for monitoring the lamps to produce a first signal indicative of the presence of a burned-out lamp, and for monitoring a brake-lamp switch and a light switch to produce a second signal when the brake-lamp switch is ON and a third signal when the light switch is ON. The warning system also includes a control unit which receives the first, second and th...