CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G09G 5/30 (2013.01); G09G 5/38 (2013.01); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/27 (2019.05); B60K 2370/52 (2019.05); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2380/10 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A display apparatus for a motor vehicle having an interior with a driver's compartment and a dashboard having a trough-shaped recess with at least one side wall in a window root region, the trough-shaped recess being open towards the driver's compartment, and an exterior viewable through at least a windshield, comprising:
a display panel, arranged inside the trough-shaped recess at a predetermined distance from the at least one side wall, whereby at least sections of the at least one side wall of the trough-shaped recess are visible through the display panel, displaying at least one graphical display object, the display panel being divided into predetermined sections, each having a degree of light transmittance, the display panel being unsupported in front and behind so that at least one portion of the interior is visible to a seated occupant through the display panel depending on the degree of light transmittance; and
a control device configured to individually set a respective light transmittance to a predetermined degree for each of the predetermined sections of the display panel.
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