PURPOSE: To drive an automobile with very safely in a state that a posture to watch a front is kept by a method wherein a control switch for devices mounted on a car is mounted to an instrument panel hood part, and a switch function is displayed in a position corresponding to the mating switch.
CONSTITUTION: A half mirror 27 is mounted in a direction (b) of a front road watching visual field during running and in a direction C of the lower part of the visual field. A display pattern on a display device 28 is seen on the half mirror 27 in a manner to be overlapped with the lower end part of a road scene. A switch 25 is mounted to the tip part of an instrument panel part 4 in the vicinity of the direction C of a visual field. This constitution enables watching of a display pattern and the switch 25 even during drive. A front rod scene is spread on the opposite side of the instrument panel hood part 4, and a display pattern for representing a switch function reflected in the half mirror 27 can be seen right above the switch 25 mounted to the upper side of the instrument panel hood part.
IDENO HIROAKI
UMETSU MASAHARU
MIZUTANI YOSHISADA
