Method and device for showing driver information on a common driver information display

The information display method uses a common driver information display, providing a graphic display surface as a foreground and a background, for representing information supplied from a number of individual devices. The latter are coupled to a communication bus, used for transmission of a partial graphic bit map from each device, combined with the background via an external image processing device to provide the corresponding driver information display. An Independent claim for a graphic driver information display device is also included.