Information display system for vehicle
First Claim
1. A display system for a vehicle, which presents to a user a plurality of menu items respectively corresponding to functions of devices/equipment mounted on the vehicle by displaying an operation menu including some of the menu items on a screen of a display of the system, and allows the user to select one of the displayed menu items to perform the function thereof, the system comprising:
- an input unit to be operated by the user;
an operatability judgment unit which judges user'"'"'s operatability of the input unit;
a storage unit which stores hierarchically structured first menu information, the first menu information comprising a plurality of the operation menus respectively registered in a plurality of tiers of the first menu information; and
a display control unit which determines the operation menu to be displayed on the screen, based upon the operatability of the user judged by the operatability judgment unit, using the first menu information or a second menu information having a limited number of tiers as compared with the first menu information.
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Abstract
A display system for a vehicle, which presents menu items corresponding to functions of vehicle mounted devices/equipment, displaying operation menus including some of the menu items on a screen, and allows a user to select one of the functions of vehicle mounted devices/equipment. The system includes: an input unit; an operatability judgment unit which judges user'"'"'s operatability of the input unit; a storage unit which stores hierarchically structured first menu information; and a display control unit. The first menu information includes a plurality of the operation menus respectively registered in a plurality of tiers thereof. The display control unit determines the operation menu for displaying, based upon the operatability of the user, using the first menu information or a second menu information having a limited number of tiers as compared with the first menu information.
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18 Claims
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1. A display system for a vehicle, which presents to a user a plurality of menu items respectively corresponding to functions of devices/equipment mounted on the vehicle by displaying an operation menu including some of the menu items on a screen of a display of the system, and allows the user to select one of the displayed menu items to perform the function thereof, the system comprising:
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an input unit to be operated by the user;
an operatability judgment unit which judges user'"'"'s operatability of the input unit;
a storage unit which stores hierarchically structured first menu information, the first menu information comprising a plurality of the operation menus respectively registered in a plurality of tiers of the first menu information; and
a display control unit which determines the operation menu to be displayed on the screen, based upon the operatability of the user judged by the operatability judgment unit, using the first menu information or a second menu information having a limited number of tiers as compared with the first menu information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An information display system for a vehicle comprising:
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a display device that displays an operation menu, the operation menu including a plurality of menu items corresponding to a function of a vehicle-mounted device;
an input unit that selects the menu items of the operation menu displayed; and
a controller that displays the selected menu items on the display device, the controller comprising;
an operatability judgment unit that judges an operatability of a user with respect to the input unit;
a storage unit that stores a first menu information registering the operation menu to a plurality of tiers; and
a display determination unit that determines the operation menu to be displayed by selecting the first menu information or the second menu information a number of tiers of which is limited compared with the first menu information corresponding to the operatability of the user.
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