In-vehicle display apparatus
First Claim
1. An in-vehicle display apparatus inside a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a screen displaying an input window;
a touch screen provided on the screen, wherein a user is allowed to input to the input window by touching the touch screen;
determining means for determining whether the vehicle is traveling or stopping; and
display controlling means for switching both (i) a usual display mode when the vehicle is determined to be stopping and (ii) a restricted display mode when the vehicle is determined to be traveling, wherein a number of characters visibly displayed on the screen is restricted when the input window is displayed in the restricted display mode.
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Abstract
A car navigation system includes a liquid crystal display having a touch screen on its screen, a sound output device, and a control device. The control device determines whether a vehicle is traveling or stopping and switches display modes regarding an input window on the screen between a usual display mode and a restricted display mode. In the restricted display mode, only a certain selection item of several selection items included in a list is visibly displayed along with a cursor and selectable. A responsive area used to order movement of the cursor is defined to expand a displayed area of the cursor movement key, while a responsive area used to select the certain selection item is defined to expand a displayed area of the certain selection item to an entire area for displaying the list.
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11 Claims
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1. An in-vehicle display apparatus inside a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a screen displaying an input window;
a touch screen provided on the screen, wherein a user is allowed to input to the input window by touching the touch screen;
determining means for determining whether the vehicle is traveling or stopping; and
display controlling means for switching both (i) a usual display mode when the vehicle is determined to be stopping and (ii) a restricted display mode when the vehicle is determined to be traveling, wherein a number of characters visibly displayed on the screen is restricted when the input window is displayed in the restricted display mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An in-vehicle display apparatus inside a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a screen displaying an input window;
a touch screen provided on the screen, wherein a user is allowed to input to the input window by touching the touch screen;
determining means for determining whether the vehicle is traveling or stopping; and
display controlling means for switching both (i) a usual display mode when the vehicle is determined to be stopping and (ii) a restricted display mode when the vehicle is determined to be traveling, wherein in the usual display mode, a plurality of selection items selectable by touching the touch screen are visibly displayed on the screen, in the restricted display mode, only a single certain selection item of the plurality of selection items is visibly displayed on the screen along with a cursor and selectable, and in the restricted display mode, a responsive area used to select the certain selection item on the touch screen is defined to expand an area where the certain selection item is visibly displayed.
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11. An in-vehicle display apparatus inside a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a screen displaying an input window;
a touch screen provided on the screen, wherein a user is allowed to input to the input window by touching the touch screen; and
a control device that includes a determining unit that determines whether the vehicle is traveling or stopping and a display control unit that switches both (i) a usual display mode when the vehicle is determined to be stopping and (ii) a restricted display mode when the vehicle is determined to be traveling, wherein a number of characters visibly displayed on the screen is restricted when the input window is displayed in the restricted display mode.
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