Menu display device and method

• US 20070044037A1
• Filed: 07/07/2006
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hara, Kengo, Saitoh, Tatsuki, Amari, Takeyuki
• Application Number:
  US11/482,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20070044037A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/817
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

The present invention provides a menu display device and a menu display method that can provide a menu for easy use by the user. The device has, for example, a liquid crystal display device, CRT or other display part for displaying the menu, a storage part for storing the attributes of at least one user, a user'"'"'s information database equipped with a job judgment database, etc., a menu judgment database and a display menu judgment part that determines the menu to be displayed on display part on the basis of the user attributes stored in the storage part.

Claims

1. A menu display device for a vehicle, comprising:

a display device that displays a menu;

a controller connected to the display device; and

a storage device operable to store at least one user attribute of a user and connected to the controller;

wherein the controller is operable to determine the menu for display on the display device on the basis of the at least one user attribute stored in the storage device.

2. The menu display device according to claim 1 wherein the at least one user attribute includes an occupation of the user.

3. The menu display device according to claim 2 wherein a type of industry or a job type indicates the occupation of the user.

4. The menu display device according to claim 1 wherein the at least one user attribute includes a life schedule.

5. The menu display device according to claim 1 wherein the storage device includes attributes of multiple users;

and wherein the controller is operable to switch the menu displayed on the display device corresponding to the user.

6. The menu display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a database for determining the menu on the basis of the at least one user attribute.

7. The menu display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication medium operable to download a life schedule of the user to the storage device.

8. A menu display device for use in a navigation device of a mobile terminal of a vehicle, the device comprising:

display means for displaying a menu;

storage means for storing an attribute of at least one person; and

determining means for determining the menu for display on the display means on the basis of the attribute of the at least one person.

9. The menu display device according to claim 8 wherein the attribute is an occupation of the at least one person.

10. The menu display device according to claim 9 wherein a type of industry or a job type indicates the occupation of the at least one person.

11. The menu display device according to claim 8 wherein the attribute is a life schedule of the at least one person.

12. The menu display device according to claim 11, further comprising:

communication means for downloading the life schedule of the at least one person.

13. The menu display device according to claim 8 wherein the storage means for storing an attribute of at least one person further comprises means for storing attributes of multiple persons;

and wherein the determining means further comprises means for switching a menu displayed on the display means corresponding to one of the multiple persons identified as a user.

14. The menu display device according to claim 8, further comprising:

database means for determining an appearance of the menu on the basis of the attribute.

15. A menu display method used with a navigation device of a mobile terminal of a vehicle, the method comprising:

storing attributes of at least one user; and

determining a menu for display with the navigation device on the basis of a stored user attribute for a single user.

16. The menu display method according to claim 15, further comprising:

displaying the menu determined on the basis of the stored user attribute for the single user.

17. The menu display method according to claim 16 wherein storing attributes of at least one user further includes storing attributes of multiple users, the method further comprising:

switching the menu for display corresponding to an attribute of a second user.

18. A menu display method for a vehicle, comprising:

storing at least one attribute of multiple potential users;

storing different menus corresponding to the at least one attribute for each of the multiple potential users; and

displaying a respective menu based on an attribute of a single user.

19. The menu display method according to claim 18 wherein the at least one attribute includes at least one of a respective occupation and a life schedule of the multiple potential users.

20. The menu display method according to claim 19, further comprising:

downloading the life schedule of at least one of the multiple potential users.