Display apparatus
First Claim
1. A display apparatus comprising:
- screen determination means for determining information that includes a number of windows to be displayed in a display screen, a display range in each window, and a display content in each window;
image generation means for generating an overall display image for the display screen based on information determined by the screen determination means and displaying the generated image on the display screen; and
priority determination means for determining a display priority of a window based on a display content included in information determined by the screen determination means, wherein, when the screen determination means determines displaying a plurality of windows having display ranges to overlap with each other, the image generation means generates an overall image by determining an order of overlapping the plurality of windows based on display priorities determined by the priority determination means.
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes a rendering unit, a priority determination unit, and a synthesized screen generation unit. The rendering unit determines necessary virtual screens based on an instruction signal from a navigation unit and information processing units. The priority determination unit determines a display priority based on a display content with respect to each virtual screen. The synthesized screen generation unit generates a synthesized screen to be displayed, by overlapping the determined virtual screens based on the determined display priorities. In this configuration, a certain window in a virtual screen, which has been displayed second or later in the order of overlapping windows, may be newly assigned the highest display priority when a display content in the certain window is changed. This allows the certain window to be displayed topmost and easily viewed by a user.
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19 Claims
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1. A display apparatus comprising:
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screen determination means for determining information that includes a number of windows to be displayed in a display screen, a display range in each window, and a display content in each window;
image generation means for generating an overall display image for the display screen based on information determined by the screen determination means and displaying the generated image on the display screen; and
priority determination means for determining a display priority of a window based on a display content included in information determined by the screen determination means, wherein, when the screen determination means determines displaying a plurality of windows having display ranges to overlap with each other, the image generation means generates an overall image by determining an order of overlapping the plurality of windows based on display priorities determined by the priority determination means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A display apparatus in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of display areas as a display screen for simultaneously displaying information; and
a display control unit for controlling displaying information in the display screen, wherein, when normal information displayed in a certain display area of the plurality of display areas changes to predetermined abnormal information, the display control unit changes a display mode for the certain display area. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method for displaying information, comprising:
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determining information that includes a number of windows to be displayed in a display screen, a display range in each window, and a display content in each window;
determining a display priority of each window based on a display content of each window, when a plurality of windows having display ranges to overlap with each other are determined to be displayed;
generating an overall display image for the display screen by determining an order of overlapping the plurality of windows based on display priorities determined; and
displaying the generated image on the display screen.
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19. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display unit having a display screen;
a screen determination unit that determines information that includes a number of windows to be displayed in the display screen, a display range in each window, and a display content in each window;
an image generation unit that generates an overall display image for the display screen based on information determined by the screen determination unit and displays the generated image on the display screen; and
a priority determination unit that determines a display priority of a window based on a display content included in information determined by the screen determination unit, wherein, when the screen determination unit determines displaying a plurality of windows having display ranges to overlap with each other, the image generation unit generates an overall image by determining an order of overlapping the plurality of windows based on display priorities determined by the priority determination unit.
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