DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A display control apparatus for assigning a content to an area configured as a display region on a screen of a display mounted to a vehicle and for displaying the content, the display control apparatus comprising:
- a mediation section selecting either one of a present content and a new content different from the present content as a display target of the area based on an importance degree of a new instruction and an importance degree of an effective instruction when the new instruction, which is a new display instruction to display the new content to the area, is generated during displaying of the present content on the area, wherein the effective instruction is a display instruction to display the present content;
a content assignment section performs assignment of the new content or the present content as the display target to the area based on a result of the selecting by the mediation section; and
a storage control section storing the new instruction as a wait instruction in an arrangement instruction management section when the new instruction is not selected,wherein;
a display instruction has information indicating permission or prohibition of waiting;
when the new instruction has the information indicating the permission of waiting, the storage control section stores the new instruction as the wait instruction in the arrangement instruction management section;
after performing the assignment based on the content selected by the mediation section, the content assignment section assigns the content to the area based on the wait instruction stored in the arrangement instruction management section; and
when the new instruction has the information indicating the prohibition of waiting, the storage control section is prohibited from storing the new instruction as the wait instruction in the arrangement instruction management section.
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Abstract
A display control apparatus for assigning a content to an area of a screen of an in-vehicle display and for displaying the content is disclosed. When a display instruction to display a new content different from a present content to an area is generated during displaying of the present content on the area, the display control apparatus selects either one of the present content and the new content as a display target of the area based on an importance degree of the new content and an importance degree of the present content.
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31 Claims
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1. A display control apparatus for assigning a content to an area configured as a display region on a screen of a display mounted to a vehicle and for displaying the content, the display control apparatus comprising:
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a mediation section selecting either one of a present content and a new content different from the present content as a display target of the area based on an importance degree of a new instruction and an importance degree of an effective instruction when the new instruction, which is a new display instruction to display the new content to the area, is generated during displaying of the present content on the area, wherein the effective instruction is a display instruction to display the present content; a content assignment section performs assignment of the new content or the present content as the display target to the area based on a result of the selecting by the mediation section; and a storage control section storing the new instruction as a wait instruction in an arrangement instruction management section when the new instruction is not selected, wherein; a display instruction has information indicating permission or prohibition of waiting; when the new instruction has the information indicating the permission of waiting, the storage control section stores the new instruction as the wait instruction in the arrangement instruction management section; after performing the assignment based on the content selected by the mediation section, the content assignment section assigns the content to the area based on the wait instruction stored in the arrangement instruction management section; and when the new instruction has the information indicating the prohibition of waiting, the storage control section is prohibited from storing the new instruction as the wait instruction in the arrangement instruction management section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A display control apparatus for assigning contents to a plurality of areas configured as display regions on a screen of a display mounted to a vehicle and for displaying the contents, the display control apparatus comprising:
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a mediation section executing mediation between a new instruction and an effective instruction based on an importance degree of the new instruction and an importance degree of the effective instruction, wherein the new instruction is an arrangement instruction to newly arrange a content to an area, wherein the effective instruction is an arrangement instruction presently adopted; a content assignment section selecting an arrangement instruction providing no duplication of the contents or the areas based on the mediation between the arrangement instructions by the mediation section, and performing assignment of the contents to the areas; and a storage control section storing the new instruction as a wait instruction in an arrangement instruction management section when the new instruction is not selected, wherein; an arrangement instruction has information indicating permission or prohibition of waiting; when a new instruction has the information indicating the permission of waiting, the storage control section stores the new instruction as the wait instruction in the arrangement instruction management section; after performing the assignment based on the arrangement instruction selected by the mediation section, the content assignment section assigns the content to the area based on the wait instruction stored in the arrangement instruction management section; and when a new instruction has the information indicating the prohibition of waiting, the storage control section is prohibited from storing the new instruction as the wait instruction in the arrangement instruction management section. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A display control apparatus for assigning a content to an area configured as a display region on a screen of a display mounted to a vehicle and for displaying the content, the display control apparatus comprising:
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a mediation section selecting either one of a present content and a new content different from the present content as a display target of the area based on an importance degree of a new instruction and an importance degree of an effective instruction when the new instruction, which is a new display instruction to display the new content to the area, is generated during displaying of the present content on the area, wherein the effective display instruction is a display instruction to display the present content; a content assignment section assigning the new content or the present content as the display target to the area based on a result of the selecting by the mediation section; and a storage control section storing the effective instruction as a return instruction in an arrangement instruction management section when the effective instruction is not selected, wherein; a display instruction has information indicating permission or prohibition of returning; when the effective instruction has the information indicating the permission of returning, the storage control section stores the effective instruction as the return instruction in the arrangement instruction management section; after assigning the display target based on a result of the selecting by the mediation section, the content assignment section selects the return instruction providing no duplication of the contents or the areas based the return instruction stored in the arrangement instruction management section and performs the assignment of the contents to the areas; and when the effective instruction has the information indicating the prohibition of returning, the storage control section is prohibited from storing the effective instruction as the return instruction in the arrangement instruction management section.
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19. A display control apparatus for assigning contents to a plurality of areas configured as display regions on a screen of a display mounted to a vehicle and for displaying the contents, the display control apparatus comprising:
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a mediation section executing mediation between a new instruction and an effective instruction based on an importance degree of the new instruction and an importance degree of the effective instruction, wherein the new instruction is an arrangement instruction to newly arrange a content to an area, wherein the effective instruction is an arrangement instruction presently adopted; a content assignment section selecting an arrangement instruction providing no duplication of the contents or the areas based on the mediation between the arrangement instructions by the mediation section, and performing assignment of the contents to the areas; and a storage control section storing the effective instruction as a return instruction in an arrangement instruction management section when the effective instruction is not selected, wherein; an arrangement instruction has information indicating permission or prohibition of returning; when the effective instruction has the information indicating the permission of returning, the storage control section stores the effective instruction as the return instruction in the arrangement instruction management section; after assigning the display target based on the selected arrangement instruction, the content assignment section selects the return instruction providing no duplication of the contents or the areas based the return instruction stored in the arrangement instruction management section and performs the assignment of the contents to the areas; and when the effective instruction has the information indicating the prohibition of returning, the storage control section is prohibited from storing the effective instruction as the return instruction in the arrangement instruction management section.
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20. A display control apparatus for assigning a content to an area configured as a display region on a screen of a display mounted to a vehicle and for displaying the content, the display control apparatus comprising:
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a mediation section executing mediation to select either one of a present content and a new content different from the present content as a display target of the area based on an importance degree of a new instruction and an importance degree of an effective instruction when the new instruction, which is a new display instruction to display the new content to the area, is generated during displaying of the present content on the area, wherein the effective display instruction is a display instruction to display the present content; and a content assignment section assigning the new content or the present content as the display target to the area based on a result of the mediation executed by the mediation section, wherein; a predetermined display instruction of the display instructions has, in addition to the importance degree, an insertion importance degree other than the importance degree; when the new instruction has the insertion importance degree, the mediation section executes the mediation to select either one of the new instruction and the effective instruction based on the insertion importance degree of the new instruction and the importance degree of the effective instruction. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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21. A display control apparatus for assigning contents to a plurality of areas configured as display regions on a screen of a display mounted to a vehicle and for displaying the contents, the display control apparatus comprising:
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a mediation section executing mediation between a new instruction and an effective instruction based on an importance degree of the new instruction and an importance degree of the effective instruction, wherein the new instruction is an arrangement instruction to newly arrange a content to an area, wherein the effective instruction is an arrangement instruction presently adopted; and a content assignment section selecting an arrangement instruction providing no duplication of the contents or the areas based on the mediation between the arrangement instructions by the mediation section, and performing assignment of the contents to the areas, wherein; a predetermined arrangement instruction of the arrangement instructions has, in addition to the importance degree, an insertion importance degree other than the importance degree; when the new instruction has the insertion importance degree, the mediation section executes the mediation based on the insertion importance degree of the new instruction and the importance degree of the effective instruction. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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