DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD
First Claim
1. A display control device for controlling a display of a display unit mounted in a vehicle, including a dedicated middleware that executes a dedicated application program prepared on a vehicle side, a general purpose middleware that executes a general purpose application program delivered from an external of the vehicle, and an interface that exchanges necessary information between the dedicate middleware and the general purpose middleware, the display control device comprising:
- an activation device that activates the dedicated middleware first on start-up, and activates the general purpose middleware after the dedicated middleware is activated; and
a dedicated display control device that displays, before an activation of the general-purpose middleware is completed by the activation device, a dedicated menu screen for activating the dedicated application program on the display unit via the dedicated middleware when the dedicated application program on the dedicated middleware is available.
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Abstract
A display control device for controlling a display unit in a vehicle, including a dedicated middleware that executes a dedicated application program on a vehicle side, a general purpose middleware that executes a general purpose application program from an external of the vehicle, and an interface that exchanges necessary information between the dedicate middleware and the general purpose middleware, includes: an activation device that activates the dedicated middleware first, and activates the general purpose middleware after the dedicated middleware; and a dedicated display control device that displays, before an activation of the general-purpose middleware is completed, a dedicated menu screen for activating the dedicated application program on the display unit via the dedicated middleware when the dedicated application program on the dedicated middleware is available.
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9 Claims
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1. A display control device for controlling a display of a display unit mounted in a vehicle, including a dedicated middleware that executes a dedicated application program prepared on a vehicle side, a general purpose middleware that executes a general purpose application program delivered from an external of the vehicle, and an interface that exchanges necessary information between the dedicate middleware and the general purpose middleware, the display control device comprising:
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an activation device that activates the dedicated middleware first on start-up, and activates the general purpose middleware after the dedicated middleware is activated; and a dedicated display control device that displays, before an activation of the general-purpose middleware is completed by the activation device, a dedicated menu screen for activating the dedicated application program on the display unit via the dedicated middleware when the dedicated application program on the dedicated middleware is available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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9. A display control method for controlling a display of a display unit mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
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activating a dedicated middleware that executes a dedicated application program prepared on a vehicle side first on start-up; activating a general-purpose middleware that executes a general-purpose application program delivered from an external of the vehicle after the dedicated middleware is activated; displaying, before an activation of the general-purpose middleware is completed, a dedicated menu screen for activating the dedicated application program on the display unit via the dedicated middleware when the dedicated application program on the dedicated middleware is available; and exchanging necessary information between the dedicated middleware and the general-purpose middleware through an interface.
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