Vehicular display system and method
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1. A vehicular display system comprising:
- an in-vehicle navigation device; and
a vehicular meter device, wherein;
the in-vehicle navigation device includes;
a display for displaying first map data, wherein;
the first map data includes first character string data;
a character string storage for configured to store the first map data that is to be displayed on the display; and
a transmitter configured to transmit map data to the vehicular meter device;
the vehicular meter device includes;
a receiver configured to receive the map data from the in-vehicle navigation device; and
a navigation display area for displaying second map data, wherein;
the second map data includes second character string data; and
a character string converter configured to convert the first map data into the second map data is included in at least one of the following devices;
the in-vehicle navigation device; and
the vehicular meter device, wherein;
the second character string data is displayed in a simpler form than the first character string data in the navigation display area.
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Abstract
A vehicular display system includes an in-vehicle navigation device and a vehicular meter device. The in-vehicle navigation device includes a display device, a character string storing device, and a character string converting device. The character string storing device stores a navigation display character string that is to be displayed in the display device. The character string converting device converts the navigation display character string into a meter display character string. The vehicular meter device includes a navigation display area. The meter display character string is displayed in a navigation display area.
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18 Claims
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1. A vehicular display system comprising:
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an in-vehicle navigation device; and a vehicular meter device, wherein; the in-vehicle navigation device includes; a display for displaying first map data, wherein; the first map data includes first character string data; a character string storage for configured to store the first map data that is to be displayed on the display; and a transmitter configured to transmit map data to the vehicular meter device; the vehicular meter device includes; a receiver configured to receive the map data from the in-vehicle navigation device; and a navigation display area for displaying second map data, wherein; the second map data includes second character string data; and a character string converter configured to convert the first map data into the second map data is included in at least one of the following devices; the in-vehicle navigation device; and the vehicular meter device, wherein; the second character string data is displayed in a simpler form than the first character string data in the navigation display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicular meter device comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive first map data from an output medium, wherein; the first map data includes first character string data; a character string converter for converting the first map data into second map data, wherein; the second map data includes second character string data; and a navigation display area for displaying the second map data, wherein; the second character string data is displayed in a simpler form than the first character string data in the navigation display area.
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16. A method for displaying a travel guidance map in a vehicle that has a navigation system and a meter display device, the method comprising:
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producing display data including map data of a travel guidance map and first character string data indicative of a specified name for an indication of the specified name in a first form on the travel guidance map, the map data and the first character string data being stored in a memory of the navigation system; converting the produced character string data into a second character string data to indicate the specified name in a second form simpler than the first form; displaying, in a meter display device, both the travel guidance map and the specified name in the second form based on the map data and the second character string data in addition to predetermined display items of the meter display device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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