Vehicle-installed display system and control method thereof
First Claim
1. A vehicle-installed display system for displaying a plurality of items of information one after another in a given display area, each of the plurality of items of information have content that is classified into a plurality of categories, said system comprising:
- a controller having a recognition time estimating unit and an output switching unit;
the recognition time estimating unit that estimates a recognition time required for a driver to recognize information displayed in the given display area, the recognition time estimating unit estimating the recognition time for each of the plurality of items of information based on a number of categories of content included in each of the plurality of items of information; and
the output switching unit that switches the information displayed in the given display area from one item of information to another, based on the recognition time estimated by the recognition time estimating unit for each item of information.
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Abstract
A vehicle-installed display system for displaying two or more items of information one after another in a given display area includes a recognition time estimating unit that estimates a recognition time required for the driver to recognize information displayed in the given display area, with respect to each of the two or more items of information, and an output switching unit that switches the information displayed in the given display area from one item of information to another, based on the recognition time estimated by the recognition time estimating unit for each item of information.
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17 Claims
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1. A vehicle-installed display system for displaying a plurality of items of information one after another in a given display area, each of the plurality of items of information have content that is classified into a plurality of categories, said system comprising:
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a controller having a recognition time estimating unit and an output switching unit; the recognition time estimating unit that estimates a recognition time required for a driver to recognize information displayed in the given display area, the recognition time estimating unit estimating the recognition time for each of the plurality of items of information based on a number of categories of content included in each of the plurality of items of information; and the output switching unit that switches the information displayed in the given display area from one item of information to another, based on the recognition time estimated by the recognition time estimating unit for each item of information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of controlling a vehicle-installed display system for displaying a plurality of items of information one after another in a given display area, each of the plurality of items of information have content that is classified into a plurality of categories, said method comprising:
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estimating a recognition time required for a driver to recognize information displayed in the given display area, with respect to each of the plurality of items of information, the recognition time being estimated for each of the plurality of items of information based on a number of categories of content included in each of the plurality of items of information; and switching the information displayed in the given display area from one item of information to another, based on the recognition time for each item of information.
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17. A vehicle-installed display system for displaying a plurality of items of information one after another in a given display area, comprising:
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a controller having a recognition time estimating unit, an output switching unit, and an information recognition ability determining unit; and a consciousness level detector that detects a consciousness level of a driver; the recognition time estimating unit that estimates a recognition time required for the driver to recognize information displayed in the given display area, with respect to each of said plurality of items of information; the output switching unit that switches the information displayed in the given display area from one item of information to another, based on the recognition time estimated by the recognition time estimating unit for each item of information; the information recognition ability determining unit that determines a driver'"'"'s ability to recognize information based on the consciousness level of the driver detected by the consciousness level detector; wherein the recognition time estimating unit estimates the recognition time for each item of information, based on the driver'"'"'s ability to recognize information determined by the information recognition ability determining unit.
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