IP Library Granted Patent US 10,479,201
Granted Patent B2
US 10,479,201 · App. 15/765,493 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

In-vehicle display system and control method for in-vehicle display system

Inventors: Koji Hamasaki (Hyogo, JP); Daiki Matsuda (Osaka, JP); Koumei Kubota (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B60K35/00G06F13/00H04N21/4122B60K2370/11B60K2370/111B60K2370/152B60K2370/16B60K2370/182B60K2370/184B60K2370/195B60K2370/52B60K2370/736B60K2370/739
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Patent No.
US 10,479,201
App. No.
15/765,493
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An in-vehicle display system is provided with first display unit, second display unit, vehicle information acquisition unit, and CPU. When a display operation for outputting at least a portion of first content to second display unit with the first content being output to first display unit is performed, CPU selects either of first display unit and second display unit with which to associate an authority to operate the output of at least one of first display unit and second display unit according to at least one signal from among a plurality of signals indicating a type of the first content, an attribute of first display unit, an attribute of second display unit, vehicle information, and a detail of the display operation.

Claims (17)

1. An in-vehicle display system comprising:

a first display;

a second display;

a vehicle information acquirer that acquires vehicle information; and

a controller configured to:

acquire a display operation inputted by a user thorough the first display, when the display operation for outputting at least a portion of first content displayed on the first display to the second display with the first content currently being output to the first display, is performed;

determine whether or not the display operation is executable according to at least one signal from among a plurality of signals indicating a type of the first content, an attribute of the first display, an attribute of the second display, the vehicle information, and a detail of the display operation, and

select either of the first display and the second display with which to associate, according to the determined display operation, a user's authority to operate the first content outputted currently to at least one of the first display and the second display.

2. The in-vehicle display system according to claim 1 , wherein the display operation is performed while second content is currently outputted to the second display.

3. The in-vehicle display system according to claim 2 , wherein a signal indicating a type of the second content is input to the controller.

4. A control method for an in-vehicle display system, the control method comprising:

acquiring vehicle information about the vehicle;

acquiring a display operation inputted by a user thorough the first display, when the display operation for outputting at least a portion of first content displayed on a first display to the second display with the first content currently being output to the first display, is performed;

determining whether or not the display operation is executable according to at least one signal from among a plurality of signals indicating a type of the first content, an attribute of the first display, an attribute of the second display, the vehicle information, and a detail of the display operation; and

selecting either of the first display and a second display with which to associate, according to the determined display operation, a user's authority to operate the first content outputted currently to at least one of the first display and the second display.

5. The control method for the in-vehicle display system according to claim 4 , wherein the display operation is performed while second content is currently outputted to the second display.

6. The control method for the in-vehicle display system according to claim 5 , wherein a signal indicating a type of the second content is input to the controller in the selecting.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0113 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2018
From: HAMASAKI, KOJI; MATSUDA, DAIKI; KUBOTA, KOUMEI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046095/0592 →