IP Library Patent Application 17703240
Patent Application
App. No. 17/703,240

VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

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App. No.
17/703,240
Abstract

A vehicle display system includes: a control device that causes at least one of a plurality of display devices to display a customization image on which a display screen can be customized and that transmits, to each of the display devices, display content generated based on a display layout customized by a user on the customization image, and each of the display devices displays the display content received from the control device.

Claims (36)

1 . A vehicle display system comprising:

a control device that causes at least one of a plurality of display devices to display a customization image on which a display screen can be customized and that transmits, to each of the plurality of display devices, display content generated based on a display layout customized by a user on the customization image,

wherein each of the plurality of display devices displays the display content received from the control device.

2 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control device:

manages an application for customizing the customization image, and

displays the customization image on each of the plurality of display devices in accordance with a customization restriction corresponding to a status of driving of a vehicle installing the vehicle display system.

3 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control device:

acquires display screen information that is information on the plurality of display devices; and

causes, when a customizing operation is performed with respect to the display layout, the plurality of display devices to respectively display, based on the display screen information, texture images imitating the plurality of display devices.

4 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control device:

detects a change in a shift position in a vehicle; and

automatically switches the display layout to correspond to a state of travel of the vehicle when the vehicle shifts out of park.

5 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control device:

includes a layout storage that stores layout information indicating the display layout;

detects a change in a shift position in a vehicle; and

stores, as the layout information, in the layout storage, the display layout subjected to a customizing operation when the vehicle shifts out of park.

6 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control device restricts a customizing operation to be performed with respect to the display layout based on a shift position in a vehicle and a degree of risk during travel.

7 . The vehicle display system according to claim 6 ,

wherein the control device allows the customizing operation to be performed in detail when the shift position in the vehicle is located in a park position.

8 . The vehicle display system according to claim 7 ,

wherein the control device:

calculates the degree of risk on the travel of the vehicle when the shift position in the vehicle is in a position other than the park position;

allows, when the degree of risk calculated is less than or equal to a threshold value, only a switch to a stored display layout for driving; and

prohibits, when the degree of risk calculated is greater than the threshold value, the customizing operation to be performed with respect to the display layout.

9 . The vehicle display system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of display devices that display the customization image which can be customized on a display screen.

10 . A display method comprising:

displaying a customization image on a display screen;

transmitting, to each of a plurality of display devices, display content generated based on a display layout customized by a user on the customization image; and

displaying, by each of the plurality of display devices, the display content received from a control device.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for use in a computer, the recording medium having a computer program recorded thereon for causing the computer to execute the display method according to claim 10 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0702 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2022
From: NASU, ATSUYA; MISONOO, DAISUKE
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061219/0298 →