Vehicle display device and method for controlling vehicle display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10496236-B2
Application number	US-201715818113-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2017
Priority date	Nov 25, 2016
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle display device includes a display configured to show a first screen and a second screen and circuitry configured to control a position of a cursor on the first screen, on the second screen, and between the first and second screens. The circuitry moves the cursor from the first screen to the second screen if the cursor is located in a peripheral region when the user performs an operation to move the cursor from the first screen to the second screen. The circuitry restricts movement of the cursor from the first screen to the second screen if the cursor is located outside the peripheral region when the user performs an operation to move the cursor from the first screen to the second screen.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle display device comprising:
a display comprising a first screen, a second screen, wherein the first screen includes a boundary region at a periphery of the first screen, wherein the display is configured to show the first screen and the second screen; and
circuitry configured to control a position of a cursor on the first screen, on the second screen, and between the first and second screens in accordance with a movement of the cursor by a user, wherein the position of the cursor indicates an operation position on the display, wherein
the circuitry is configured to move the cursor from the first screen to the second screen only if the cursor is started at the boundary region when the user performs an operation to move the cursor from the first screen to the second screen, and
the circuitry is configured to restrict movement of the cursor from the first screen to the second screen only if the cursor is located outside the boundary region when the user performs an operation to move the cursor from the first screen to the second screen.

2. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein
a touch pad spaced apart from the display is connected to the display, and
the movement of the cursor by the user is an operation performed on the touch pad.

3. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the cursor is a free cursor.

4. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein a focus is set on one of a plurality of operation subjects located on the first and second screens in accordance with the movement of the cursor.

5. The vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display is a first display, and the vehicle display device further comprises a second display, wherein
the circuitry is configured to control a position of the cursor on the first display, on the second display, and between the first and second displays in accordance with movement of the cursor by the user,
the circuitry is configured to move the cursor from the first display to the second display only if the cursor is started at a further boundary region located at an end of a screen shown on the first display when the user performs an operation to move the cursor from the first display to the second display, and
the circuitry is configured to restrict movement of the cursor from the first display to the second display only if the cursor is located outside the further boundary when the user performs an operation to move the cursor from the first display to the second display.

6. A method for controlling a vehicle display device, the method comprising:
showing a first screen, a second screen on a display, wherein the first screen includes a boundary region at a periphery of the first screen;
controlling a position of a cursor on the first screen, on the second screen, and between the first and second screens in accordance with movement of the cursor by a user, wherein the position of the cursor indicates an operation position on the display;
moving the cursor from the first screen to the second screen only if the cursor is started at the boundary region when the user performs an operation to move the cursor from the first screen to the second screen; and
restricting movement of the cursor from the first screen to the second screen only if the cursor is located outside the boundary region when the user performs an operation to move the cursor from the first screen to the second screen, wherein
the display comprises a first screen and a second screen.

7. A vehicle display device comprising:
a first display and a second display, each configured to display a screen; and
circuitry configured to control a position of a cursor on the first display, on the second display, and between the first and second displays in accordance with movement of the cursor by a user, wherein the position of the cursor indicates an operation position on one of the first and second displays, wherein
the circuitry is configured to move the cursor from the first display to the second display only if the cursor is started at a boundary region located at an end of the screen shown on the first display when the user performs an operation to move the cursor from the first display to the second display, and
the circuitry is configured to restrict movement of the cursor from the first display to the second display only if the cursor is located outside the boundary when the user performs an operation to move the cursor from the first display to the second display.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kakinuma Shoji
• Shikata Hiroshi
• Hamabe Ryota

Classifications

• G09G2354/00

  Aspects of interface with display user · CPC title

• G09G5/14

  Display of multiple viewports · CPC title

• G06F3/038 Primary

  Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry · CPC title

• G06F3/1423

  controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display · CPC title

• G06F3/04812 Primary

  Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects · CPC title