Display control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10809872-B2
Application number	US-201816032714-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2018
Priority date	Oct 11, 2017
Publication date	Oct 20, 2020
Grant date	Oct 20, 2020

Abstract

A display control device includes a receiving portion configured to receive operation information input to a touch input portion, the touch input portion being located away from a display portion; and a processing portion configured to control display on the display portion in accordance with the operation information that is received by the receiving portion. The processing portion is configured to cause the display portion to display an image in which a cursor is disposed inside a plurality of icons that are circumferentially disposed, and the processing portion is configured to move the cursor to an icon among the plurality of icons, the icon being located in a direction of a slide operation received by the receiving portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display control device comprising:
a receiving portion configured to receive operation information input to a touch input portion, the touch input portion being located away from a display portion; and
a processing portion configured to control a display on the display portion in accordance with the operation information that is received by the receiving portion, wherein
the processing portion is configured to cause the display portion to display an image in which a cursor is disposed inside a plurality of icons that are circumferentially disposed, and the processing portion is configured to move the cursor to an icon among the plurality of icons, the icon being located in a direction of a slide operation received by the receiving portion,
wherein, when the display portion is activated, the cursor is disposed at an initial position that is at a center of the circumferentially disposed plurality of icons,
wherein, when the slide operation is performed in a manner such that the cursor moves over a first distance or longer, the cursor does not move to an area outside the plurality of icons, and
wherein, the first distance is a distance between the cursor at the initial position and each of the plurality of icons.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing portion is configured to move the cursor from the icon that the cursor overlaps to an adjacent icon in a case where the receiving portion receives the slide operation in a direction tangential to a circle formed by the plurality of icons in a state where the cursor overlaps the icon.

3. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing portion is configured to move the cursor to an area inside the plurality of icons in a case where the receiving portion receives the slide operation toward a center of a circle formed by the plurality of icons in a state where the cursor overlaps the icon.

4. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processing portion is configured to cause the display portion to display first guidelines when the display portion is activated; and
each of the first guidelines extends from the cursor located at a central position to a corresponding one of the plurality of icons.

5. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing portion is configured to cause the cursor to overlap the icon after moving the cursor to the icon that is located in the direction of the slide operation received by the receiving portion.

6. The display control device according to claim 5 , wherein the processing portion is configured to cause the display portion to display arc-shaped second guidelines that connect the plurality of icons that are circumferentially disposed in a case where the cursor overlaps the icon.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kakinuma Shoji
• Sano Hirotake
• Tanizawa Tatsuya
• Ueda Akihiro
• Ito Koshi

Classifications

• B60K35/28

  characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/29

  Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title