Patent ID: 11874132
Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A display control method for a display, the display operating to:
display information provided by at least one software component among a plurality of software components including a software component having a function of displaying a map and a function of performing route guidance to a destination; and
display information provided by a software component for communication having at least one function of a talk or message reception while displaying the information provided by the at least one software component, the display control method comprising:
detecting a phone call or message reception provided by the software component for communication;
when detecting the phone call or message reception, detecting a software component that is currently displaying information on the display; and
determining, in accordance with the software component that is currently displaying information on the display, a display form of information provided by the software component for communication to be either a first display form of displaying the information in a part of a display region of the software component that is currently displaying information on the display or a second display form in which a display area is larger than that of the first display form.