Patent ID: 9293116
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G01C,G06F,G09G

Claim Text:
1. A vehicular display apparatus mounted to a vehicle and configured to display a first image generated by a navigation device and a second image generated by a control circuit, the navigation device and the control circuit being separate hardware devices, the vehicular display apparatus comprising: a display screen that has a first display area displaying the first image and a second display area displaying the second image, the first display area being adjacent the second display area such that the first and second images are displayed side by side, and is configured to display a pointer image on one of the first display area and the second display area, the one being selected as an active area; an input unit that is configured to receive an input of a user request, the user request including a switching unit that is configured to, wherein: in response to switching the active area from the first display area to the second display area and switching the first display area into the inactive area by the switching unit, in response to switching the active area from the second display area to the first display area and switching the second display area into the inactive area by the switching unit, in response to the input of the movement request for placing the display position of the pointer image in the inner edge portion of the active area for a period of time longer than a preset period, the switching unit (i) switches the active area from the one of the first display area and the second display area to the other of the first display area and the second display area and (ii) switches the one of the first display area and the second display area into the inactive area; an inner edge portion of the first display area extends along the boundary line between the first and second display areas; in response to switching the active area from the first display area to the second display area and switching the inactive area from the second display area to the first display area due to locating the pointer image in the inner edge portion of the first display area for the period of time longer than the preset period, the pointer image disappears from the first display area and appears on the second display area; the navigation device and the control circuit acquire the movement request from the vehicle network; only when the first display area is the active area, the navigation device superimposes the pointer image on the first display area out of the first display area and the second display area adjacent to each other on the display screen and changes the display position of the pointer image based on the movement request acquired from the vehicle network; and only when the second display area is the active area, the control circuit superimposes the pointer image on the second display area out of the first display area and the second display area adjacent to each other on the display screen and changes the display position of the pointer image based on the movement request acquired from the vehicle network.