Patent ID: 9671930
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B63B,G01C,G01S,G06F

Claim:
1. An information display device, comprising: a controller including hardware configured to execute a plurality of applications; a user interface including a hardware component configured to receive a user instruction for the controller; and a display unit for simultaneously displaying an application selection menu item for allowing a user to select one of the applications, a common menu item that is used in common between different applications, and an information image created by execution of the selected application, wherein the display unit is configured to display the information image, the application selection menu item, and the common menu item at the same respective positions on a display screen of the display unit, regardless of which application is selected, and wherein the device is configured to be carried in a ship having a radar antenna, and wherein the plurality of applications includes an application for displaying a target object around the ship as the information image based on a signal from the radar antenna, and an application for displaying a nautical chart around the ship as the information image.