Patent ID: 8909422
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: B61D,B61L,G06F

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle information system that monitors a driving state of a vehicle and displays various types of information visualized on a display unit in the vehicle according to predetermined timings and the driving state, the in-vehicle information system comprising: a display input unit covering a part or all of a screen area of the display unit and detecting touch operations as operation information; and an information output unit that outputs the various types of information classified in advance into optional guidance information that can be displayed again by accessing the touch operation and optionally-eliminated guidance information that cannot be displayed again by accessing the touch operation, wherein the optional guidance information and the optionally-eliminated guidance information are different subsets of the various types of information, displays the various types of information including both the optional guidance information and the optionally-eliminated guidance information on the display unit according to the predetermined timings when the input unit does not detect the operation information by the touch operation, and displays again the optional guidance information, which has been previously displayed, on the display unit when the input unit detects the operation information by the touch operation.