Patent ID: 8677261

Claim:
An in-vehicle display system for installation in a vehicle, the system comprising: a display unit that displays information; an operation unit that is located separately from the display unit and that allows a user to perform user operations including a directional operation and a turning operation; and a receiver that receives user instructions for making entry of plural characters that can be displayed on the display unit, based on displayed content displayed on the display unit and the user operations made with the operation unit, the receiver receiving: (i) the directional operation as the user instruction in order to select a group from amongst a plurality of groups displayed on the display unit each of the plurality of groups representing a plurality of characters which are candidates for entry, and (ii) the turning operation as the user instruction in order to select a character from amongst the plural characters included in the group that is selected by the directional operation, the display unit displaying: the plurality of groups in a two-dimensional array; and at least some of the plurality of characters included in the group selected by the directional operation, the at least some of the plurality of characters being in a circular pattern centered on a position of the group selected by the directional operation.