Patent ID: 8527144

Claim:
An in-vehicle apparatus comprising: a memory unit for memorizing a gadget that is associated with information on a travel impediment of a vehicle; a display unit for displaying a gadget-associated icon that is associated with the gadget in the memory unit; an operation reception unit for receiving an operation of the icon that is being displayed on a screen of the display unit; a control unit for controlling execution of a gadget-associated process that is associated with the gadget when the control unit determines that the gadget-associated icon displayed on the screen of the display unit has received the operation through the operation reception unit; and a travel condition acquisition unit for acquiring a travel condition of the vehicle which has the in-vehicle apparatus disposed thereon, wherein the control unit changes icon appearance according to (a) the information on the travel impediment associated with the gadget, and (b) the travel condition of the vehicle acquired by the travel condition acquisition unit, the control unit controls the display unit to display a plurality of gadget-associated icons on a plurality of screens of the display unit in a normal condition that allows icon customization and the change of the icon appearance extends to the plurality of screens, the control unit determines which of the gadget-associated icons correspond to the gadget indicated as impediment-free-class and which of the gadget-associated icons correspond to the gadget indicated as impediment-class in the information on the travel impediment, and the control unit re-arranges the plurality of gadget-associated icons, such that: icons corresponding to the gadget indicated as the impediment-free-class in the information on the travel impediment and that fit on a first priority screen are arranged in the first priority screen of the plurality of screens, icons corresponding to the gadget indicated as the impediment-free-class in the information the travel impediment and that do not fit on a first priority screen are arranged in a second priority screen of the plurality of screens, and icons corresponding to the gadget indicated as the impediment-class in the information on the travel impediment are arranged in the second priority screen of the plurality of screens separately from the icons indicated as the impediment-free-class that are on the second priority screen, wherein the icons corresponding to the gadgets indicated as the impediment-free-class and the icons corresponding to the gadgets indicated as the impediment-class can receive an operation of the icon even after being re-arranged into the first and second priority screens.