Patent ID: 7742857

Claim:
An automotive information display system, comprising: a display for displaying, as an operation screen for operating at least one piece of in-vehicle equipment, an operation screen in which a plurality of horizontally arranged operation menus are indicated and which allows, upon selection of any one of the plurality of operation menus, an operation relating to the selected operation menu; a first operation section including: a leftward moving switch to which a function of moving an operation menu selected point leftward on the operation screen is assigned; a rightward moving switch to which a function of moving the operation menu selected point rightward on the operation screen is assigned; and a selection enter switch capable of being manipulated upward and downward and being pushed; and a controller for changing a position of the operation menu selected point in the operation menus horizontally arranged on the operation screen for selecting any one of the operation menus in response to a manipulation signal from the leftward moving switch or the rightward moving switch and for executing an operation relating to the selected operation menu in response to an upward or downward manipulation signal from the selection enter switch.