Patent ID: 7096431

Claim:
A menu display apparatus comprising: a first display screen on which a plurality of first icons, each representing a selectable item, are sequentially disposed on a main circular arc; and a second display screen on which, of the plurality of first icons, the first icon selected by a user is moved toward the center of the main circular arc or outside the main circular arc and is displayed and a plurality of second icons, each representing a selectable item belonging to the selected first icon, are displayed on the main circular arc, wherein the first display screen and the second display screen are selectively displayed, when the first icon on the first display screen is selected, the display is changed from the first display screen to the second display screen, and when the first icon on the second display screen is selected, the display is changed from the second display screen to the first display screen, further comprising virtual emotion generating means for detecting the user's handling of a vehicle and generating virtual emotions on an assumption that the vehicle had a personality, wherein the virtual emotions are displayed at the center of the main circular arc by a predetermined character.