Patent ID: 8050858

Claim:
A vehicle-mounted navigation system, comprising: a visual display device that includes a multiple visual display that displays a first image in a first direction and a second image in a second direction; an operating unit that executes an operation from the first direction and the second direction; an operating direction detector that detects whether the operation was performed from the first direction or the second direction; and a controller that controls the first image or the second image based on a detection result of the operating direction detector and based on an operation performed by the operating unit, wherein one of the first direction and the second direction corresponds to a driver's seat direction and the other of the first direction and the second direction corresponds to a passenger's seat direction, and the operating unit is operable from the driver's seat direction and the passenger's seat direction, and wherein the vehicle-mounted navigation system is controlled based on a detection result of the operating direction detector and an operation to the operating unit; wherein the first image and the second image each includes an operation button that performs a common control, and wherein when an operation from one of the driver's seat direction and the passenger's seat direction is restricted, the operation button displayed in the driver's seat direction and the operation button displayed in the passenger's direction are displayed in a different manner; and wherein when one of the operation buttons is operated to change a displayed image, an image in the driver's seat direction is replaced with an image that does not interfere with driving, if the image in the driver's seat direction is an image that is likely to interfere with driving.