Patent ID: 7567861

Claim:
An in-vehicle display apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a screen displaying an input window; a touch screen provided on the screen, wherein a user is allowed to input to the input window by touching the touch screen; determining means for determining whether the vehicle is traveling or stopping; and display controlling means for switching between both (i) a usual display mode when the vehicle is determined to be stopping and (ii) a restricted display mode when the vehicle is determined to be traveling, wherein in the restricted display mode, a number of characters displayed on the screen is restricted when the input window is displayed, wherein in the usual display mode, a plurality of selection items selectable by touching the touch screen are displayed on the screen, wherein in the restricted display mode, (i) only a single certain selection item from among the plurality of selection items is displayed along with a cursor on the screen, only the single certain selection item with the cursor being selectable, (ii) a cursor movement key to order movement of the cursor is displayed, and (iii) a responsive area on the touch screen used to order the movement of the cursor is defined as an expanded area containing not only an area where the cursor movement key is displayed, but also an area which is outside of the area where the cursor movement key is displayed.