Patent ID: 8797154

Claim:
An in-vehicle display apparatus comprising: a first switchable display element for displaying a display item from a first display group that is assigned to the first switchable display element, wherein the first display group includes a plurality of predetermined display items; a second switchable display element for displaying a display item from a second display group that is assigned to the second switchable display element, wherein the second display group includes a plurality of predetermined display items; an operation device for outputting an operation signal according to an operation of a user; a determination device for determining whether the operation device is operated in a predetermined first operation mode or a predetermined second operation mode, which is different from the predetermined first operation mode, according to the operation signal; and a display control device, wherein the display control device controls the first switchable display element to switch a current display item to another display item, which are included in the first display group, according to a predetermined first switching order and controls the second switchable display element not to switch a current display item to another display item, which are included in the second display group every time the determination device determines that the operation device is operated in the first operation mode; and wherein the display control device controls the second switchable display element to switch the current display item to the another display item, which are included in the second display group, according to a predetermined second switching order and controls the first switchable display element not to switch the current display item to the another display item, which are included in the first display group every time the determination device determines that the operation device is operated in the second operation mode.