Patent ID: 7725255

Claim:
A vehicular display system comprising: an in-vehicle navigation device; and a vehicular meter device, wherein: the in-vehicle navigation device includes: a display for displaying first map data, wherein: the first map data includes first character string data; a character string storage for configured to store the first map data that is to be displayed on the display; and a transmitter configured to transmit map data to the vehicular meter device; the vehicular meter device includes: a receiver configured to receive the map data from the in-vehicle navigation device; and a navigation display area for displaying second map data, wherein: the second map data includes second character string data; and a character string converter configured to convert the first map data into the second map data is included in at least one of the following devices: the in-vehicle navigation device; and the vehicular meter device, wherein: the second character string data is displayed in a simpler form than the first character string data in the navigation display area.