JP4399730B2 - Vehicle information display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicular information display device, and more particularly to a vehicular information display device capable of integrating and operating a plurality of in-vehicle devices and displaying information.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various devices such as a car navigation device, a traffic information display device, an air conditioner, an audio device, an e-mail and a telephone, and an internet connection device are mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile. If each of these devices is mounted separately and dedicated operation buttons, knobs, etc. are provided for each device, it will be necessary to place a large number of operation buttons, etc., of a large number of devices in a limited space in the passenger compartment. The operation buttons and the like have been downsized so that not only the operation of each device is difficult, but also an improvement has been demanded from the viewpoint of safety. In addition to the increase in system, this problem has become more prominent with the increase in functions given to the system.

  In order to solve this problem, in recent years, the system has been integrated and an operation switch corresponding to the activated system is displayed on the LCD screen, and various functions are executed by operating it. A system has been proposed. This makes it possible to secure a large screen because space can be used effectively, and only the necessary system switches can be placed and displayed on this screen, so the switch can be enlarged without sacrificing functions. Therefore, it has become possible to provide a high level of safety by reducing driver confirmation.

JP 2003-241784 A

However, a new problem has been discovered when trying to add useful information and convenient functions for passengers. In other words, when the touch panel method is used, the switch for the active system can be laid out on a large screen, so it can be arranged with a certain amount of switch size, but the operation part is the same even if the system changes. There is a problem that it is difficult to remember the arrangement of the switch for each system, and unlike the hardware switch, it is not possible to get a tactile sensation etc. As the number of switches increases, the position of the switch can be remembered further There was a problem that it became difficult and eventually forced the driver to perform confirmation work, and it was difficult to increase the functions after all.
Therefore, the inventors of the present invention have found a concept in which the same operation is performed between systems in a system integrated to solve this problem. In other words, even if the system is switched, the switch arrangement will remain the same, that is, the same position will be maintained even if the system is switched by placing switches with the same function at the same position. It is thought that the driver can easily learn the switch arrangement because of the switch, and can reduce the driver's confirmation work and improve safety. In addition, in this case, when the operational feeling is unified in this way, the switch arrangement of the system with many functions is dragged to the system with few functions, and the hierarchy is higher than ever to cover the many functions. The problem of becoming deeper. In other words, although the position of the switch can be understood with a sense, it is faced with a new problem that it is very troublesome to display the switch of the necessary function because the hierarchy is deep. Because it is an integrated system, it must be operated many times from the top floor TOP screen to the level with the switch of the function that you want to operate every time there is an inevitable frequent movement between systems. It is a thing with the problem that switching will become a very painful state.

  Further, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-241784, when frequently used functions are arranged on the upper screen, a problem arises that the screen layout is not unified for each system, and the driver arranges operation. After all, it was necessary to remember and forced the driver to confirm, which was not desirable from the viewpoint of safety.

  Therefore, the present invention is a system that frequently occurs while enabling operation without unsafe behavior such as confirmation behavior when operating a switch in a recent information display device having a touch panel integrated system. It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly convenient information providing apparatus that can exclude as much as possible the troublesome action of searching for necessary functions that occur during the switching operation.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention described in claim 1 is an information display device for a vehicle that can perform operation and information display of a plurality of in-vehicle devices in an integrated manner. The screen is displayed hierarchically for each in-vehicle device, the system change switch assigned to each in-vehicle device to select the in-vehicle device to be operated, and operated when the system change switch is operated The operation screen selection means for selecting the last screen that is the last operated screen among the in-vehicle device operation screens assigned to the system changeover switch and the uppermost operation screen of the currently selected in-vehicle device are displayed. Top menu switch and a forced screen selection method that automatically selects one of the final screens of each in-vehicle device as the forced display screen when the specified conditions are met. If, when the operation screen selection means selects the last frame, or when the forced screen selection means selects the forced display screen, is characterized in that it has a screen display means for displaying them on the screen on the display, the.

  In the present invention configured as described above, when the system change switch assigned to each in-vehicle device is operated, the final screen selected by the operation screen selection unit is displayed on the display. Further, by operating the top menu switch, it is possible to display the uppermost operation screen of the currently selected in-vehicle device. Furthermore, when a predetermined condition is met, one of the final screens of each in-vehicle device is automatically selected and displayed as a forced display screen by the forced screen selection means.

  According to the present invention thus configured, when the system changeover switch is operated, the final screen is displayed on the display instead of the uppermost operation screen of the in-vehicle device assigned to the operated system changeover switch. Therefore, the target operation screen can be quickly displayed without sequentially displaying the operation screen of the next layer from the uppermost operation screen. In addition, if the user does not intend to operate the final screen selected by the operation screen selection means, the top menu switch can be used to move to the uppermost operation screen in one operation. Even when the selection by the screen selection means is not appropriate, the target operation screen can be easily displayed. Furthermore, when a predetermined condition is met, the final screen of each in-vehicle device is automatically displayed by the forced screen selection means, so it is possible to urge the continuation of the operation on the operation screen during the operation. .

Moreover, the present invention described in claim 2 is the vehicle information display device according to claim 1, wherein the forced screen selection means automatically selects the forced display screen when the vehicle is parked or stopped.
According to the present invention configured as described above, when the vehicle is parked or stopped, an operation screen that is preferably operated while parked or stopped is automatically displayed. Can be urged.

Further, the present invention described in claim 3 is the vehicle information display device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the forced screen selection means displays the forced display screen after the operator displays the forced display. When an operation is performed on the screen, the forced display screen is selected again when the predetermined condition is met next.
According to the present invention configured as described above, the forced screen selection means selects and displays the forced display screen operated by the user even when it meets a predetermined condition next time. It is possible to appropriately select an operation screen to be desired.

Further, the present invention described in claim 4 is the vehicle information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the forced screen selecting means displays the forced display screen, When the operator switches to another operation screen without operating the forced display screen, a screen other than the forced display screen is selected when the predetermined condition is met next.
According to the present invention configured as described above, the forced screen selection means does not select the forced display screen that has been manually switched to another screen by the user when it meets a predetermined condition next time. The selection of the operation screen that the user does not want to operate can be avoided.

Further, the present invention described in claim 5 is the vehicle information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, and is further compulsory when the forced screen selection means selects the forced display screen. Forcibly displaying confirmation means for confirming whether or not the display screen can be displayed is displayed. When the operator permits display of the forcible display screen, the forcing display screen is displayed on the display.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the vehicle information display device according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the forced screen selection means includes a forced display notification unit. A display alerting | reporting part alert | reports that to a user, if a forced screen selection means selects a forced display screen.

Further, the present invention described in claim 7 is the vehicle information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the forced screen selection unit is configured to display the forced display screen for a specific final screen. Do not choose as.
According to the present invention configured as described above, it is possible to avoid an operation screen that is not preferably selected as a forced display screen being selected by the forced screen selection unit.

  According to the vehicle information display device of the present invention, it is possible to easily operate a plurality of in-vehicle devices selected hierarchically with a small number of operations.

Next, a vehicle information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
With reference to FIG. 1 thru | or 20, the information display apparatus for vehicles by embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a vehicle interior in which a vehicle information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted, and FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the vehicle information display device of this embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the vehicle information display device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a main monitor 2 that is a display disposed on the left side of the handle 6 at the bottom of the dashboard 4, and the dashboard 4. A sub-monitor 8 which is a sub-display disposed on the upper side of the monitor, cross operation switches 9a to 9d for moving the position of the cursor on the main monitor 2, and an integrated processing device 10 for displaying each monitor and controlling each in-vehicle device. And having. Specifically, the integrated processing apparatus 10 is configured by various interfaces, a memory, a CPU, and the like.

  In the present embodiment, the main monitor 2 is a touch panel monitor, and is configured so that a user can operate each in-vehicle device by touching an operation button displayed on the screen of the monitor. . In the present embodiment, the main monitor 2 displays a system changeover switch 12, a top menu switch 14, a return switch 16, and the like for switching an on-vehicle device to be operated, and is configured to select an operation menu of each on-vehicle device. . In addition, a cursor for instructing each operation menu is displayed on the operation screen displayed on the main monitor 2, and the operation menu can be selected by sequentially moving the cursor by operating the cross operation switches 9a to 9d. It is configured. As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle information display device 1 of this embodiment includes a car navigation device 18, an audio device 20, an air conditioner 22, an email transmission / reception device 24, a car phone 26, a driving information search device 28, and An internet connection device 29 is connected so that these in-vehicle devices can be integrated and operated to display information.

The sub-monitor 8 is configured to display general information regarding frequently used devices such as the temperature in the passenger compartment, the volume of the audio, and the sound source.
The cross operation switch is composed of four buttons 9a to 9d which are arranged on the circumference and instruct to move the cursor in the upward, downward, leftward and rightward directions. A central operation switch 9e is provided at the center of the cross operation switch.

The integrated processing device 10 operates these devices by inputting / outputting signals to / from each in-vehicle device such as the car navigation device 18, and sends information to the main monitor 2 and the signals according to the signals input from these devices. It is configured to display on the sub-monitor 8. The integrated processing apparatus 10 has an operation screen selection means 30 built therein. The operation screen selection means 30 is operated by operating the system selector switch 12, the top menu switch 14, the return switch 16 and the like displayed on the main monitor 2. A screen to be displayed on the main monitor 2 is selected. Further, the operation screen selection means 30 includes an operation end determination unit 30a that determines the end of the operation on the displayed operation screen, an occupant change determination unit 30b that determines the change of the driver of the vehicle, and the car navigation device 18. And a destination arrival determination unit 30c for determining whether or not the destination has been set. Further, the screen display means 32 incorporated in the integrated processing apparatus 10 is configured to display the screen selected by the operation screen selection means 30 on the main monitor 2.
Further, the integrated processing apparatus 10 incorporates a cursor control means 34 for controlling the cursor position on the main monitor 2 and the sub monitor 8 by the cross operation switches 9a to 9d.
Further, the integrated processing apparatus 10 includes a forced screen selection unit 38 that selects an operation screen to be forcibly switched according to a predetermined condition, and a forced display confirmation unit 40 that confirms to the user that the operation screen is to be switched forcibly. And having. Further, the forced screen selection unit 38 includes a forced display notification unit 38a that notifies the user that the operation screen is forcibly switched.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 3 thru | or 6, the operation screen of the vehicle information display apparatus 1 of embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen displayed on the main monitor 2 of the vehicle information display device 1 of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 3 shows an uppermost operation screen of the car navigation device 18 which is one of the in-vehicle devices. As shown in FIG. 3, seven system changeover switches 12 are displayed in one horizontal row at the top of the operation screen. The system changeover switch 12 is always displayed at the top of the screen, so that the in-vehicle device to be operated can be changed at any time. The system changeover switch 12 is assigned in order from the left to the car navigation device 18, the driving information search device 28, the air conditioner 22, the audio device 20, the e-mail transmission / reception device 24, the car phone 26, and the Internet connection device 29. When using these in-vehicle devices, the corresponding system selector switch 12 is touched to select the in-vehicle devices. A top menu switch 14 and a return switch 16 are displayed at the bottom of the operation screen. The top menu switch 14 and the return switch 16 are also always displayed at the bottom of the operation screen. When the top menu switch 14 displays the uppermost operation screen of the currently selected in-vehicle device, the return switch 16 This is used to display the operation screen displayed immediately before the currently displayed operation screen.

4A to 4G show examples of the uppermost operation screen of each in-vehicle device. In FIG. 4, the top menu switch 14 and the return switch 16 are not shown.
FIG. 4A shows the uppermost operation screen of the car navigation device 18. As shown in FIG. 4A, on this screen, menus such as “view map”, “registered place”, “neighboring facilities”, “search menu”, and the like are displayed. When you touch the button of each displayed menu, operation screens (not shown) for various functions prepared in the selected menu are displayed further. The desired function can be activated by sequentially selecting the desired menu.

FIG. 4B is an uppermost operation screen of the driving information search device 28. In this operation screen, functions are selected from menus such as “congestion information”, “road regulation information”, and “traffic control information”. You can choose.
FIG. 4C is an uppermost operation screen of the air conditioner 22, and on this operation screen, a function can be selected from menus such as selection of an operation mode of the air conditioner, air volume adjustment, and wind direction adjustment. It is like that.
FIG. 4D is an uppermost operation screen of the e-mail transmission / reception device 24 and the car phone 26. In this operation screen, “incoming mail”, “incoming / outgoing history”, “sent mail”, “redial”. , “Create Mail”, “Address Book”, “Setting”, “Make a Call”, etc., can select a function.

FIG. 4E shows an operation screen on the uppermost layer of the audio apparatus 20. In this operation screen, functions can be selected from menus such as “ON / OFF”, “system music selection”, “volume”, “various settings”, and the like. Can be selected.
FIG. 4F is an uppermost operation screen of the Internet connection device 29. In this operation screen, functions can be selected from menus such as “Internet”, “News”, and “Weather”. It has become.
FIG. 4G is an operation screen for setting the system of the vehicle information display device 1 itself.
Next, an example of the hierarchical structure of the operation screen will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, for example, when the “system music selection” menu is selected from the menu on the top layer of the audio device 20, “CD”, “MD”, and “RADIO” are displayed on the operation screen of the next hierarchy. A menu is displayed. Next, when “RADIO” is selected from this menu, “AM”, “FM1”, “FM2”, and “traffic information” menus are displayed as the operation screen of the next layer. Further, when “AM” is selected from this menu, an operation screen for selecting a frequency to be received is displayed as an operation screen for the next layer.

FIG. 6 is an example of a hierarchical structure of the operation screen of the car navigation device 18. For example, when “search menu” is selected from the menu on the top layer of the car navigation device 18, menus such as “address search”, “phone number search”, and “name search” are displayed as operation screens in the next hierarchy. Is displayed. Further, when “name search” is selected from these, an operation screen displaying a screen keyboard for inputting a name is displayed, and a destination can be searched.
For example, first, the audio device 20 is operated in the order of “system music selection” → “RADIO” → “AM” to search for a destination with the car navigation device 18 while listening to a program of a certain broadcasting station, and then received. Consider the operation when changing the broadcasting station. In the conventional vehicle information display device in which menus are displayed hierarchically, when the on-vehicle device to be used is switched, the menu on the uppermost layer of the device is displayed. After selecting again, it was necessary to repeat the operation of “system music selection” → “RADIO” → “AM” to change the radio broadcast reception frequency. In the vehicle information display device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, as will be described later, this operation can be performed once.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7 thru | or 20, the effect | action at the time of operating the vehicle information display apparatus 1 of embodiment of this invention with the touchscreen of the main monitor 2 is demonstrated.
First, with reference to FIG. 7, the outline of an effect | action of the vehicle information display apparatus 1 of embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. First, “search menu” → “name search” is selected from the uppermost operation screen of the car navigation device 18 shown in FIG. 7A to display the operation screen of FIG. Enter the name of. In the middle of this input, when the driver feels that the passenger compartment is hot and operates the third system selector switch 12 from the left, the uppermost operation screen of the air conditioner 22 shown in FIG. 7C is displayed. . The driver who has lowered the temperature setting of the air conditioner 22 on the operation screen of FIG. 7C operates the system selector switch 12 assigned to the car navigation device 18 in order to select the car navigation device 18 again. When the system changeover switch 12 is operated, the operation screen selection means 30 of the integrated processing device 10 selects an operation screen that the driver will want to operate from among the operation screens of the in-vehicle devices corresponding thereto, Is displayed on the main monitor 2.

  In this example, when the system changeover switch 12 is operated, the operation screen selection means 30 selects and displays the screen keyboard operation screen (FIG. 7D) which is the final screen of the car navigation device 18, so that the driver Can continue to enter the destination name. If the operation screen selected by the operation screen selection means 30 is different from the operation screen intended by the driver, the operation of the car navigation device 18 is performed by the top menu switch 14 that is always displayed at the lower part of the operation screen. You can move to the top layer of the screen with a single touch and then move to the operation screen of the desired level. As described above, the operation screen selection means 30 for selecting an operation screen of an appropriate hierarchy from the operation screens of the in-vehicle devices corresponding to the operated system changeover switch 12, and the selection by the operation screen selection means 30 is appropriate. The driver can quickly display the desired operation screen by the combination of the top menu switch 14 that can move to the uppermost layer of the operation screen of the vehicle-mounted device with one touch if not. On the other hand, when the return switch 16 is operated on the operation screen of FIG. 7D, the operation screen of FIG. 7C displayed immediately before that is displayed.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 7 (e), the driver who has searched the destination by the car navigation device 18 operates the system changeover switch 12 as shown in FIG. When the car navigation device 18 is selected again by the system changeover switch 12, the preparation screen prepared in advance is displayed without returning to the operation screen shown in FIG. . As described above, the operation screen selection unit 30 is prepared in advance for the final screen of the in-vehicle device corresponding to the system change-over switch 12 or the in-vehicle device when the system change-over switch 12 is operated. Select the prepared screen. Details of selection of the operation screen by the operation screen selection means 30 will be described later.

Next, a preparation screen prepared in advance for each in-vehicle device will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9 show an example of an operation screen of a predetermined hierarchy displayed by sequentially selecting the operation menu of the car navigation device 18. 10 and 11 show an example of a preparation screen prepared in advance for the car navigation device 18.
FIG. 8 is an example of a map screen of the car navigation device 18. A map around the vehicle, the position of the vehicle, and the direction in which the vehicle is facing are displayed on this screen. FIG. 9 is an example of an information search screen of the car navigation device 18, and on this operation screen, peripheral information around the vehicle, sightseeing information, toilet information, and the like can be searched.

  FIGS. 10 and 11 are examples of a preparation screen for the car navigation device 18, and the information on the map screen of FIG. 8 originally displayed on the separate operation screen and the operation menu of the information search screen of FIG. 9 are superimposed on this screen. Is displayed. As described above, in this embodiment, the preparation screen is configured as a function set screen in which operation menus that are originally displayed on separate operation screens of the in-vehicle devices are collected on one screen. Such a preparation screen is prepared for each in-vehicle device. Alternatively, the preparation screen can be configured as a completely new operation screen instead of superimposing different operation screens.

Next, details of selection of the operation screen by the operation screen selection means 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 12 is a main flow of operation screen selection control by the operation screen selection means 30. FIG. 13 is a control flow of the process in step S2 of FIG.
In step S1 of FIG. 12, it is determined whether or not the system selector switch 12 is operated. When the system changeover switch 12 is not operated, one process of this control flow is terminated. When the system changeover switch 12 is operated, the process proceeds to step S2, and in step S2, a storage process for the final screen that is the operation screen displayed before the system changeover switch 12 is operated is performed. The final screen of each in-vehicle device is configured to be stored in a first memory (not shown) built in the integrated processing apparatus 10. Details of the processing in step S2 will be described later with reference to FIG. Next, in step S3, a system switching process corresponding to the operated system selector switch 12 is performed, and one process of this control flow is terminated. Details of the processing in step S3 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Next, the details of the process in step S2 of FIG. 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, in step S21 of FIG. 13, it is determined whether or not the operation screen before the system changeover switch 12 is operated is the operation screen of the air conditioner 22. When the operation screen is the operation screen of the air conditioner 22, the process proceeds to step S24, it is determined not to store the screen as the final screen, and the process proceeds to step S25. Further, in step S25, if the final screen is stored in the first memory, it is deleted, and one process of this flowchart is terminated. As shown in FIG. 14, in the present embodiment, the air conditioner 22 can perform almost all operations that are commonly used on the uppermost operation screen, and the use frequency of operation screens other than the uppermost layer is very low. The final screen is not stored.

  On the other hand, when the operation screen before the system changeover switch 12 is operated is not the operation screen of the air conditioner 22, the process proceeds to step S22. In step S22, the operation end determination unit 30a of the operation screen selection unit 30 determines whether or not the operation on the operation screen before the system changeover switch 12 has been operated. When the operation end determination unit 30a determines that the operation screen is in the middle of operation, the operation screen is stored in the first memory as the final screen, and one process of this flowchart is ended. When the operation end determination unit 30a determines that the operation screen is not in the middle of operation, the process proceeds to step S24. In step S24 and subsequent steps, the above-described processing is performed, and the one-time processing of this flowchart is terminated. For example, the operation end determination unit 30a determines that the operation screen illustrated in FIG. 7B is being operated, and determines that the operation screen illustrated in FIG. 7E is not being operated.

Next, the system switching process in step S3 of the flowchart of FIG. 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing details of the process in step S3 of the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing details of the process in step S33 of FIG. 15, and FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing details of the process in step S36 of FIG.
First, in step S31 of FIG. 12, it is determined to which in-vehicle device the system changeover switch 12 assigned has been operated. Next, in step S32, an in-vehicle device activation process corresponding to the operated system selector switch 12 is performed. Further, in step S33, it is determined whether or not the contents of the first memory in which the final screen of the in-vehicle device corresponding to the operated system changeover switch 12 is preferably displayed at the present time, If not, the contents of the first memory are erased. Details of the processing in step S33 will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Next, in step S34, it is determined whether or not the final screen is stored in the first memory. When the first memory has a storage of the final screen of the in-vehicle device corresponding to the operated system changeover switch 12, the process proceeds to step S35, and the final screen stored in the first memory is displayed. Finish the flow process. On the other hand, when there is no storage of the final screen of the in-vehicle device corresponding to the operated system changeover switch 12 in the first memory, that is, when the storage of the final screen is deleted in step S33, and the processing in step S33 is performed. If no final screen has been stored before the process, the process proceeds to step S36.
In step S36, it is determined whether or not the preparation screen prepared for the in-vehicle device corresponding to the operated system changeover switch 12 is displayed. Details of the processing in step S36 will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG. If it is determined in step S36 that the preparation screen is to be displayed, it is determined in step S37 that the preparation screen display conditions are met. If it is determined that the preparation screen display condition is met, the process proceeds to step S39, the preparation screen prepared for the in-vehicle device corresponding to the operated system changeover switch 12 is displayed, and the processing of this control flow is terminated. .

  If it is determined in step S36 that the preparation screen is not displayed, it is determined in step S37 that the preparation screen display conditions are not met. If it is determined that the preparation screen display conditions are not met, the process proceeds to step S38, where the uppermost operation screen for the in-vehicle device corresponding to the operated system changeover switch 12 is displayed, and the processing of this control flow is terminated. .

Next, details of the process in step S33 of FIG. 15 will be described with reference to FIG. If the final screen is not stored in the first memory, no process is performed in step S33, and the process proceeds to the next step.
First, in step S41 of FIG. 16, it is determined whether or not the final screen of the in-vehicle device corresponding to the operated system changeover switch 12 stored in the first memory is new. That is, when 48 hours or more have elapsed since the last operation of the final screen, the process proceeds to step S44, and the final screen stored in the first memory is erased. This is because it is difficult for the user to continue the operation on the final screen that has passed two or more days after the user last operated. However, when the content of the final screen is the system setting screen, the user may continue the operation, and thus the storage in the first memory is not erased. FIG. 18 is an example of a system setting screen of the car navigation device 18. As shown in FIG. 18, the system setting screen is an operation screen related to the basic functions of the in-vehicle device such as the display image quality of the display, the brightness, the volume of the alarm sound, and the possibility of continuing the operation even after a lapse of time. In this case, the memory in the first memory is not erased.

  On the other hand, if 48 hours or more have not elapsed since the last operation on the final screen, the process proceeds to step S42. In step S42, after the final screen is last operated, it is determined by the occupant change determination unit 30b built in the operation screen selection means 30 whether or not the driver has been changed. In the present embodiment, the occupant change determination unit 30b determines whether or not there is a driver change based on the position setting of the driver seat. When there is no change of the driver, one process of this control flow is finished while leaving the storage in the first memory.

  If the driver is changed in step S42, the process proceeds to step S43. In step S43, it is determined whether or not the destination is set by the car navigation device 18. If the destination has been set by the car navigation device 18, the process proceeds to step S45. In step S45, the destination arrival determination unit 30c built in the operation screen selection means 30 determines whether or not the destination has already been reached. If it has not yet arrived at the set destination, it is determined that the driver has changed on the way to the destination even if there is a change in the driver, and the control flow One process is completed. On the other hand, if the destination has already been reached, the process proceeds to step S46. In step S46, the content of the final screen is determined, and if the final screen is the waypoint setting screen of the car navigation device 18, it is necessary to set a waypoint in the middle after having already arrived at the set destination. Since there is no, erase this. If the final screen is a screen other than the waypoint setting screen, the one-time processing of this control flow is terminated with the first memory remaining.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S43 that the destination has not been set, the process proceeds to step S47. In step S47, it is determined whether or not the current position of the vehicle is around the home of the owner of the vehicle. In the present embodiment, the operation screen selection means 30 is configured so that the vehicle is in the vicinity of the home based on the information on the current position of the vehicle obtained by the car navigation device 18 and the home address information input in advance to the car navigation device 18. It is judged whether or not. When the current position of the vehicle is not around the house, even if there is a change in the driver, it is considered that the driver is temporarily changing on the way to a remote destination, so the first memory is stored. The one-time process of this control flow is terminated.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S47 that the current position of the vehicle is around the home of the owner of the vehicle, the process proceeds to step S48, and the final screen stored in the first memory is erased. This is because there is a possibility that the driver is changed at the vehicle owner's home and is heading for another destination. However, when the content of the final screen is the system setting screen, the user may continue the operation, and thus the storage in the first memory is not erased.

  Through the control flow described above, the operation screen selection unit 30 selects an operation screen to be displayed when the system switch 12 is operated. Further, in the present embodiment, after the final screen is selected and displayed by the operation screen selection unit 30, the preparation screen is displayed by operating the system changeover switch 12 twice in a double click manner. It is configured to be able to. Alternatively, the preparation screen can be displayed when the top menu switch 14 is similarly operated.

Next, a forced display switching function of the vehicle information display device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20. FIG. 19 is an example of a confirmation screen when the screen is switched by the forced display switching function, and FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the forced display switching function.
The vehicle information display device 1 according to the present embodiment forcibly switches an operation screen that is not preferable to operate during traveling when the vehicle departs, to another operation screen, and when the vehicle stops, It was configured to automatically display the operation screen that was. The original operation screen that has been forcibly switched is stored in a second memory (not shown) built in the integrated processing apparatus 10, and the operation screen that is forcibly displayed by switching is built in the integrated processing apparatus 10. The forced screen selection means 38 is selected. As shown in FIG. 19, when the operation screen is switched by the forced display switching function, an operation button for confirming screen switching is displayed on the operation screen of the main monitor 2 by the forced display confirmation unit 40. Is displayed. Further, the switch of the operation screen by the forced display switching function is notified to the user by the forced display notification unit 38 a built in the forced screen selection means 38.

  First, the control flow in FIG. 20 is executed by the compulsory screen selection means 38 incorporated in the integrated processing apparatus 10 when the vehicle departs from the stop state and stops from the travel state. In step S61 of FIG. 20, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is traveling. When the vehicle departs from the stopped state, the process proceeds to step S61. When the vehicle stops from the traveling state, the process proceeds to step S68. In step S61, it is determined whether or not the currently displayed operation screen is desirably displayed while the vehicle is traveling. In the present embodiment, an operation screen or the like that requests the driver to operate the screen keyboard is determined to be an operation screen that is not preferably displayed during traveling. If the currently displayed operation screen is an operation screen that does not cause any problem even if it is displayed during traveling, the one-time processing of this control flow is terminated without switching to the forced display screen.

  On the other hand, if the operation screen currently displayed is an operation screen that is not desired to be displayed during traveling, the process proceeds to step S63. In step S63, it is determined whether or not the currently displayed operation screen is a screen in the middle of an operation. In the present embodiment, the destination setting screen using the screen keyboard of the car navigation device 18, the e-mail input screen, and the like are determined to be mid-operation screens. If it is determined that the screen is in the middle of an operation, the process proceeds to step S64, the currently displayed operation screen in the middle of the operation is stored in the second memory, and the process proceeds to step S65. As described above, the second memory stores a screen in the middle of the operation forcibly switched by the forced screen selection unit 38.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S63 that the currently displayed operation screen is not a screen in the middle of operation, the process proceeds to step S65 without storing the operation screen. In step S65, it is determined whether or not the car navigation device 18 is activated. If the car navigation device 18 is activated, the process proceeds to step S66, and the map display screen (see FIG. 8) of the car navigation device 18 is selected as the forced display screen. On the other hand, if the car navigation device 18 is not activated in step S65, the process proceeds to step S67, and the operation screen of the audio device 20 is selected as the forced display screen.

  Next, a control flow when the vehicle stops from the traveling state will be described. When the vehicle is stopped from the traveling state, the process proceeds from step S61 to step S68. In step S68, it is determined whether or not a screen in the middle of an operation forcibly switched by the forced screen selection means 38 is stored in the second memory. If it is not stored in the second memory, the process proceeds to step S73. In step S73, the final screen stored in the first memory is selected as the forced display screen. On the other hand, if the screen during operation is stored in the second memory, the process proceeds to step S69.

  In step S <b> 69, when the operation screen stored in the second memory was previously displayed by forced display, it is determined whether the user has switched the operation screen using the system switch 12. When the operation screen of the second memory is displayed, if the user has switched to another operation screen by the system selector switch 12, the user does not want to display the operation screen of the second memory. Therefore, the stored contents of the second memory are erased and the process proceeds to step S73. In step S73, as described above, the final screen stored in the first memory is selected as the forced display screen.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S69 that the user has not switched to another operation screen for the operation screen in the second memory, the process proceeds to step S70. In step S70, when the operation screen stored in the second memory was previously displayed by forced display, it is determined whether or not the user has operated the operation screen. When the user performs an operation on the operation screen of the second memory, it is considered that the user desires an operation on the operation screen. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S71, and the contents of the second memory are stored in the second memory. Copy to 1 memory. As a result, the operation screen is displayed regardless of whether the operation screen of the first memory or the second memory is selected. Next, the process proceeds to step S72, and the operation screen stored in the second memory is selected as the forced display screen.

On the other hand, if the user does not operate the operation screen of the second memory in step S70, the process proceeds to step S72 as it is, and the operation screen stored in the second memory is selected as the forced display screen. The In this case, thereafter, when the operation screen of the second memory is selected, the forced display screen is displayed, and when the operation screen of the first memory is selected, the final screen is displayed.
Next, in step S74, the forced display screen selected as the forced display screen in step S66, S67, S72, or S73 is displayed on the main monitor 2, and one process of this control flow is completed.

According to the vehicle information display device of the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to easily operate a plurality of in-vehicle devices selected hierarchically with a small number of operations.
Further, according to the vehicle information display device of the embodiment of the present invention, when the predetermined condition is met, the forced screen selection means automatically selects and displays the final screen. The screen can be displayed automatically.
Furthermore, according to the vehicle information display device of the embodiment of the present invention, the forced screen selection means selects and displays the forced display screen when the vehicle is parked or stopped. The operation on the operation screen for which the operation has been interrupted can be continued, or the operation on the operation screen that has been left in the middle of the operation can be prompted.

Further, according to the vehicle information display device of the embodiment of the present invention, the forced screen selection means selects the forced display screen again when the user performs an operation on the forced display screen. The operation screen that the user desires to operate can be displayed automatically and reliably.
Further, according to the vehicle information display device of the embodiment of the present invention, the forced screen selection means is not operated next to the forced display screen, and the user switches to another operation screen next time. Since another operation screen is selected, automatic display of an operation screen that the user does not want to operate can be avoided.

  As mentioned above, although preferable embodiment of this invention was described, a various change can be added to embodiment mentioned above.

It is a figure which shows the vehicle interior in which the vehicle information display apparatus by embodiment of this invention was mounted. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a vehicle information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the main monitor of the information display apparatus for vehicles of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the uppermost operation screen of each vehicle equipment controlled by the vehicle information display apparatus of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining an example of the hierarchical structure of the operation screen of the vehicle information display apparatus by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining an example of the hierarchical structure of the operation screen of the vehicle information display apparatus by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the outline of an effect | action of the vehicle information display apparatus by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the map screen of a car navigation apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the information search screen of a car navigation apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the preparation screen for car navigation apparatuses. It is a figure which shows another example of the preparation screen for car navigation apparatuses. It is a main flowchart of the operation screen selection control processing by the operation screen selection means. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the process in step S2 of the flowchart of FIG. It is an uppermost operation screen of an air conditioner. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the process in step S3 of the flowchart of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the process in step S33 of the flowchart of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the process in step S36 of the flowchart of FIG. It is an example of the system setting screen of a car navigation apparatus. It is an example of a confirmation screen when a screen is switched by a forced display switching function. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of a forced display switching function.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle information display apparatus 2 Main monitor 4 Dashboard 6 Handle 8 Sub monitor 9a-9d Cross operation switch 9e Central operation switch 10 Integrated processing apparatus 12 System switch 14 Top menu switch 16 Return switch 18 Car navigation apparatus 20 Audio apparatus 22 Air conditioning Device 24 E-mail transmission / reception device 26 Car phone 28 Driving information search device 29 Internet connection device 30 Operation screen selection means 30a Operation end judgment portion 30b Passenger change judgment portion 30c Destination arrival judgment portion 32 Screen display means 34 Cursor control means 38 Forced screen Selection means 38a Forced display notification unit 40 Forced display confirmation means

Claims (7)

An information display device for a vehicle that can perform operation and information display of a plurality of in-vehicle devices in an integrated manner,
A display in which the operation screen of each of the in-vehicle devices is displayed hierarchically for each in-vehicle device,
A system selector switch assigned to each in-vehicle device to select the in-vehicle device to be operated;
When the system changeover switch is operated, operation screen selection means for selecting a final screen that is the last operated screen among the operation screens of the in-vehicle devices assigned to the operated system changeover switch;
A top menu switch that displays the uppermost operation screen of the currently selected in-vehicle device,
A forced screen selection means for automatically selecting one of the final screens of each of the in-vehicle devices as a forced display screen when the predetermined conditions are met;
When the operation screen selection means selects the final screen, or when the forced screen selection means selects the forced display screen, screen display means for displaying those screens on the display;
A vehicle information display device comprising:   The vehicle information display device according to claim 1, wherein the forced screen selection means automatically selects the forced display screen when the vehicle is parked or stopped.   If the operator performs an operation on the compulsory display screen after the compulsory display screen is displayed, the compulsory screen selection means re-engages the compulsory screen when the predetermined condition is satisfied next time. The vehicle information display device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a display screen is selected.   After the forced display screen is displayed, if the operator switches to another operation screen without performing an operation on the forced display screen, the forced screen selection unit is next adapted to the predetermined condition. The vehicle information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a screen other than the forced display screen is selected.   In addition, when the forced screen selection means selects the forced display screen, there is a forced display confirmation means for confirming whether or not the forced display screen can be displayed. The display means allows the operator to display the forced display screen. Then, the vehicle information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the forced display screen is displayed on the display.   6. The forced display notification unit includes a forced display notification unit, and the forced display notification unit notifies the user when the forced screen selection unit selects the forced display screen. The vehicle information display device according to claim 1.   The vehicle information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the forced screen selection unit does not select a specific final screen as a forced display screen.

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