Fujitsu Ten Limited

Yasuo Nakashima

Minoru Maehata

Masahiro Kamiya

Hideshi Nishizawa

Mitsuru Sasaki

Hidenori Kurose

Seiji Fujikawa

Atsushi Miyanishi

Junji Amaya

Hidehiko Sowa

Kohichi Watanabe

Masahiko Kitagawa

An object of the invention is to provide an in-vehicle apparatus and an in-vehicle system that can use a plurality of expansion modules. The in-vehicle apparatus includes a plurality of slots for connecting a plurality of modules, each having a connector for connection, to expand capabilities of the in-vehicle apparatus, and a control unit for identifying the kind of each of the plurality of modules connected to the plurality of slots.

In-vehicle apparatus

FIG.shows an electronic program guide unique to viewer A grouped from an electronic program guide based on electronic program guide data; the program type is set in an (a) column and the display mode of each program is set in a (b) column. In FIG., a news program is displayed in text and a music program is displayed in an icon of musical notes on a music sheet. A sports program is displayed in an icon of a bat and a ball. Since the music program and the sports program are thus displayed in such icon images of reminding the viewer of the program contents, the viewer A can quickly determine the program contents visually.

Digital broadcast receiver

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Kobe, Japan

Yasuo Nakashima