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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2010
Takatsugu Ono, Kobe, JP;
Noriyuki Kamikawa, Kobe, JP;
Tatsuki Kubo, Kobe, JP;
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe-Shi, JP;
Abstract
An in-vehicle display system is installed in a vehicle for displaying information to a user. The system includes a display unit that displays information; an operation unit that is located separately from the display unit and that allows a user to perform user operations including a directional operation and a turning operation; and a receiver that receives user instructions for making entry of plural characters that can be displayed on the display unit, based on displayed content displayed on the display unit and the user operations made with the operation unit. The receiver receives: (i) a first one of the directional operation and the turning operation as the user instruction in order to select a group from amongst a plurality of groups displayed on the display unit each of the plurality of groups representing a plurality of characters which are candidates for entry, and (ii) a second one of the directional operation and the turning operation as the user instruction in order to select a character from amongst the plural characters included in the group that is selected by the first one of the directional operation and the turning operation.