# US 10,479,201 B2 · In-vehicle display system and control method for in-vehicle display system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,201 B2 - Document ID: US10479201B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/765,493 - Filed: 2016-10-05 - Published: 2019-03-07 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-19 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Koji Hamasaki; Daiki Matsuda; Koumei Kubota - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479201B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/4122: {additional display device, e.g. video projector (digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423)} - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/22: Display screens - B60K 35/28: characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver - B60K 35/29: Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions - B60K 35/654: {the user being the driver} - B60K 35/656: {the user being a passenger} - B60K 35/81: for controlling displays - G06F 13/00: Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units (interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 {; multiprogram control therefor G06F9/46}; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16 ) - B60K 2360/11: Instrument graphical user interfaces or menu aspects - B60K 2360/111: for controlling multiple devices - B60K 2360/16: Type of output information - B60K 2360/182: Distributing information between displays - B60K 2360/184: Displaying the same information on different displays - B60K 2360/195: Blocking or enabling display functions - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An in-vehicle display system is provided with first display unit, second display unit, vehicle information acquisition unit, and CPU. When a display operation for outputting at least a portion of first content to second display unit with the first content being output to first display unit is performed, CPU selects either of first display unit and second display unit with which to associate an authority to operate the output of at least one of first display unit and second display unit according to at least one signal from among a plurality of signals indicating a type of the first content, an attribute of first display unit, an attribute of second display unit, vehicle information, and a detail of the display operation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An in-vehicle display system comprising: a first display; a second display; a vehicle information acquirer that acquires vehicle information; and a controller configured to: acquire a display operation inputted by a user thorough the first display, when the display operation for outputting at least a portion of first content displayed on the first display to the second display with the first content currently being output to the first display, is performed; determine whether or not the display operation is executable according to at least one signal from among a plurality of signals indicating a type of the first content, an attribute of the first display, an attribute of the second display, the vehicle information, and a detail of the display operation, and select either of the first display and the second display with which to associate, according to the determined display operation, a user's authority to operate the first content outputted currently to at least one of the first display and the second display. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The in-vehicle display system according to claim 1, wherein the display operation is performed while second content is currently outputted to the second display. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The in-vehicle display system according to claim 2, wherein a signal indicating a type of the second content is input to the controller. ### Claim 4 A control method for an in-vehicle display system, the control method comprising: acquiring vehicle information about the vehicle; acquiring a display operation inputted by a user thorough the first display, when the display operation for outputting at least a portion of first content displayed on a first display to the second display with the first content currently being output to the first display, is performed; determining whether or not the display operation is executable according to at least one signal from among a plurality of signals indicating a type of the first content, an attribute of the first display, an attribute of the second display, the vehicle information, and a detail of the display operation; and selecting either of the first display and a second display with which to associate, according to the determined display operation, a user's authority to operate the first content outputted currently to at least one of the first display and the second display. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The control method for the in-vehicle display system according to claim 4, wherein the display operation is performed while second content is currently outputted to the second display. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The control method for the in-vehicle display system according to claim 5, wherein a signal indicating a type of the second content is input to the controller in the selecting.