Display control apparatus and display control method
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsTsunemitsu SHIMIZU, Hiromi YAMAZAKI, Akira MASUDA
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Abstract
A display control apparatus includes a display control section that controls to display an image showing an operation of an equipment on a display portion provided in a vehicle and illuminate the display portion with a first brightness, and a counting section that counts a time which elapses after the equipment is activated. The display control section changes the brightness of the display portion from the first brightness to a second brightness which is lower in brightness than the first brightness in a case that an ignition switch of the vehicle is not turned on until the time counted by the counting section exceeds a predetermined period of time.
Claims6
A display control apparatus, comprising:
- a display control section that controls to display an image showing an operation of an equipment on a display portion provided in a vehicle and illuminate the display portion with a first brightness;
- and
- a counting section that counts a time which elapses after the equipment is activated,
- wherein the display control section changes the brightness of the display portion from the first brightness to a second brightness which is lower in brightness than the first brightness in a case that an ignition switch of the vehicle is not turned on until the time counted by the counting section exceeds a predetermined period of time.
A display control method, comprising:
- displaying an image showing an operation of an equipment on a display portion provided in a vehicle and illuminating the display portion with a first brightness;
- and
- changing the brightness of the display portion from the first brightness to a second brightness which is lower in brightness than the first brightness in a case that an ignition switch of the vehicle is not turned on until a time which elapses after the equipment is activated exceeds a predetermined period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.