# US 2023/0409190 A1 · Information processing and display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0409190 A1 - Document ID: US20230409190A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/138,169 - Filed: 2023-04-24 - Published: 2023-12-21 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-15 - Assignees: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Naoya BABA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230409190A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - 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 35/81: for controlling displays - G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour - B60K 2360/166: Navigation - B60K 2360/18: Information management - B60K 2360/1876: according to vehicle situations - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - 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 ## Abstract An information processing and display device may include a display device, an input unit that accepts user operations, and a processing unit that performs processing related to a plurality of functions according to a program stored in a storage unit. The processing unit sets a plurality of divided regions on the display and can change demarcation of these set divided regions according to a user operation. When executing a process of generating display data related to the plurality of functions by dividing the information display related to the plurality of functions into a plurality of divided regions, the processing unit prioritizes execution of a process related to a function for which information is displayed in a divided region set to be the largest among the plurality of functions over processes related to other functions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing and display device, comprising: a display device; an input unit that receives a user operation; and a processing unit that performs processing for a plurality of functions in accordance with a program stored in a storage unit; wherein the processing unit: sets a plurality of divided regions on the display device, a demarcation of the plurality of divided regions can be changed according to a user operation, generates display data for displaying information to be displayed related to the plurality of functions divided into the plurality of divided regions on the display device, and prioritizes execution of processing that is related to a function for which information is displayed in a divided region that is set to be the largest among the plurality of functions over processing related to the other functions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing and display device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit sets priority to each of the plurality of divided regions in order of size, and performs processing related to the plurality of functions in accordance with the priority set to the divided region in which information related to the function is displayed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing and display device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit sets an information update frequency that is related to the function for which information is displayed in the divided region that is set to be the largest among the plurality of functions to be higher than information update frequencies that are related to the other functions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing and display device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit comprises a central processing unit (CPU) and executes a program that increases a processing share of processing related to, among the plurality of functions, the function that is displaying information in the divided region that is set as the largest over processing related to other functions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing and display device according to claim 1, wherein the information processing and display device is installed in a vehicle, the plurality of functions includes at least one of a navigation function, a contents provider function, and an instrument panel function, and the user operation is an operation of changing a size of the divided regions to be allocated to the plurality of functions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing and display device according to claim 1, wherein the information processing and display device is installed in a vehicle, the plurality of functions include a function of acquiring and displaying images in a plurality of directions surrounding the vehicle, and the processing unit allocates the plurality of divided regions to the plurality of directions, enlarges a corresponding divided region when a user operation for requesting enlargement of the divided region in any of the plurality of directions is received, and prioritizes processing related to display in this divided region over processing related to display in other divided regions. ### Claim 7 An information processing and display method for displaying information related to a plurality of functions separately in a plurality of divided regions on a display device, comprising the steps of: setting a higher priority to a divided region having a larger size according to sizes of the plurality of divided regions; prioritizing execution of a process for generating display data related to a divided region to which a higher priority is set over a process of generating display data related to a divided region to which a lower priority is set; and displaying the generated various sets of display data in the corresponding divided region; wherein, when a boundary between the plurality of divided regions is changed by a user operation, the setting of the priority is changed in accordance with the sizes of the plurality of divided regions at that time. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The information processing and display method according to claim 7, wherein an update frequency of the display data related to the divided region to which the higher priority is set is higher than an update frequency of the display data related to the divided region to which the lower priority is set. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The information processing and display method according to claim 7, wherein processing for generating display data is executed by a central processing unit (CPU), and a higher processing share is allocated to processing for generating display data related to a divided region that is set to a higher priority than to processing for generating display data related to display data for a divided region that is set to a lower priority. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The information processing and display method according to claim 7, wherein the information related to the plurality of functions is displayed on the display device mounted on a vehicle, the plurality of functions includes at least one of a navigation function, a contents provider function, and an instrument panel function, and the user operation is an operation of changing the sizes of the divided regions allocated to the plurality of functions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The information processing and display method according to claim 7, wherein the information related to the plurality of functions is displayed on the display device mounted on a vehicle, at least a part of the plurality of functions is a function of acquiring and displaying images in a plurality of directions surrounding the vehicle, and the plurality of divided regions are respectively allocated to the plurality of directions.