# US 8,543,252 B2 · Onboard apparatus, navigation system, and method for setting display screen

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- Number: US 8,543,252 B2
- Document ID: US8543252B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/213,514
- Filed: 2005-08-26
- Published: 2006-06-08
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2003-04-10
- Assignees: Sony Corporation
- Applicants: Shinichi Hasegawa; Takumi Arie; Hiroshi Amano
- Inventors: Shinichi Hasegawa; Takumi Arie; Hiroshi Amano
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8543252B2

## CPC

- G08G 1/0962: having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
- G01C 21/26: specially adapted for navigation in a road network
- G01C 21/3697: {Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence)}
- B60W 2050/146: {Display means}
- B60W 2556/50: of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
- G05D 1/0274: {using mapping information stored in a memory device (navigation using map-matching G01C21/30)}
- G05D 1/0278: {using satellite positioning signals, e.g. GPS}
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES

## Abstract

To use the same onboard apparatus and navigation system in many kinds of vehicles. A table in which manufacturers and vehicle types are connected with designs and functions has been previously stored in a navigation system module 21. The navigation system module 21 itself sends the center controller 11 a query about vehicle information (the country that manufactured, manufacturer, vehicle type, using country, manufacturing number), recognizes the vehicle information supplied from the center controller 11, and automatically sets the screen design, function, etc., suitable to the vehicle on which the onboard apparatus is mounted.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display screen setting method for setting a screen to be displayed on a navigation system mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
getting vehicle model information from the vehicle by determining a shape of a connector used to attach the navigation system to the vehicle, the vehicle model information comprising at least a manufacturer of the vehicle, a country that manufactured the vehicle, a using country of the vehicle, and a manufacturing number of the vehicle;
storing the vehicle model information and related design information; and
setting a design to be displayed on the screen and/or a function, based on the vehicle model information.

### Claim 2

A display screen setting method for setting a screen to be displayed on a navigation system mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
getting vehicle model information from the vehicle by determining a formed position of a connector used to attach the navigation system to the vehicle, the vehicle model information comprising at least a manufacturer of the vehicle, a country that manufactured the vehicle, a using country of the vehicle, and a manufacturing number of the vehicle;
storing the vehicle model information and related design information; and
setting a design to be displayed on the screen and/or a function, based on the vehicle model information.