Cross-application information display device, information display method
AssigneeFuruno Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMasato Okuda
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Abstract
An information display device is provided. The information display device includes a controller for being able to execute a plurality of applications, a user interface for allowing a user to instruct the controller, and a display unit for simultaneously displaying an application selection menu item for allowing the user to select one of the applications and an application proprietary menu item that is used with a selected application, along with an information image created by execution of the selected application. The display unit is configured to display the information image, the application selection menu item, and the application proprietary menu at substantially the same position on a display screen of the display unit, regardless of which application is selected.
Claims19
An information display device installed in a ship, comprising:
- a controller including hardware configured to execute a plurality of software applications including an application for displaying an image of a target object around the ship as the information image based on a signal from a radar antenna, and an application for displaying a nautical chart of a region around the ship as the information image;
- a user interface including a hardware component configured to receive a user instruction for the controller;
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- a display unit for simultaneously displaying an application selection menu item for allowing a user to select one of the applications an application proprietary menu item that is used during execution of a selected application, along with an information image created by execution of the selected application, and navigation information including at least one of a speed, a position, and a heading of the ship,
- wherein the display unit is configured to display the information image, the application selection menu item, the application proprietary menu item, and navigation information at substantially the same respective positions on a display screen of the display unit over information of the application for displaying the image of the target object around the ship as the information image based on a signal from the radar antenna when the application for displaying the target object is displayed, and over information of the application for displaying the nautical chart of the region around the ship as the information image, when the application for displaying the nautical chart the nautical chart is displayed.
A method of displaying information on an information display device installed in a ship, comprising:
- simultaneously displaying an application selection menu item for allowing a user to select one of a plurality of applications and an application proprietary menu item that is used during execution of a selected application, along with an information image created by execution of the selected application and navigation information including at least one of a speed, a position, and a heading of the ship, wherein the plurality of applications includes an application for displaying an image of a target object around the ship as the information image based on a signal from a radar antenna, and an application for displaying a nautical chart of a region around the ship as the information image;
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- displaying the information image, the application selection menu item, the application proprietary menu item, and navigation information at substantially the same respective positions on a display screen over information of the application for displaying the image of the target object around the ship as the information image based on a signal from the radar antenna when the application for displaying the target object is displayed, and over information of the application for displaying the nautical chart of the region around the ship as the information image, when the application for displaying the nautical chart the nautical chart is displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.