| CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1446 (2024.01); B60K 2360/172 (2024.01); B60K 2360/782 (2024.01)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A vehicular display device comprising:
a switch array including a plurality of switches located on a steering wheel of a vehicle;
a display provided in the vehicle at a location that is separate from the steering wheel, the display displaying a graphical representation of the switch array that includes information at areas of the graphical representation respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of switches, the information identifying a function that is to be performed when a user presses the switch at a location of the switch array that corresponds to a location of the area of the graphical representation having the information;
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor controlling the information to be displayed on the display, and the processor being configured to:
in a state in which a status of a cruise control of the vehicle is an ON state, (1) display information representing an OFF state of the cruise control of the vehicle, the information representing the OFF state of the cruise control being displayed at a first area amongst the areas of the graphical representation of the switch array, a location of the first area within the graphical representation corresponding to a location of a first switch of the plurality of switches within the switch array that causes the cruise control to transition from the ON state to the OFF state, and (2) while the information representing the OFF state of the cruise control of the vehicle is being displayed at the first area, (2a) display at a second area amongst the areas of the graphical representation of the switch array, text or an icon representing a cruise control function that is performed when a second switch of the plurality of switches of the switch array is pressed, a location of the second area within the graphical representation corresponding to a location of the second switch within the switch array, and (2b) display at a third area amongst the areas of the graphical representation of the switch array, text or an icon representing a different cruise control function that is performed when a third switch of the plurality of switches of the switch array is pressed, a location of the third area within the graphical representation corresponding to a location of the third switch within the switch array; and
in response to the first switch having been pressed: (i) display, at a predefined area of the display, a text string indicating that a transition of the cruise control from the ON state to the OFF state is complete, (ii) erase the display of the information representing the OFF state at the first area of the graphical representation of the switch array, (iii) change the text or the icon that is displayed at the second area of the graphical representation of the switch array to indicate that the cruise control function that is performed when the second switch of the switch array is pressed has changed due to the transition of the cruise control from the ON state to the OFF state, and (iv) change the text or the icon that is displayed at the third area of the graphical representation of the switch array to indicate that the different cruise control function that is performed when the third switch of the switch array is pressed has changed due to the transition of the cruise control from the ON state to the OFF state.
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