US 12,093,590 B2
Content display control apparatus and content display control method
Daiki Kawashima, Kariya (JP); Shigeo Katoh, Kariya (JP); and Kentaro Teshima, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,704.
Application 17/592,704 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/027677, filed on Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-147337 (JP), filed on Aug. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0179608 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01)
CPC G06F 3/14 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01)] 5 Claims
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1. A content display control apparatus including:
(i) an application storage unit configured to store applications,
(ii) a screen transition rule definition storage unit configured to store screen transition rule definitions to control assigning content to display in an area of a display area and displaying the content in the area of the display area, and
(iii) a screen transition arbitration unit configured to arbitrate screen transitions to prioritize which content is assigned to the area, in response to a display request being output from one of the applications, based on the screen transition rule definitions stored in the screen transition rule definition storage unit,
the content display control apparatus comprising:
an animation rule definition storage unit configured to store screen transition animation rule definitions;
a display control unit configured to execute screen transition animations;
a screen transition animation arbitration unit configured to arbitrate the screen transition animations to decide which screen transition animation to execute based on the screen transition animation rule definitions stored in the animation rule definition storage unit in response to receiving a screen transition arbitration result from the screen transition arbitration unit and an animation execution state from the display control unit; and
an execution instruction unit configured to instruct the display control unit to execute the screen transition animations according to the screen transition arbitration result by the screen transition arbitration unit and an animation arbitration result by the animation arbitration unit;
wherein the animation rule definition storage unit is configured to store a screen transition animation rule definition that cancels a new screen transition animation as an interfering party when the new screen transition animation is not registered in an action queue that manages generated screen transition animations and interferes with a screen transition animation that is registered in the action queue.