VEHICULAR NAVIGATION APPARATUS

摘要

A vehicular navigation apparatus configured to independently operate a dedicated application and an externally-introduced general-purpose application is provided. The navigation apparatus includes a control device and a management device. The management device notifies the control device of attribute information of the general-purpose application in operation. Based on the attribute information, the control device determines whether the general-purpose application operating under a specified condition is allowed to use user interface output under the specified condition. When no user interface output is allowed as a result of the determination, the control device switches over the user interface output to user interface output using another certified general-purpose application.

主权项

1. A vehicular navigation apparatus having a platform for operating a general-purpose application externally introduced via information communication, the vehicular navigation apparatus being configured to operate a dedicated application independent of the platform and the general-purpose application on the platform independently of each other, the vehicular navigation apparatus comprising:
a control device that switches over user interface output on a specified output device selectively among user interface output of the dedicated application and user interface output of the general-purpose application that is operating on the platform; and a management device that is provided as application software operating on the platform, acquires attribute information of the general-purpose application introduced in the vehicular navigation apparatus, and notifies the control device of the attribute information of the general-purpose application operating on the platform, wherein:
under a specified condition, the control device determines based on the attribute information notified from the management device whether the general-purpose application operating on the platform and using the output device for the user interface output is allowed to use the user interface output under the specified condition; and when the control device determines that the general-purpose application operating on the platform and using the output device for the user interface output is not allowed to use the user interface output under the specified condition, the control device switches over the user interface output on the output device to one of
the user interface output of the dedicated application andthe user interface output of another general-purpose application that is operating on the platform and that is allowed to use the user interface output under the specified condition.