MUMBAI, India, Oct. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202614018403 A) filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha on February 18, 2026, for In-Vehicle System And Information Processing Device.

Inventors include Hirotake Sano; Takashi Osawa; Ryota Hamabe -; Miki Tsujino; Shintaro Matsutani; and Hisashi Fujiwara.

The application for the patent was published on October 02, 2026, under issue no. 40/2026.

Abstract: An in-vehicle system includes a display device (20) and an information processing device. The display device (20) includes a pair of display units provided in a portion in front of a driver seat. The pair of display units is respectively disposed in positions on lateral sides of a steering wheel (4) so as to protrude farther rearward in the front-rear direction of the vehicle than an instrument unit placed in front of the steering wheel (4). The pair of display units each have a touch panel (25). The information processing device includes a control unit (100) configured to execute outputting, to the display device (20), when a driver is to input information on the touch panel (25), a command that causes one of the pair of display units to display a screen on which the driver inputs the information in accordance with the dominant hand of the driver.

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