Vehicular information provision apparatus
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1. A vehicular information provision apparatus comprising:
- a stop detector configured to detect a temporal stop of a vehicle that is having a travel;
a display unit configured to display various information at a position that is viewable by occupants in the vehicle, the display unit being an in-vehicle display unit;
an information database configured to memorize information organized as long time information and short time information;
a control unit configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of display contents in a manner that (a) information contents elected from the database are processed to conclude within a stop time of the temporal stop, the stop time being pre-determined from a stop start time, and (b) two successive contents of information differ from each other while the vehicle is standing at the temporal stop detected by the stop detector; and
a personal information accumulation device configured to accumulate personal information that at least includes a personal hobby and an idea of a driver of the vehicle, whereinextraction of the information contents is performed according to the personal information of the driver, andthe extracted information contents are then elected from the information database and are processed for viewing by the driver.
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Abstract
An information provision apparatus of the present invention includes a stop detector to detect a stop of a vehicle; a display unit to display various information; and a control unit to control the display unit to display a plurality of display contents in a manner that two successive contents of information differ with each other while the vehicle is standing at the temporal stop. When the vehicle is caught in a traffic congestion to stop temporarily, the driver of the vehicle is entertained by plural contents of the information appearing on the display unit for his/her diversion.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicular information provision apparatus comprising:
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a stop detector configured to detect a temporal stop of a vehicle that is having a travel; a display unit configured to display various information at a position that is viewable by occupants in the vehicle, the display unit being an in-vehicle display unit; an information database configured to memorize information organized as long time information and short time information; a control unit configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of display contents in a manner that (a) information contents elected from the database are processed to conclude within a stop time of the temporal stop, the stop time being pre-determined from a stop start time, and (b) two successive contents of information differ from each other while the vehicle is standing at the temporal stop detected by the stop detector; and a personal information accumulation device configured to accumulate personal information that at least includes a personal hobby and an idea of a driver of the vehicle, wherein extraction of the information contents is performed according to the personal information of the driver, and the extracted information contents are then elected from the information database and are processed for viewing by the driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vehicular information provision apparatus comprising:
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a stop detector configured to detect a temporal stop of a vehicle that is having a travel; a display unit configured to display various information at a position that is viewable by occupants in the vehicle, the display unit being an in-vehicle display unit; an information database configured to memorize information organized as long time information and short time information; a control unit configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of information contents in a manner that (a) information contents elected from the information database are processed to conclude within a stop time of the temporal stop, the stop time being pre- determined from a stop start time, and (b) two successive information contents differ from each other while the vehicle is standing at the temporal stop; and a personal information accumulation device configured to accumulate personal information that at least includes a personal hobby and an idea of a driver of the vehicle, wherein extraction of the information contents is performed according to the personal information of the driver, the extracted information contents are then elected from the information database and are processed for viewing by the driver, and the information content displayed finally on the display unit is information to prompt a driver of the vehicle to start the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A vehicular information provision apparatus comprising:
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a stop detector configured to detect a temporal stop of a vehicle that is having a travel; a display unit configured to display various information at a position that is viewable by occupants in the vehicle, the display unit being an in-vehicle display unit; an information database configured to memorize information organized as long time information and short time information; a control unit configured to control the display unit to display a plurality of display contents in a manner that (a) information contents elected from the information database are processed to conclude within a stop time of the temporal stop, and (b) two successive contents of information differ from each other while the vehicle is standing at the temporal stop calculated by a stop detector a stop time calculation unit; a driver'"'"'s condition detector configured to detect a current driver'"'"'s condition; and a condition determiner configured to determine that the driver is in a usual condition according to the current driver'"'"'s condition detected by the driver'"'"'s condition detector based on a predetermined criterion, wherein, when the driver is determined to be in the usual condition, the control unit controls the display unit according to the driver'"'"'s condition to display the content of information including a content of a predetermined time length, wherein the control unit is configured to further determine the current driver'"'"'s condition based on a number of occupants in the vehicle, wherein the control unit is configured to determine whether short time or long time information is to be displayed according to the current driver'"'"'s condition. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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