Patent ID: 9744906
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B60Q,G08B,H04R

Claim:
1. A vehicle information notification device that can switch between a first notifier to output a notification sound, thereby notifying information to passengers in a vehicle in an acoustic manner, and a second notifier to notify information in a sensory manner other than an acoustic manner, to make a notification of information, said vehicle information notification device comprising: a sound signal analyzer to analyze the notification sound outputted from said first notifier; a first notification controller to control an operation of said first notifier; an abnormality determiner to determine an operation abnormality of said first notifier on a basis of an analysis result acquired by said sound signal analyzer, and to, when determining that said first notifier is operating normally, determine whether an S/N ratio of the notification sound outputted from said first notifier to ambient noise reaches a permitted level; and a second notification controller to cause said second notifier to notify information when it is determined that said first notifier is not operating normally or that said S/N ratio does not reach the permitted level.