Patent ID: 8477023
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: B60K,B60Q,G01C

Abstract:
1. An information presentation apparatus in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a display control circuit configured to cause a display device to display a safe driving support information sign, which urges a driver of the vehicle to perform a driving operation responding to processing of a safe driving support application to support a safe driving of the vehicle; and an action determination section configured to execute a driver awareness determination as to whether the driver is aware of the safe driving support information sign, the display control circuit being further configured to, based on an affirmative result of the driver awareness determination obtained by the action determination section, cause the display device to execute a display erasure or a display attenuation of the driving support information sign, the display erasure stopping the displaying of the safe driving support information sign, the display attenuation executing a display mode changeover to change a display mode of the safe driving support information sign into an attenuation display mode, which helps prevent a blockage of a visual field of the driver, the action determination section being further configured to execute the driver awareness determination based on vehicle-inside information which includes a signal arising from an operation executed by the driver when the driver becomes aware of the safe driving support information sign displayed by the display device.