Patent ID: 8543290
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle information providing device comprising: information transmitting and receiving means for communicating between vehicles; own vehicle position detecting means for detecting a position of an own vehicle; map data storing means for storing road map data that can be freely displayed on displaying means; intersection image data storing means for storing image data for representing traffic conditions of vehicles at least at an intersection on the displaying means; and processing means for extracting an intersection to be entered by the own vehicle from the road map data, for generating an image of traffic conditions of vehicles at the intersection using the image data in the intersection image data storing means based on the information obtained by the information transmitting and receiving means, and for displaying the image on the displaying means only when a plurality of preset conditions are judged to be satisfied, wherein the plurality of preset conditions that must be judged to be satisfied include: the own vehicle is determined to be in an area within a preset distance away from a position of the intersection based on the position of the intersection and a position of the own vehicle; and the own vehicle is determined to be stopped.