Patent ID: 7027917
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. An information display system for displaying service information concerning to at least one of events existing in a service section set for a road received from a road infrastructure, comprising: a communication apparatus for receiving the service information transmitted from the road infrastructure; a computer for determining at least one of symbols based upon the received service information, and for controlling a display position and display timing for the determined symbol, each symbol corresponding to each the event existing in the service section; and a display apparatus for displaying the determined symbol in response to an output from the computer, wherein the computer controls the display apparatus so as to display all of the events existing between a position of a vehicle and an end position of the service section by first display object symbols in a first display area, and wherein the computer calculates the display timing based on the position and the contents for each of the events existing in the service section, and controls the display apparatus so as to display a second display object symbol having a display size larger than that of the first display object symbols in a second display area different from the first display area, the symbol as the second display object symbol being displayed when the vehicle reaches to a position corresponding to the calculated display timing for each of the events.