Patent ID: 8649964
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. An other vehicle information providing device, comprising: a priority memory configured to store latest priority and priority previous to the latest priority within a predetermined period with respect to a plurality of other vehicle information; an information switching index value calculation unit configured to predict future priority after a lapse of a predetermined period based on the latest priority and the priority previous to the latest priority stored in the priority memory, and to calculate an information switching index value based on the latest priority, the priority previous to the latest priority, and a future priority, and configured to substitute the information switching value switching index value as final priority; and an information providing unit configured to provide other vehicle information based on the information switching index value, wherein the other vehicle information providing device assigns priority to the plurality of other vehicle information inputted to an own vehicle in inter-vehicle communication established between the own vehicle and a plurality of other vehicles, and provides other vehicle information having high priority, and wherein the information switching index value calculation unit is also configured to calculate an information switching index value by averaging four priorities including the latest priority, the priority previous to the latest priority, priority before the priority previous to the latest priority with a predetermined period, and the future priority, and also is configured to set the calculated information switching index value as the information switching index, and is configured to set the other vehicle information having a high information switching index value as information having high priority.