Patent ID: 7994907
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: B60K,G09G

Abstract:
1. An image information generation device that generates, based on status information collected from various sections of a mobile unit, image information used to display an image corresponding to a status of the mobile unit on a dot-matrix type display device, the image information including a layout identifier that specifies a layout of an image to be displayed on the display device and a component image identifier that specifies a display mode of each component image in the layout, the image information generation device comprising: an identifier storing portion arranged to store an identifier table in which a correlation between the status information and the layout identifier, a correlation between the status information and the component image identifier, and a correlation between the layout identifier and the component image identifier are defined; and an identifier determining portion arranged to acquire status information collected from the various sections of the mobile unit, compare the acquired status information with the identifier table, determine, based on the comparison, one of the layout identifiers and a group of component image identifiers among the component image identifiers that correspond to a status of the mobile unit at a time when the status information was collected, and output the one of the layout identifiers and the group of component image identifiers.