A vehicle information display device that displays, on an in-vehicle display, an image captured by a rear-view camera that captures an image an outside area behind a vehicle , the vehicle information display device comprising: an image processing unit that receives data of the image captured by the rear-view camera and performs predetermined image processing on the data of the image; a display switching unit that switches a display of a monitor screen provided in a vehicle , in accordance with an output from a driving operation information unit that detects a position of a shift lever; and an environment determination unit that predicts an occurrence of a backward movement of the vehicle , based on one or more of an output from a front-view camera that captures an image of an outside area ahead of the vehicle , an output from a vehicle speed sensor , and an output from an in-vehicle camera that captures an image of a driver, characterized in that when the environment determination unit predicts an occurrence of a backward movement of the vehicle when the shift lever is in a position other than the reverse (R) position, the rear-view camera is switched from a stopped state to an activated state, and the image processing unit starts the predetermined image processing on the data of the image received from the rear-view camera in the activated state, so that an image captured by the rear-view camera is ready to be output from an image processing unit , and when the display switching unit receives, from the driving operation information unit, a movement signal indicating that the shift lever has been moved to a reverse position, the display switching unit switches the display of the monitor screen provided in the vehicle to an output image from the image processing unit . an image processing unit that receives data of the image captured by the rear-view camera and performs predetermined image processing on the data of the image; a display switching unit that switches a display of a monitor screen provided in a vehicle , in accordance with an output from a driving operation information unit that detects a position of a shift lever; and an environment determination unit that predicts an occurrence of a backward movement of the vehicle , based on one or more of an output from a front-view camera that captures an image of an outside area ahead of the vehicle , an output from a vehicle speed sensor , and an output from an in-vehicle camera that captures an image of a driver, characterized in that when the environment determination unit predicts an occurrence of a backward movement of the vehicle when the shift lever is in a position other than the reverse (R) position, the rear-view camera is switched from a stopped state to an activated state, and the image processing unit starts the predetermined image processing on the data of the image received from the rear-view camera in the activated state, so that an image captured by the rear-view camera is ready to be output from an image processing unit , and when the display switching unit receives, from the driving operation information unit, a movement signal indicating that the shift lever has been moved to a reverse position, the display switching unit switches the display of the monitor screen provided in the vehicle to an output image from the image processing unit . <EOS>