Patent ID: 8228179

Claim:
An information generating device that generates a display identifier for displaying an image in accordance with a situation of a mobile body on a dot matrix type display device based on state information collected from each part of the mobile body and a speech identifier for causing a speech reproducing device to reproduce a speech in accordance with the situation, the display identifier including a layout identifier for specifying a layout of an image to be displayed on the display device, and an element image identifier for specifying a display form of an element image in the layout, the information generating device comprising: an identifier storing part that stores an identifier table defining a correspondence relation between the state information and the layout identifier, a correspondence relation between the state information and the element image identifier, a correspondence relation between the layout identifier and the element image identifier, and a correspondence relation between the state information and the speech identifier; and an identifier determining part that acquires the state information collected from each part of the mobile body and matches the acquired state information with the identifier table, thereby determining and outputting a layout identifier, an element image identifier, and a speech identifier in accordance with the situation of the mobile body when the state information is collected.