Patent ID: 7657352

Claim:
An automatic control system for controlling a device disposed on a vehicle based on acquired information, the control system comprising: a machine readable medium for storing a first condition having a first criterion and a second condition having a second criterion; and a controller for performing automatic control of the device, the controller including: means for providing, when the acquired information meets the first criterion of the first condition, the automatic control of the device after providing a user query to the user regarding whether or not to provide the automatic control and receiving an affirmative user response to the user query; means for providing, when the acquired information meets the second criterion of the second condition, the automatic control of the device without providing a user query; wherein the device is operable by the user in the vehicle, and the second criterion is modified so as to be stricter after the automatic control of the device is provided by the controller without providing a user query and the user changes the automatic control of the device.