Patent ID: 7796020

Claim:
A warning apparatus for use in a vehicle comprising: a traffic information acquisition unit capable of acquiring traffic information of outside of the vehicle; a travel information acquisition unit capable of acquiring travel information regarding a travel condition of the vehicle; an operation information acquisition unit capable of acquiring operation information regarding a driving operation by a driver of the vehicle; a storage unit capable of storing the traffic information in association with the travel information at a time of acquiring the traffic information and the operation information representative of the driving operation on the travel condition at the time of acquiring the traffic information; and a warning contents determination unit capable of determining warning contents according to the operation information in association with the traffic information and travel information, wherein, when the traffic information is acquired, the warning contents determination unit determines the warning contents after searching similar traffic information and similar travel information from information stored in the storage unit by referring to the acquired traffic information and the travel information at the time of acquiring the traffic information.