Patent ID: 8482396

Claim:
An image information generation device that receives state information collected from each part of a mobile object, generates image information for displaying an image in accordance with a situation of the mobile object on a display device, and outputs the image information to an image drawing processing device synthesizing an image to be displayed on the display device, the image information containing a layout identifier for specifying a layout of the image to be displayed on the display device and an element image identifier for specifying a display mode of an element image in the layout, the image information generation device comprising: an identifier storage portion that stores an identifier table defining a correspondence relationship between the state information and the layout identifier, a correspondence relationship between the state information and the element image identifier, and a correspondence relationship between the layout identifier and the element image identifier; an identifier determination portion that acquires state information collected from each part of the mobile object, and matches the acquired state information with the identifier table, thereby determining a layout identifier and an element image identifier in accordance with a situation of the mobile object at a time when the state information is collected; and a display management information storage portion that temporarily stores the element image identifier determined by the identifier determination portion in a partial area of the layout which contains the element image, wherein, when the element image identifier is newly determined by the identifier determination portion and the newly determined element image identifier is the same as the previously determined element image identifier, the newly determined element image identifier is not output to the image drawing processing device.