Patent ID: 8200422

Claim:
An information presentation apparatus comprising: a detecting unit that detects gaze information concerning driver gaze directed toward a screen that displays assistance information, the assistance information assisting travel of a mobile object, said detecting unit comprising a first hardware element; a judging unit that judges whether the driver fixates on the screen, the judging unit being implemented by a computer processing unit; a determining unit connected to the detecting unit, when the judging unit judges a present fixation by the driver on the screen, the determining unit, based on an elapsed time interval between the present fixation by the driver on the screen and a prior fixation by the driver on the screen, determines whether information concerning specific items of the assistance information is to be provided to the driver from information concerning predetermined items of assistance information; an obtaining unit that, when the gaze information is detected by the detecting unit, obtains the information of the specific item determined by the determining unit to be given to a driver based on the assistance information, the obtaining unit being implemented by the computer processing unit connected to said first hardware element; a generating unit that generates guidance information providing, by sound, the information obtained by the obtaining unit, the generating unit being implemented by the computer processing unit; and an output unit that outputs the guidance information generated by the generating unit, the output unit comprising a second hardware element connected to said computer processing unit.