Patent ID: 8451108

Claim:
An on-vehicle information providing device comprising: an input device for inputting information corresponding to operation; an on-vehicle information device for executing processing corresponding to the information input from the input device; a vehicle safety device for generating caution information to a driver of a vehicle; a first display device for displaying a processing result of the on-vehicle information device; and a second display device for displaying information delivered from the on-vehicle information device or from the vehicle safety device, wherein said on-vehicle information providing device, wherein the on-vehicle information device, while executing display processing onto the second display device, suspends the display processing and sends a display switching control request to the second display device in response to a display interrupt request from the vehicle safety device; the second display device switches, in response to the display switching control request from the on-vehicle information device, from a state of displaying the information from the on-vehicle information device to a state of displaying the information from the vehicle safety device; the on-vehicle information device comprises a processing suspension decision unit for deciding whether to suspend the display processing onto the second display device; the vehicle safety device delivers a display emergency level and a display interrupt request to the on-vehicle information device; and the processing suspension decision unit of the on-vehicle information device decides whether to suspend the display processing by comparing the emergency level received from the vehicle safety device with a preset threshold used for making a decision of display processing suspension.