Patent ID: 7616104

Claim:
A notification controller comprising: a storage unit for storing a table indicating information as to whether or not notification of notification request information is allowed to be disabled based on a user operation, the notification request information being supplied from a notification information transmitter and corresponding to a situation about parts of and around a vehicle; a first notification control unit for allowing a notification apparatus to perform a notification in accordance with input of the notification request information; a notification stop determination unit for determining, based on the information indicated in the stored table, whether or not notification of the notification request information is allowed to be disabled based on a user operation; a notification stop confirmation unit for prompting a user to enable or disable notification when the notification stop determination unit determines that notification of the notification request information is allowed to be disabled based on a user operation; and a notification stop unit for stopping notification performed by the first notification control unit when the notification stop confirmation unit confirms a user instruction to stop the notification.