Patent ID: 7356408

Claim:
An information display apparatus comprising: a preview sensor for detecting a traveling condition in front of own vehicle; a navigation system for outputting a navigation information in response to a traveling operation of the own vehicle; a recognizing unit for recognizing a plurality of targets located in front of the own vehicle based upon a detection result from said preview sensor, and for classifying said recognized targets by sorts to which said plural targets belong; a control unit for determining information to be displayed based upon both the targets recognized by said recognizing unit and said navigation information; and a display device for displaying said determined information under control of said control unit, wherein said control unit controls said display device so that both symbols indicative of said recognized targets and said navigation information are displayed in a superimposing manner, and also, controls said display device so that said plural symbols are displayed by employing a plurality of different display colors corresponding to the sorts to which the respective targets belong.