Patent ID: 8547215

Claim:
An information presentation apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a stimulator device located on a steering wheel of the vehicle and configured to generate stimulation at a plurality of sites on the steering wheel, the stimulation causing a driver gripping the steering wheel to have skin sensation; a direction information acquisition device configured to acquire direction information; and a controller configured to cause, in accordance with the direction information acquired by the direction information acquisition device, the stimulator device to successively generate the stimulation through the plurality of sites on the steering wheel, the successively generated stimulation invoking an apparent movement that appears to the driver as if the skin sensation moves in a way indicative of a direction according to the direction information, wherein: the stimulator device successively generates the stimulation at a group of sites arranged in a line in a radial direction of the steering wheel, the group of sites being included in the plurality of sites, the radial direction being a direction from an inner peripheral side to an outer peripheral side of the steering wheel.