Patent ID: 8836537

Claim:
A notification apparatus for notifying a passenger in a vehicle of existence of a specific object disposed on a road, the apparatus comprising: an information obtaining device that obtains information about a plurality of specific objects, the information including positional information indicative of a position of each specific object and angle information indicative of a direction of each specific object; a candidate retrieving device that: sets an inclusive region including a driving schedule route of the vehicle, which is specified by map data; and retrieves one of the specific objects in the inclusive region as a notification object candidate, according to the positional information; a first eliminating device that eliminates the one of the specific objects from the notification object candidate according to the angle information when the one of the specific objects does not correspond to a driving direction of the vehicle; and a second eliminating device that eliminates the one of the specific objects from the notification object candidate according to the positional information when the one of the specific objects is not disposed on the driving schedule route.