Patent ID: 7996151

Claim:
A map information display control device, comprising: an acquirer which acquires traffic information; a display that displays information; a display controller that displays the traffic information on the display together with map information; and a timer that counts an elapsed time from a time at which the traffic information is acquired to a current time; wherein the traffic information includes congestion-related information comprising: a display component that represents a position of a traffic jam; a display component that represents a congestion level; and a display component that represents a temporal change after receiving the traffic information, and when the elapsed time exceeds a first predetermined time period, the display controller displays the display component that represents the temporal change in a first format different from a previous format of the display component that represents the temporal change before the elapsed time exceeds the first predetermined time period while keeping a display format of the display component that represents the position of the traffic jam and the display component that represents the congestion level.