Denso Corporation

Nippon Soken, Inc.

Minoru Terada

Mitsuyasu Matsuura

Toshihiro Hattori

Michihiro Matsuura

Hirotane Ikeda

Hideyuki Morita

Shougo Kameyama

A portable information terminal stores first function list information indicating the contents of functions installed on a first vehicle. When a user carrying the terminal gets in a second vehicle before driving, the second vehicle acquires the first function list information from the terminal. The second vehicle compares the acquired first function list information with second function list information indicating the contents of functions installed on the second vehicle. The second vehicle acquires a functional difference between itself and the first vehicle and notifies the user of the difference.

User assistance system for vehicle

A vehicle information notification device for notifying vehicle information to a driver of a vehicle with a notification element, the device includes: a first-ride determination element for determining whether it is a first ride of the vehicle for the driver; and a controller for notifying the vehicle information via the notification element when the first-ride determination element determines that it is the first ride. By using the above device, the vehicle information is notified to the driver when the driver rides on the vehicle for the first time. Thus, anxiety of the driver is reduced.

Vehicle information notification device

Growing community of inventors

Takahama, Japan

Minoru Terada