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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2008
Makiko Tauchi, Kariya, JP;
Hirofumi Kiyohara, Anjo, JP;
Yuuji Matsumoto, Chiryu, JP;
Tetsuya Enokizaka, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Tsukahara, Musashimurayama, JP;
Osamu Masutani, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuo Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Makiko Tauchi, Kariya, JP;
Hirofumi Kiyohara, Anjo, JP;
Yuuji Matsumoto, Chiryu, JP;
Tetsuya Enokizaka, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Tsukahara, Musashimurayama, JP;
Osamu Masutani, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuo Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An information provision apparatus of the present invention includes a stop detector to detect a stop of a vehicle; a display unit to display various information; and a control unit to control the display unit to display a plurality of display contents in a manner that two successive contents of information differ with each other while the vehicle is standing at the temporal stop. When the vehicle is caught in a traffic congestion to stop temporarily, the driver of the vehicle is entertained by plural contents of the information appearing on the display unit for his/her diversion.