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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2008
Atsushi Kohno, Tokyo, JP;
Reiko Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Matsutani, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an on-vehicle information providing device including an input devicefor inputting information corresponding to operation, on-vehicle information equipmentfor executing processing corresponding to the information input, an active safety systemfor monitoring surrounding conditions of the vehicle and generating caution information, a liquid crystal display devicefor displaying a processing result of the on-vehicle information equipment, and a head-up display (HUD)for displaying the information delivered from the on-vehicle information equipment or from active safety system, the on-vehicle information equipment sends, if any display interrupt request is made from the active safety system during execution of the display processing onto the HUD, a display switching control request to the HUD by suspending the display processing, and the HUD switches from a state of displaying the information from the on-vehicle information equipment to a state of displaying the information from the active safety system in response to the display switching control request from the on-vehicle information equipment.