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Abstract

Provided is a vehicle-use information providing device which has an improved human-machine interface and, by having a configuration for carrying out provision of information taking into account the level of available attention of a user while driving, is capable of providing suitable amounts of information when various types of information from an external device are to be provided to the user of the vehicle via a vehicle mounted device. The vehicle-use information providing device is provided with: a vehicle mounted device comprising a first notification means for notifying a user of various states of the vehicle, and a first control means for activating the first notification means; and an external device that is connected to the vehicle mounted device via a connection means and comprises a second control means for outputting information from outside the vehicle to the first control means. The first control means has a function which determines whether the user is to be notified of information from outside the vehicle according to the level of available attention of the user while driving, and upon determining that the level of available attention of the user while driving is low, activates the first notification means only after the level of available attention of the user while driving becomes high.

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First Claim