Abstract: An airbag device includes a seat frame that forms a skeleton of a vehicle seat on which an occupant of a vehicle sits; an airbag that is disposed on a backrest portion that supports a back of the occupant in the vehicle seat and that is deployed by supply of gas; and a gas generator that is disposed at a seating surface portion that supports buttocks of the occupant in the vehicle seat and that generates gas to be supplied to the airbag; where a part that is a portion of the seat frame and includes at least a portion of a back frame forming a skeleton of the backrest portion, is formed as a flow tube that connects to the airbag to supply gas generated by the gas generator to the airbag.

Abstract: An image data update apparatus that can highlight a component with maintaining an appearance of an image to which anti-aliasing is applied and with suppressing increase in processing load is provided. When periodically changing a color arrangement of a traffic congestion line bordered using a color of black and displayed on a map image, only a central portion of the traffic congestion line is changed. Each time the color arrangement is changed, anti-aliasing is applied only to a boundary between the central portion and bordering portion but not to a boundary with a background map image.

Abstract: An image data update apparatus that can highlight a component with maintaining an appearance of an image to which anti-aliasing is applied and with suppressing increase in processing load is provided. When periodically changing a color arrangement of a traffic congestion line bordered using a color of black and displayed on a map image, only a central portion of the traffic congestion line is changed. Each time the color arrangement is changed, anti-aliasing is applied only to a boundary between the central portion and bordering portion but not to a boundary with a background map image.

Abstract: A car navigation system changes from a normal guidance mode to a simplifying guidance mode when determining that part or all of sections in a guidance route is familiar or specific to an occupant. The simplifying guidance mode provides no audio guidance or simplified audio guidance with respect to route-related information compared to the normal guidance mode, while traffic-related information is provided using the same audio guidance as in the normal guidance mode.

Abstract: In a map display device, a photographic map can be displayed in different modes. When it is determined that the photographic map is displayed in a combined map mode, a road line is displayed on a road of the photographic map at a display scale equal to or smaller than 100 m scales. At a scale larger than 100 m scales, information items that provide road information other than the road line are displayed on the photographic map. Since the road line is not displayed on the photographic map, the information items other than the road line are easily recognized.

Abstract: A navigation system includes a congestion information acquisition function, a congestion determination function, a speed determination function, a calculation function, and a display function for navigating a vehicle. The navigation system uses these functions for determination of traffic congestion on a road and for calculation of an alternative route to a destination.

Abstract: A car navigation system changes from a normal guidance mode to a simplifying guidance mode when determining that part or all of sections in a guidance route is familiar or specific to an occupant. The simplifying guidance mode provides no audio guidance or simplified audio guidance with respect to route-related information compared to the normal guidance mode, while traffic-related information is provided using the same audio guidance as in the normal guidance mode.

Abstract: In a map display device, a photographic map can be displayed in different modes. When it is determined that the photographic map is displayed in a combined map mode, a road line is displayed on a road of the photographic map at a display scale equal to or smaller than 100 m scales. At a scale larger than 100 m scales, information items that provide road information other than the road line are displayed on the photographic map. Since the road line is not displayed on the photographic map, the information items other than the road line are easily recognized.