Information providing device, vehicle, and method of providing information

A vehicle comprising a information providing device,

• wherein the information providing device comprises:
• one or more processors that execute computer-executable instructions stored on a memory, wherein execution of the computer-executable instructions by the one or more processors cause the information providing device to:
• acquire information concerning a position of a user's own vehicle;
• determine whether or not a visiting experience of a driver with respect to a region located on a travel route of the user's own vehicle is less than an experience threshold value, or alternatively, whether or not a visiting interval of the driver with respect to the region located on the travel route of the user's own vehicle is greater than or equal to an interval threshold value;
• acquire regional information defined by information concerning the region located on the travel route of the user's own vehicle;
• and
• provide the acquired regional information in accordance with the position of the user's own vehicle, in a case it is determined that the visiting experience of the driver is less than the experience threshold value, or in a case it is determined that the visiting interval of the driver is greater than or equal to the interval threshold value.

A method of providing information, comprising:

• acquiring information concerning a position of a user's own vehicle;
• determining whether or not a visiting experience of a driver with respect to a region located on a travel route of the user's own vehicle is less than an experience threshold value, or alternatively, whether or not a visiting interval of the driver with respect to the region located on the travel route of the user's own vehicle is greater than or equal to an interval threshold value;
• acquiring regional information defined by information concerning the region located on the travel route of the user's own vehicle;
• and
• providing the regional information acquired in the acquiring of the regional information, in accordance with the position of the user's own vehicle, in a case it is determined, in the determining, that the visiting experience of the driver is less than the experience threshold value, or in a case it is determined, in the determining, that the visiting interval of the driver is greater than or equal to the interval threshold value.