Autonomous driving vehicle information presentation device

An autonomous driving vehicle information presentation device used for an autonomous driving vehicle that acquires external environment information including a preceding vehicle existing ahead in a traveling direction of an own vehicle and automatically performs at least one of speed control and steering control of the own vehicle based on the acquired external environment information, the autonomous driving vehicle information presentation device being configured to present information to a traffic participant existing around the own vehicle, the autonomous driving vehicle information presentation device comprising:

• a traffic congestion information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on traffic congestion ahead in the traveling direction of the own vehicle;
• a traveling lane identification unit configured to identify a lane where the own vehicle is currently located;
• a stop position prediction unit configured to acquire a traveling state including deceleration, slow traveling, and stop of the preceding vehicle based on the external environment information and the traffic congestion information, and to predict a stop position related to the preceding vehicle based on the acquired traveling state of the preceding vehicle;
• an action plan generation unit configured to generate an action plan of the own vehicle based on the stop position related to the preceding vehicle and the currently located lane;
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• an information presentation unit configured to present information including the generated action plan through using an external display device provided at a rear portion of a vehicle interior of the own vehicle at a position visible to an occupant of a following vehicle.