Information inputting apparatus, information providing apparatus, and information providing system provided with these apparatuses

An information providing apparatus comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• collect information pieces supplied from plural vehicles,
• provide various information pieces related to the information pieces collected by the circuitry to at least an occupant of each of the vehicles,
• collect intention information, which is inputted by the occupant and indicates at least an opinion or feeling of approval of a condition involved with the occupant aboard the vehicle in a real space, which includes at least one of a surrounding condition, a road condition, a driving condition of the vehicle, and a health condition of the occupant, when the occupant approves the condition, and an opinion or feeling of rejection of the condition when the occupant rejects the condition, from the plural vehicles,
• determine a reason why the occupant had the opinion or feeling of approval or of rejection of the condition, and
• when the circuitry is unable to determine the reason, provide feedback information to prompt the occupant to clarify the reason why the occupant had the opinion or feeling of approval or of rejection of the condition.

An information providing system comprising:

• an information inputting apparatus including an input unit provided in a compartment of a vehicle and operated by an occupant of the vehicle;
• and
• an information providing apparatus including circuitry configured to collect information pieces supplied from plural vehicles including the information inputting apparatus, and to provide various information pieces related to the collected information pieces to at least an occupant of each of the vehicles, wherein
• the input unit in the information inputting apparatus is used by the occupant to input intention information indicating at least an opinion or feeling of approval of a condition involved with the occupant aboard the vehicle in a real space, which includes at least one of a surrounding condition, a road condition, a driving condition of the vehicle, and a health condition of the occupant, when the occupant approves the condition, and an opinion or feeling of rejection of the condition when the occupant rejects the condition,
• the circuitry in the information providing apparatus is configured to collect intention information, which is inputted via the input unit in the information inputting apparatus, from the plural vehicles, and
• the circuitry in the information providing apparatus is configured to:
• accumulate plural intention information pieces collected from the plural vehicles by the circuitry so as to be retrievable,
• supplement a reason why the intention information collected by the circuitry is supplied from the vehicle, and
• when the circuitry is unable to determine the reason, provide feedback information to prompt the occupant to clarify a reason why the occupant had the opinion or feeling of approval or of rejection of the condition.