Abstract
This paper presents an In-Vehicle Information System, AVICS in development. With AVICS, the driver could get the various information on traffic, news, weather, restaurants, and so on, which are provided via mobile telecommunication network by the AVICS information center. The driver request the information to operator in center by voice with hands free system or by handling the menu offered in the form of web-page. The In-vehicle unit for AVICS is designed to interface with wireless network with a built-in RF MODEM, control NAVI system, and display the information on the LCD monitor of AV system. The Internet browser is customized to parse specific HTML tags, application software is realized on 32-bit RISC processor. In this paper, we will overview the concept of AVICS and focus on development of in-vehicle unit of AVICS