TRAFFIC INFORMATION OFFERING DEVICE

PURPOSE:To quickly obtain unscheduled information such as a sudden event, etc., at a low in addition to information by selection of a pattern stored in advance by providing a data receiving means, a character code discriminating means, a character code dot data converting means, a display pattern converting means and a display means. CONSTITUTION:By a character code discriminating means 22, whether received data is a character code or a pattern number is discriminated, and in the case of the character code, it is converted to dot data by a character code dot data converting means 23 and displayed, and in the case of the pattern number, it is converted to a display pattern by a display pattern converting means 24 and displayed. In such a way, by displaying one of characters sent from the inside and the outside on a pattern selected by designation from the outside from in the patterns stored in advance, unscheduled information such as a sudden event, etc., can be obtained quickly and at a low cost in addition to information by selection of the pattern stored in advance.