Patent ID: 8175804
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A navigation apparatus comprising: a recording device configured to record a navigation program and user information about a user, the navigation program recorded in the recording device including destination region information about a destination region and version information about a version; a reading device configured to read a navigation program stored in a portable storage medium, the navigation program stored in the portable storage medium including destination region about destination region and version information about a version; and a control circuit configured to execute a navigation function by reading and executing the navigation program recorded in the recording device, and to execute a program recording process and a backing up process, the program recording process and the backing up process being allowed to be performed in parallel, the program recording process reading the navigation program stored in the portable storage medium via the reading device and recording the read navigation program in the recording device, the backing up process backing up the user information recorded in the recording device, the control circuit further comprising: