Patent ID: 7602315
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A navigation apparatus comprising: an input unit for allowing a user to select one of a drive guide mode for realization of a drive guide function, a picture frame mode for realization of a picture frame function and a combination mode for simultaneous realization of the guide function and the picture frame function; a map data storage for storing map data for use in the drive guide mode; a picture frame image storage for storing one or more images; a mode-based setting storage for storing mode-based settings required in operating the navigation apparatus in the drive guide mode, the picture frame mode or the combination mode; and a control unit for, based on the mode-based settings stored through the input unit, providing drive guide information by using the map data in the drive guide mode, providing a picture frame image by using the images in the picture frame mode and providing the picture frame image and the drive guide information in the combination mode, the drive guide information being displayed over the picture frame image.