Patent ID: 8370059
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A navigation apparatus comprising: a display unit that displays items of guidance information, the items of guidance information being respectively displayed in separate display spaces on a display screen of the display unit; a guidance information acquisition unit that obtains the guidance information; and a display control unit that displays the obtained guidance information on the display unit such that at least a portion of the items of guidance information displayed on a far side of the display screen farther from a user is enlarged relative to the items of guidance information displayed on a near side of the display screen nearer the user than the far side; and wherein the guidance information is prioritized with a predetermined priority, and the display control unit determines if an item of guidance information on the far side is partially or wholly off the display screen of the display unit and, if an item of guidance information is determined to be partially or wholly off the display screen, then the display control unit deletes display of at least one item of guidance information with a predetermined lowest priority from the far side of the display screen, so that all items of the guidance information of higher priority than the at least one item of guidance information appear in whole on the display screen.