Patent ID: 7552010
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A car navigation system comprising: a car navigation device having GPS function that makes the device recognize a current position thereof and displays, in response to setting of a destination, a map indicating the current position to guide a driver to the destination; and an image taking device that, upon image taking operation, records image data of a subject in an image file in a recording medium, the image file including the image data and header information, wherein the image taking device has GPS function that makes the device recognize a current position thereof and generates GPS data representing the current position, generates GPS data at the time of image taking operation and records the GPS data in the header information of the image file at the time of recording the image file in the recording medium, the car navigation device further comprising: a media drive detachably loaded with the recording medium where the GPS data is recorded in association with the image data, the media drive reading the GPS data and the image data from the recording medium; a display control section that displays a list of thumbnail images based on the image data read by the media drive; and a destination setting section that sets a position as a destination, in response to selection of a certain thumbnail image from the displayed list of thumbnail images according to a predetermined operation, the position represented by the GPS data corresponding to the selected thumbnail image.