Patent ID: 7733244
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A navigation apparatus for providing a navigation route toward a destination for a vehicle comprising: a camera for capturing an image of a front view of the vehicle; a monitor for displaying the image of the front view of the vehicle; a position detector for detecting a current position of the vehicle; a direction sensor for sensing an imaging direction of the camera; a destination position setting unit for specifying a destination image section in correspondence to the destination in the image of the front view captured by the camera, wherein the camera aims in the imaging direction sensed by the direction sensor; a processing unit for processing the image of the front view for viewing on the monitor to add a graphic effect indicative of the destination position to the image of the front view; a map guidance unit for displaying on the monitor a map image that represents the current position on a map around the current position in association to the navigation route; and a closeness detection unit for detecting closeness from the current position to the destination, wherein the processing unit switches the map image displayed by the map guidance on the monitor to the image of the front view being processed by the processing unit when the closeness detected by the closeness detection unit meets a certain criterion that determines that the vehicle is close to the destination.