Patent ID: 8301365
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: B60L,G01C,G08G,G09B,Y02T,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A navigation device comprising: a display unit for displaying a detected location of a vehicle and stored geographical map information; a storage unit for storing location information of a charging facility having a solar cell to charge a power storage mechanism mounted on the vehicle using electric power generated through solar light energy; and a control unit for controlling said display unit to present information about said charging facility on said display unit, wherein said control unit causes said display unit to present thereon, in association with a location of said charging facility, information about a charging performance in said charging facility attained based on an amount of electric power generated by said solar cell, and the information about said charging performance includes information about an amount of charging electric power per unit time and information about a distance in which the vehicle is capable of traveling using the amount of charging electric power per unit time.