Patent ID: 7937218
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A navigation apparatus comprising: a map information database that stores information of a map; a route setting unit that sets a guidance route to a destination; a display unit that displays an image; a position detector that detects a current position of a vehicle; and a control unit that controls a display of a guidance image for providing for an occupant of the vehicle the guidance route based on the current position of the vehicle detected by the position detector and information stored in the map information database, wherein the map information database stores information on at least one of a travelable road from a branch point and a connected road that lies beyond the travelable road as road information relevant to each of travelable roads from the branch point as well as road information associated to the branch point in the map, and when, in a case where the vehicle travels toward an approaching branch point in the guidance route,