Patent ID: 8855842

Claim:
A vehicular charging facility guidance device comprising: a route setting unit that sets a route from a departure point of a vehicle to a destination; a map display unit that displays a map on a display device; a route display unit that displays the route set by the route setting unit to be overlapped with the map displayed on the display device; a frame display unit that displays a frame to be overlapped with the route on the display device, the frame includes a reference position at a point on the route; a frame movement unit that moves the reference position of the frame displayed by the frame display unit along the route; a charging facility guidance unit that provides information on a charging facility located within an area delimited by the frame on the map; a remaining energy amount prediction unit that, in case that the vehicle travels the route, predicts a remaining energy amount of an in-vehicle battery at a point on the route, the in-vehicle battery supplying electric power to a drive source of the vehicle; and an energy amount size setting unit that sets a size of the frame, of which the reference position is allocated at the point on the route, based on the predicted remaining energy amount of the in-vehicle battery at the point.