Patent ID: 8903650

Claim:
A navigation device for giving route guidance to a set destination comprising: a current location identifying unit configured to identify a current location; an icon display unit configured to display, on the basis of data regarding predetermined display objects located on a predetermined road ahead of the current location identified by the current location identifying unit, icons representing the display objects in a predetermined elongated display area of a display unit in a linear fashion along a length direction of the display area preferentially in order of proximity to the current location; and a predefined distance display unit configured to display an image indicating the predefined distance at a position corresponding to the predefined distance from the identified current location in the display area when the icons are displayed by the icon display unit, wherein the icon display unit stationarily displays the icons representing display objects located farther than the predefined distance from the current location in a region of the display area corresponding to a road range outside the predefined distance until one of the display objects closest to the current location moves to within the predefined distance in accordance with the movement of the current location, and wherein the icon display unit movably displays an icon representing a display object located within the predefined distance from the identified current location in a region of the display area corresponding to a road range within the predefined distance so that the icon moves towards the current location in accordance with the movement of the current location.