Patent ID: 8818605

Claim:
A method for providing navigation information comprising: recognizing, by a navigation information providing device, a driver's situation information and a vehicle's traveling status information; setting a rule including the form and time of the navigation information for each driver's situation information and vehicle's traveling status information; searching navigation information that corresponds to the driver's situation information and the vehicle's traveling status information; determining a form and a time for providing the navigation information to the driver; and providing the navigation information to the driver according to the determined form and time, wherein the navigation information includes destination information for providing routing guidance to the driver, and global positioning system (GPS) information of the current position, and the determining includes determining a form and a time for providing the navigation information to the driver corresponding to the rule, the form of the navigation information is at least one of auditory information, visual information, tactile information, and olfactory information, and output levels of the navigation information vary based on the driver's situation information and the vehicle's traveling status information.