Patent ID: 8185267

Claim:
An apparatus configured to display at least a map relating to geographic navigation of a user, said map based on a detected current position of the user, and video content from a plurality of sources, comprising: a display configured to switch, when displaying said map relating to said geographic navigation of the user, said map based on the detected current position of the user, the display of said map to a display of video content, when a source operator for switching said sources is operated; to sequentially and cyclically switch, when displaying said video content, between playback target sources of said plurality of sources, when said source operator is operated; to switch, when displaying said video content, the display of said video content to the display of said map, when a map operator for instructing displaying of said map is operated; and to switch, when displaying said map, the display of said map to the display of said video content, when said map operator is operated, wherein a first display bar is displayed on the display and includes information about said map and a second display bar is displayed on the display and includes video control information that is used to control said video content, and the first display bar and the second display bar are displayed along an entire lower edge and an upper edge of the display, respectively or the first display bar and the second display bar are displayed along the entire upper edge and the lower edge of the display, respectively; a setting unit configured to set one of a plurality of sizes of a region for displaying said map or one of a plurality of sizes of a region for displaying said video content in a dual screen display, and to accept a size from said plurality of sizes of the region for displaying said video content for each of said sources; and a recording unit configured to record, whether or not an immediately preceding display was said dual screen display, and the immediately preceding display screen for each of said sources, wherein the display is configured to form said dual screen display based on a setting corresponding to each source.