Patent ID: 8825380

Claim:
A navigation apparatus comprising: a current position detector that detects a current position; an input unit; a search condition setting unit that sets up search conditions which include one of a fastest route, a shortest route and an easy route; a route searching unit that performs both a route search with car pool lanes being made usable between the current position detected by said current position detector and a destination entered using said input unit, and a route search with car pool lanes being made unusable, according to one of the search conditions set up by said search condition setting unit and according to a one-time instruction to perform a route search which is entered using said input unit; a storage that stores route data on routes acquired through the route searches by said route searching unit, said route data comprising a first route which uses a car pool lane and a second route which does not use any car pool lane; a display configured to display a selected one of said first and second routes; and a controller that performs guidance along the selected route when a vehicle starts traveling along the selected route and, when an instruction is inputted to the input unit, causes said display to switch from displaying said selected route to displaying the other route of said first and second routes and performs guidance about said other route.