Patent ID: 8655585

Claim:
A navigation apparatus comprising: a vehicle position detector configured to detect a current position of a vehicle in which the navigation apparatus is mounted; a route searching unit configured to search for a route using a car pool lane or a route not using the car pool lane with respect to a distance between the current position of the vehicle and a destination of the vehicle; a memory configured to store the route using the car pool lane or the route not using the car pool lane searched by the route searching unit; a display configured to display a route guidance screen, the route guidance screen including the simultaneous display of either the route using the car pool lane or the route not using the car pool lane, and a user interface element recognizing a user operation indicating switching between the display of the route using the car pool lane and the display of the route not using the car pool lane, where the user interface element is continuously displayed on the route guidance screen during route guidance; an input unit configured to input a command corresponding to a user operation on the user interface element in the route guidance screen displayed by the display; and a controller configured to switch from said route using the car pool lane displayed in the route guidance screen, to the route not using the car pool lane having been stored in the memory or vice versa in accordance with the command inputted by said input unit.