Patent ID: 8892361

Claim:
A route calculation apparatus comprising: a route search section that searches for and calculates an optimal route from a departure point to a destination using a public transportation and a vehicle other than a public vehicle that belongs to the public transportation; and a terminal determination section that determines a display terminal of the optimal route calculated by the route search section, the terminal determination section determining whether the display terminal is an in-vehicle terminal, which is non-portable from the vehicle, or a mobile terminal, which is portable from the vehicle, the in-vehicle terminal being separate from the mobile terminal, the route search section being further configured to calculate, from a specific departure point to a specific destination, (i) an optimal route for the in-vehicle terminal in a case where the terminal determination section determines that the display terminal of the optimal route is the in-vehicle terminal, and (ii) an optimal route for the mobile terminal in a case where the terminal determination section determines that the display terminal of the optimal route is the mobile terminal, the route search section is configured to separately calculate the optimal route for the in-vehicle terminal and the optimal route for the mobile terminal so that the optimal routes can be different when (i) the specific departure point of the optimal route for the in-vehicle terminal is equal to the specific departure point of the optimal route for the mobile terminal and (ii) the specific destination of the optimal route for the in-vehicle terminal is equal to the specific destination of the optimal route for the mobile terminal.