Patent ID: 8315803

Claim:
A vehicle navigation system including a display device having a display panel, the display device configured to be movable so that a part of the display panel is capable of being housed, the vehicle navigation system configured to search a route from a starting point to a destination and perform a route guidance of the route by displaying a navigation screen on the display panel, the vehicle navigation system comprising: a voice output device configured to perform the route guidance with a voice output; a navigation screen determining portion configured to determine whether the route guidance is being performed by displaying the navigation screen on the display panel when the part of the display panel is housed; a voice guidance control portion configured to control the voice output device so that the voice output device performs the route guidance with the voice output when the navigation screen determining portion determines that the route guidance is being performed by displaying the navigation screen on the display panel; and a first operation input portion configured to receive an operation input of whether performing the route guidance with the voice output, wherein: when the first operation input portion receive an operation input for performing the route guidance with the voice output, the voice output device performs the route guidance with the voice output, and when the first operation input portion receives an operation input for not performing the route guidance with the voice output, the voice output device stops the route guidance with the voice output; and when the navigation screen determining portion determines that the route guidance is being performed by displaying the navigation screen on the display panel, the voice guidance control portion determines whether the route guidance with the voice output is being performed, and when the voice guidance control portion determines that the route guidance with the voice output is not being performed, the voice guidance control portion controls the voice output device so that the voice output device starts the route guidance with the voice output.