Patent Document ID: 20100100846
Application ID: 12588228
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A navigation apparatus (i) mountable to a movable body, (ii) configured to cause a display device to display a map image on a display screen, the map image covering an area around a focus spot, and (iii) configured to scroll the map image to change the area covered by the map image in response to movement of the focus spot, the navigation apparatus comprising: a selection item image display section that causes the display device to display a selection item image on the display screen to receive a predetermined command execution instruction from a user, the selection item image including: an on-map selection item image that is superimposed on the map image and is scrollable together with the map image; and a fixed selection item image that is fixedly displayed on the display screen so as be arranged on the map image or in a periphery of the map image; a remote control device that includes: a manipulation member that is movable in response to user's manipulation of the manipulation member, the manipulation of the manipulation member causing a remote control operation to point to a position on the display screen remotely from the display screen; and a force generator that is configured to apply a force to the manipulation member against the manipulation of the manipulation member; and a force setting section that sets content of the force to be applied to the manipulation member by the force generator, based on an arrangement of the selection item image on the display screen, such that the force includes a first force, which causes the pointed position to be attracted toward a position of the fixed selection item image on the display screen when the pointed position is located around the fixed selection item image, while the first force does not cause the pointed position to be attracted toward a position of the on-map selection item image on the display screen.