Abstract: According to the present invention, on the basis of the detected surrounding situation the movement of object bodies in the surrounding area is predicted as a future situation in the surrounding area. Candidates of direction from which a moving direction to be shown to the user is determined are extracted on the basis of the predicted future situation in the surrounding area. The extracted candidates are evaluated for movement easiness of the user in the surrounding area on the basis of the predicted future situation in the surrounding area and the detected situation of the user. Then, the moving direction to be shown to the user is determined on the basis of the evaluation and the extracted candidates. A direction corresponding to the determined moving direction is shown to the user in front of the user.

Abstract: According to the present invention, on the basis of the detected surrounding situation the movement of object bodies in the surrounding area is predicted as a future situation in the surrounding area. Candidates of direction from which a moving direction to be shown to the user is determined are extracted on the basis of the predicted future situation in the surrounding area. The extracted candidates are evaluated for movement easiness of the user in the surrounding area on the basis of the predicted future situation in the surrounding area and the detected situation of the user. Then, the moving direction to be shown to the user is determined on the basis of the evaluation and the extracted candidates. A direction corresponding to the determined moving direction is shown to the user in front of the user.

Abstract: Map image display devices, methods, and programs display a map image in a map display are, and at a prescribed timing, change to a first display mode in which an auxiliary image different from the map image is displayed in a specific area that is part of the map display area, and a portion of the map image corresponding to a first target area is displayed in a part of the display area that excludes the specific area. In response to a prescribed user operation, the devices, methods, and programs read map data of a second target area adjacent to the first target area, and change to a second display mode in which the auxiliary image is removed from the specific area and the map image is expanded into the specific area based on the map data of the second target area.