A car navigation device using a forward real video and a control method
thereof are disclosed. The car navigation device using a forward real
video along the travel direction of a vehicle, comprises a camera that
photographs the forward real video and outputs the photographed video on
a screen, a GPS receiver that receives current position information of
the vehicle from a satellite, and a navigation main module that receives
the current position information of the vehicle from the GPS receiver,
obtains more accurate current position information through calibration
using a speed sensor and a gyro, extracts TBT information based on the
obtained accurate current position information and user's set destination
point information by a general method, and overlays the TBT information
on the screen containing the forward real video along the direction of a
destination point.