Facility searching device, program, navigation device, and facility searching method
First Claim
1. A facility searching device comprising:
- a database related to map information;
a facility database related to various genres of facilities, the database including positional information of each of the genres of facilities;
a display unit adapted to display a map for a predetermined area on the basis of the map information;
a pointing device for implementing a positional input on a displayed map;
a voice input unit adapted to implement voice input;
a determination unit adapted to determine whether or not a word inputted by the voice input unit falls under a genre name indicating a genre to which any facility in the facility database belongs;
a determination unit adapted to determine whether or not an input of a plurality of positions indicating a certain road on the map has been made as the positional input; and
a search unit adapted to respond if it has been determined within a predetermined time that a word inputted by the voice input unit falls under the genre name and that an input of a plurality of positions has been made as the position input, to implement a search for facilities which belong to the genre and which exist along the road or within a predetermined distance from the road,wherein the input of a plurality of positions is an operation for moving a point position by the pointing device which pointing on the map, andwherein it is determined that an input of a plurality of positions has been made as the position input, if the plurality of positions are within a predetermined distance from the road.
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Abstract
A facility searching technique easier to operate and having high degree of freedom. A facility searching device is constructed from a database on map information, a database relating to various kinds of facilities and including positional information of the facilities, a display unit for displaying, based on the map information, a map of a predetermined area, a pointing device for inputting a position located on the displayed map, a voice input unit for inputting by voice an instruction relating to search for facilities, and unit (25, 29, 30, 31) for performing the search for facilities upon receiving the input of a position or the input of an instruction (steps 21-22, 24, 26, 27, 28), the search being based on the inputted position and the instruction.
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31 Claims
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1. A facility searching device comprising:
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a database related to map information; a facility database related to various genres of facilities, the database including positional information of each of the genres of facilities; a display unit adapted to display a map for a predetermined area on the basis of the map information; a pointing device for implementing a positional input on a displayed map; a voice input unit adapted to implement voice input; a determination unit adapted to determine whether or not a word inputted by the voice input unit falls under a genre name indicating a genre to which any facility in the facility database belongs; a determination unit adapted to determine whether or not an input of a plurality of positions indicating a certain road on the map has been made as the positional input; and a search unit adapted to respond if it has been determined within a predetermined time that a word inputted by the voice input unit falls under the genre name and that an input of a plurality of positions has been made as the position input, to implement a search for facilities which belong to the genre and which exist along the road or within a predetermined distance from the road, wherein the input of a plurality of positions is an operation for moving a point position by the pointing device which pointing on the map, and wherein it is determined that an input of a plurality of positions has been made as the position input, if the plurality of positions are within a predetermined distance from the road. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A facility searching method to be performed by a computer having a map database for map information and a facility database including positional information of each of various genres of facilities, the facility searching method comprising the steps of:
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displaying on a display unit a map for a predetermined area on the basis of the map database; accepting an input for positions on the displayed map via a pointing device; accepting an input by voice; determining firstly whether or not a word inputted by the voice input unit falls under a genre name indicating a genre to which any facility in the facility database belongs; determining secondly whether or not an input of a plurality of positions indicating a certain road on the map has been made as the positional input; and searching facilities which belong to a genre and which exist along the road or within a predetermined distance from the road, in response to that it has been determined within a predetermined time that, a word inputted by the voice input unit falls under the genre name and that an input of a plurality of positions has been made as the positional input, wherein the input of a plurality of position is an operation for moving a point position by the pointing device which pointing on the map, and wherein if the plurality of positions are within a predetermined distance from the road, it is determined that an input of a plurality of positions has been made as the positional input.
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22. A facility searching device comprising:
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a search unit configured to determine whether an input, which is input through a touch panel, on a displayed map is an encircling operation indicating an operation to encircle an area in the displayed map or a tracing operation indicating an operation to trace a road in the displayed map, search a facility that exists within the area if it is determined that the input is the encircling operation, and search a facility that exists along the road or within a first predetermined distance from the road if it is determined that the input is the tracing operation indicating the operation to trace the road, wherein the search unit is configured to determine whether the input is the tracing operation indicating an operation to trace a plurality of roads intersecting or connected with each other in the displayed map, and, if it is determined that the input is the tracing operation indicating the operation to trace the plurality of roads intersecting or connected with each other in the displayed map, search a facility that exists along the plurality of roads or exists within a first predetermined distance from the plurality of roads, and the search unit is configured to determine an input of a plurality of positions is the tracing operation when the plurality of positions exist within a second predetermined distance from the road. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31)
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29. A facility searching method comprising:
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determining whether an input, which is input through a touch panel, on a displayed map is an encircling operation indicating an operation to encircle an area in the displayed map or a tracing operation indicating an operation to trace a road in the displayed map; searching a facility that exists within the area if it is determined that the input is the encircling operation and searching a facility that exists along the road or within a predetermined distance from the road if it is determined that the input is the tracing operation indicating the operation to trace the road, wherein the determining determines whether the input is the tracing operation indicating an operation to trace a plurality of roads intersecting or connected with each other in the displayed map, the determining determines that an input of a plurality of positions is the tracing operation when the plurality of positions exist within a second predetermined distance from the road, and a facility is searched that exists along the plurality of roads or exists within a predetermined distance from the plurality of roads if it is determined that the input is the tracing operation indicating the operation to trace the plurality of roads intersecting or connected with each other in the displayed map.
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30. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program instructions for searching a facility, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:
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determining whether an input, which is input through a touch panel, on a displayed map is an encircling operation indicating an operation to encircle an area in the displayed map or a tracing operation indicating an operation to trace a road in the displayed map, wherein the determining determines whether the input is the tracing operation indicating an operation to trace a plurality of roads intersecting or connected with each other in the displayed map, and the determining determines that an input of a plurality of positions is the tracing operation when the plurality of positions exist within a second predetermined distance from the road, and searching a facility that exists within the area if it is determined that the input is the encircling operation and searching a facility that exists along the road or within a predetermined distance from the road if it is determined that the input is the tracing operation indicating the operation to trace the road, wherein the searching searches a facility that exists along the plurality of roads or exists within a predetermined distance from the plurality of roads if it is determined that the input is the tracing operation indicating the operation to trace the plurality of roads intersecting or connected with each other in the displayed map.
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