JP3443064B2 - Search display system, search display method, and display data generation method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a search and display system, a search and display method, and a data display method, and more particularly to a technique for displaying search target data including a geographical attribute.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a technique for searching data stored in a storage device such as a store according to a user's input and displaying the search result on a display screen. In this case, the search results were often displayed in the form of a list. In addition, search results may be displayed on the map.

However, in the conventional search and display method,
There were the following problems. With the display in the list, it is difficult to intuitively grasp the geographical attribute (store location, etc.) of the search result. Also, when the search results are displayed on a map, it is possible to intuitively understand the geographical attributes, but it is difficult to intuitively understand attributes other than the geographical attributes, for example, information such as cheap products. Is.

The present invention solves the above problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a search display system or the like that allows a user to intuitively understand a plurality of attributes.

[0005]

(Operation and effect of the invention ) The search and display system according to claim 1.
In, a storage device that stores a plurality of search target data including a geographical attribute, an input device that inputs search input data, and a storage device that stores the data by performing a search based on the search input data input from the input device. The relevant data is extracted as the search result data from among the multiple search target data that are displayed, and the specified reference position is obtained by combining the geographical attributes of the extracted search result data and the degree of utility of the search result data. A control device that obtains a virtual positional relationship with a position of a search result based on a geographical attribute of the search result data, and generates display data for displaying the obtained virtual positional relationship as a virtual map, and a control device. A system provided with a display device for displaying a virtual map according to the generated display data, the predetermined standard
The direction from the position to the search result is determined by a predetermined standard on the virtual map.
Position and direction of search result, and from a predetermined reference position
Shows the distance to the search result and the degree of utility of the search result data.
The predetermined reference position on the virtual map
And a table for displaying a virtual map as the distance between search results
Characteristic data is generated.

Further, in the recording medium recording the program according to claim 10, the corresponding data is selected from a plurality of search target data stored in the storage device by performing a search based on the input search input data. As the search result data, and combining the geographical attribute of the extracted search result data and the degree of utility of the search result data, the predetermined reference position and the position of the search result based on the geographical attribute of the search result data. Is a process for obtaining data for displaying a virtual positional relationship with a virtual map on a display device as a virtual map, and calculating the azimuth from a predetermined reference position to the search result.
As the reference position above and the azimuth of the search result data,
The search result is the distance from the predetermined reference position to the search result.
Virtually increase or decrease using information that indicates the degree of utility of the data.
A virtual area that is the distance between a predetermined reference position on the map and the search result
Process to generate data for displaying diagram on display device
Is performed by a computer.

Therefore, not only the geographical attribute of the search result data but also the degree of utility can be reflected on the map. Therefore, it becomes easy to intuitively understand a plurality of attributes including geographical attributes. In addition, including the direction information
Intuitive understanding of geographical attributes as they are displayed on the diagram
It will be even easier.

In the search display system according to claim 2,
It is characterized in that the distance on the virtual map is determined by increasing or decreasing the distance information included in the geographical attribute of the search result data using information indicating the degree of utility of the search result data.

Therefore, the distance on the virtual map (virtual distance) is considerably shorter than the distance (actual distance, physical distance) on the distance information included in the geographical attribute when the degree of utility is large. When the utility is small, it does not become so short. Therefore, information that combines the actual distance and the degree of utility can be intuitively grasped on the map as a virtual distance.

[0010]

[0011]

In the search display system according to claim 2 ,
It is characterized by displaying a plurality of search result data on a virtual map.

Therefore, it becomes easy to intuitively compare a plurality of search result data. In addition, it becomes easy to intuitively understand the relationship between the plurality of search result data considering the degree of utility.

In the search and display system according to claim 3 , a plurality of search result data is displayed on the virtual map including a display of a route which satisfies the request contents of the search input data and obtains the maximum utility. Is characterized by.

Therefore, it becomes easy to intuitively understand the route that satisfies the requirements and obtains the maximum effect.

In the search display system according to claim 4 ,
It is characterized in that the degree of utility of search result data is displayed as a graph on a virtual map.

Therefore, it is easy to intuitively understand the search result by displaying the utility degree graph.

In the search display system according to claim 5 ,
The graph display is characterized in that the utility levels of a plurality of search result data can be compared with each other.

Therefore, when there are a plurality of search results, it becomes easy to compare the degree of utility of the plurality of search results with each other.

In the search display system according to claim 6 ,
The utility level of the search result data is a composite of the utility levels of multiple types of attributes.
It is characterized in that it is a graphical display that allows the respective degrees of utility to be compared with each other.

Therefore, by comparing the degree of utility of a plurality of types of attributes with each other by using a graph, it is possible to intuitively grasp which attribute has a large effect.

In the search display system according to claim 7 ,
For the products and services included in the search target data
A table that stores multiple search subject data including the degree of utility
With Le, control device, the search result data of handling products and support
Service attributes and products / services handling search-based data
For each search result data, the degree of utility against
The display device is characterized in that the contribution ratio of the utility of the search subject is calculated, and the display device displays the contribution ratio on the virtual map. The search display system according to claim 12 performs a search based on a storage device that stores a plurality of search target data including geographical attributes, an input device that inputs search input data, and search input data that is input from the input device. By extracting the relevant data as search result data from the plurality of search target data stored in the storage device, and combining the geographical attribute of the extracted search result data and the degree of utility of the search result data. A control for obtaining a virtual positional relationship between a predetermined reference position and the position of the search result based on the geographical attribute of the search result data, and generating display data for displaying the obtained virtual positional relationship as a virtual map. Device, a display device that displays a virtual map according to the display data generated by the control device, and the search target data.
Degree of utility for the products and services included in the data
And a table that stores a plurality of search subject data including a search result data,
Products / service attributes and products handled by search subject data
Search result data using the degree of utility for the service
The display device is characterized in that the contribution ratio of the utility of the search subject is calculated for each item, and the display device displays the contribution ratio on the virtual map.

Therefore, when there are a plurality of search subjects, it becomes easy to mutually compare the degree of utility of a plurality of search subjects.

[0024]

[0025]

[0026]

[0027]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a search / display system in which a plurality of search target data including a plurality of data items including a data item related to a geographical attribute and a data item related to a non-geographical attribute are stored and a search target data table. A storage device having a utility conversion table for expressing the degree of utility of a data item by a standardized numerical value,
According to the input device for inputting the search input data and the plurality of search target data stored in the search target data table according to the search input data input from the input device, the corresponding data is extracted as the search result data and extracted. The degree of utility for each data item of the search result data is standardized using the utility conversion table and then synthesized, and the degree of utility of the synthesized search result data and the geographical attribute of the extracted search result data are combined. A control device that calculates a virtual positional relationship between the predetermined reference position and the search result data thereby, and generates display data for displaying the calculated virtual positional relationship on the display device as a virtual map,
A system comprising a display device for displaying a virtual map according to display data generated by a control device,
The direction from the predetermined reference position to the search result is displayed on the virtual map.
The specified reference position and the direction of the search result data, and
The search result data is the distance from the fixed reference position to the search results.
On the virtual map by increasing or decreasing using the information showing the degree of utility of
The virtual map is used as the distance between the predetermined reference position and the search result.
Characterized by generating display data for display
It

Therefore, by standardizing the degree of utility of each data item of the extracted search result data using the utility conversion table and then synthesizing, the degree of utility of each data item having a different attribute can be determined. It can be grasped on one scale. Therefore, it becomes easy to intuitively understand a plurality of foreign attributes including geographical attributes. In addition, the direction information is displayed on the map.
This makes it easier to intuitively understand geographical attributes.
Become.

Further, by changing the conversion rate of each data item in the utility conversion table, the weight of each data item can be set arbitrarily. Therefore, the search purpose,
By setting the conversion rate according to the search subject etc.,
The optimum display can always be performed.

The data display method of the present invention uses two data.
The geographical attributes of the data and the suitability of the two data
The virtual position relationship between the two data
Displaying the physical relationship of feelings as a virtual map on a display device
Is characterized by.

Therefore, not only the geographical attribute but two
Understanding the positional relationship on the map considering the compatibility of the data
can do. Therefore, between the two data
Intuitively understand relationships between multiple attributes, including geographic attributes
It becomes easy to do.

In the data display method of the present invention,
Distance information included in geographical attributes and information about suitability
Calculate the distance of the two data on the virtual map using
Based on the distance on the issued virtual map, the two data
Is displayed on a virtual map.

[0034]

Therefore, the distance on the virtual map (virtual distance) is, for example, the distance on the distance information included in the geographical attribute (actual distance, physical distance) when the utility of the two data is high. It is much shorter than that, and not so much when the degree of utility is low. Therefore, information that combines the actual distance and the degree of utility in the two data can be intuitively grasped on the map as a virtual distance.

[0036]

1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of a search / display system 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The search display system 2 includes a storage device 4, an input device 6, a control device 8, and a display device 10.

The storage device 4 stores a plurality of search target data including geographical attributes. The input device 6 is a device for inputting search input data.

The control device 8 performs a search on the basis of the search input data input from the input device 6 to select corresponding data from the plurality of search target data stored in the storage device 4 as search result data. Extract.

The control device 8 then combines the geographical attribute of the extracted search result data and the degree of utility of the search result data to establish a virtual positional relationship between the predetermined reference position and the search result data. calculate.

The control device 8 further generates display data for displaying the calculated virtual positional relationship as a virtual map.

The display device 10 displays a virtual map according to the display data generated by the control device 8.

In this embodiment, the control device 8 increases or decreases the distance information included in the geographical attribute of the search result data by using the information indicating the degree of utility of the search result data to display on the virtual map. I try to determine the distance.

Further, the control device 8 determines the orientation on the virtual map by using the orientation information included in the geographical attribute of the search result data.

Further, the control device 8 can display a plurality of search result data on the virtual map. Further, a plurality of search result data is displayed on the virtual map, including a display of a route that satisfies the request content of the search input data and obtains the maximum utility.

FIG. 2 shows the search / display system 2 shown in FIG.
Shows a hardware configuration in the case where is realized by connecting a plurality of computers using the Internet. The system shown in FIG. 2 includes a server device 20 and a personal computer 30. The server device 20 and the personal computer 30 are connected via the Internet using, for example, a telephone line.

The server device 20 is a hard disk 25 which is a recording medium in which the main program of this system is recorded.
A hard disk drive (HDD) 24 having a CPU, and a CP for executing a program recorded in the hard disk 25
U22, a communication interface 26 for communicating with the personal computer 30 via the Internet.

The hard disk 25 stores data used for the above programs in the form of various tables described later.

The personal computer 30 is recorded in a hard disk drive (HDD) 42 and a hard disk 43, which are a keyboard 36 and a mouse 38 which are input devices, a CRT 34 which is a display device, a hard disk 43 which stores a display program of this system. A CPU 32 for executing a program, a communication interface 44 for communicating with the server device 20 via the Internet, and a floppy disk drive (FDD) 40 for reading / writing the floppy disk 41 are provided. The display data obtained via the communication interface 44 can be recorded in the hard disk 43 or a removable recording medium such as the floppy disk 41.

The input device 6 of FIG. 1 is the keyboard 3 of FIG.
6 and mouse 38. Display device 10 of FIG.
Corresponds to the CRT 34 in FIG. Storage device 4 of FIG.
Corresponds to the hard disk 25 in FIG. Also, FIG.
The control device 8 corresponds to the CPU 22 in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of processing when processing is performed using the present search and display system 2. 4 to 15 are drawings for explaining the processing. The search display process will be described with reference to FIGS.

When a conditional sentence for retrieval is input from the keyboard 36 of the personal computer 30 or the like, the conditional sentence is sent to the server device 20 via the Internet. As shown in FIG. 3, the CPU of the server device 20
22 takes in this (step S1).

It is assumed that the inputted conditional sentence is, for example, "I want to go to buy ingredients for sukiyaki on a bicycle."
The CPU 22 applies the target (for example, a store) from the inspection target data table according to the input conditional statement.
Extract the data. An example of the inspection target data table is shown in FIG. The inspection target data table is stored in the hard disk 25 of the server device 20.

A plurality of inspection target data are described in the inspection target data table. Each inspection target data is composed of a plurality of data items such as a name column, a location column, a handled product / service column, a price rank column, .... Of these, the location column corresponds to a data item related to geographical attributes. The other columns correspond to data items relating to non-geographical attributes.

Further, the hard disk 25 of the server device 20 stores address data of home and destination. Based on these address data, the actual distance (distance information) and direction (direction information) from the home to each destination are calculated. The calculation result is temporarily stored in the hard disk 25 or the like of the server device 20. This is expressed in the form of a table as shown in FIG. From the calculation result shown in the table of FIG. 5 and the above-mentioned inspection target table, for example, the distance and direction from the home to the movie theater can be known.

As described above, the CPU 22 analyzes the input conditional sentence by a predetermined method to extract the keyword, and the extracted keyword and the description content of each data item of the inspection target table shown in FIG. Matching is performed and corresponding data is extracted as search result data. This is the search process (step S2).

FIG. 6 is a table showing the extracted search result data. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the actual positional relationship (physical positional relationship) of the extracted search result data.

Next, the CPU 22 calculates a utility score (degree of utility) for each of the extracted search result data (step S3). The procedure for calculating the utility score will be described below.

FIG. 8A shows standardized numerical values (points) of the degree of utility of the attribute corresponding to each data item.
It is drawing which shows an example of the utility conversion table for expressing with. This table is also stored in the hard disk 25 of the server device 20 and is provided for each registered user. The registered user can arbitrarily set the points described in this table.

FIG. 8B is a table in which moving speeds for various moving means are stored for each place and each situation. For example, when traveling by bicycle, it can be seen that the vehicle can travel at 12 kilometers per hour regardless of the place or the situation.
This table is also the hard disk 2 of the server device 20.
It is stored in 5.

The CPU 22 determines that the means of transportation is a bicycle from the given conditional sentence "I want to go to buy ingredients for sukiyaki on a bicycle", and each search result data (see FIG. 6).
5, the travel time from home to each store shown in FIG. 6 is calculated using the table of FIG. 5 and the table of FIG. 8B. The calculated travel time is shown in FIG.

Next, the CPU 22 ranks the travel times from the calculated travel times by a predetermined method. The ranking of the travel time for each search result data (each store) is illustrated in FIG. As can be seen from FIG. 10, the shorter the travel time, the higher the rank (smaller number).
Has become.

Similarly, the CPU 22 ranks the product lineup of each search result data by a predetermined method. It can be seen from FIG. 10 that the store with a larger selection has a higher rank. In addition, the price rank of FIG. 6 is also described in FIG.

The CPU 22 then calculates a score for each attribute for each search result data from the ranking data shown in FIG. 10 and the table shown in FIG. 8A.
FIG. 11 shows the calculated scores for each attribute. For example, for a convenience store, the price score is "5", the travel time score is "15", and the assortment score is "-10".

The CPU 22 then sums the scores for each attribute for each search result data. For example,
For convenience stores, the total score is "1.
It is "0".

The higher the total score, the higher the degree of utility as a whole. As shown in FIG. 11, for example, a convenience store has a high score of travel time, but has a low score of price and assortment, and therefore has a low utility as a whole.

In this way, the processing shown in step S3 (utility score calculation processing) is executed.

Returning to FIG. 3, next, the CPU 22 determines the virtual position of each store extracted as the search result data based on the calculated utility score (step S).
4). The virtual position is specified by the distance (virtual distance) and the azimuth (virtual azimuth) on the virtual map.

In this embodiment, the virtual distance between each store and the home is calculated from the actual distance between each store and the home extracted as the search result data (see FIG. 7) in step S3.
It is expressed as a value obtained by subtracting the percentage corresponding to the total score calculated in.

For example, in the case of a convenience store,
Since the actual distance from the home is 1 km and the total score is “10 (percent)”, the virtual distance is 1 km × (1-0.1) = 0.9 km. The virtual distance between each store and the home calculated in this way is shown in a table format in FIG.

In this embodiment, the actual azimuth (see FIG. 5) itself is used as the virtual azimuth of each store relative to the home.

In this way, the virtual position of each store is determined. FIG. 13 illustrates the virtual positions of the home and each store extracted as the search result data. Comparing FIG. 13 showing the virtual position with FIG. 7 showing the actual position, for example, in the case of a supermarket with a high degree of utility (total score), the virtual distance from home is considerably shorter than the actual distance. I understand. On the other hand, for example, in the case of a convenience store having a low degree of utility (total score), it can be seen that the virtual distance from the home is not much different from the actual distance.

Next, the CPU 22 determines the optimum route (step S5). The method of determining the optimum route is not particularly limited, but for example, the route that satisfies the conditional statement “I want to go to buy ingredients for sukiyaki on a bicycle” and the traveling distance (virtual distance) on the virtual map is The shortest route is selected.

Next, the CPU 22 generates display data (step S6). The data structure of the display data is not particularly limited, but may be the data structure as shown in FIG. 14, for example. “Display content data” shown in the table of FIG. 14 is data defining the content drawn on the virtual map.

The "display position data" is data indicating a two-dimensional coordinate value on the virtual map on which each "display content data" is drawn. The "display position data" is calculated based on the virtual distance and virtual azimuth between the home and each store described above.

The display data generated in this way is
It is sent to the personal computer 30 via the Internet. On the personal computer 30 side, a virtual map is displayed on the CRT 34 using the sent display data. FIG. 15 shows an example of the virtual map displayed on the CRT 34.

As shown in FIG. 15, pictures and characters of the house and the store corresponding to the extracted search result data are drawn on the virtual map. Further, the optimum route for the conditional sentence "I want to go to buy ingredients for sukiyaki on a bicycle" is indicated by an arrow. The virtual map also displays the actual travel time on the optimal route and the products purchased at each store.

As described above, since the virtual map is drawn using the virtual distance reflecting the degree of utility as well as the actual geographical relationship between the home and each store which is the search result data, the geographical attributes are included. It becomes easy to comprehensively and intuitively understand a plurality of attributes (for example, the price rank and product lineup of products).

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing another example of the virtual map display method. In this example, the picture or character of the store corresponding to each extracted search result data is displayed in a size corresponding to the degree of utility (see FIG. 11, total score). This is convenient because the degree of utility of each search result data can be intuitively grasped.

FIG. 17 shows still another example of the display method. In this example, of the extracted search result data,
Only the stores corresponding to the search result data included in the optimum route are extracted and displayed. In addition, the display method in this example is intended to convey the traveling order of the optimum route. For this reason, the information corresponding to the distance and direction of the home and the store is omitted. However,
The actual travel time and the products purchased at each store are displayed.

Displaying in this way is convenient because it is possible to filter out information that is not so important and to know only the optimum route information in which the degree of utility is taken into consideration.

Note that, in these embodiments, FIG.
Step S1 corresponds to the input device 6 of FIG. Further, steps S2 to S6 correspond to the control device 8.

FIG. 18 shows still another example of the virtual map display method. In this example, the degree of utility of each search result data is displayed on a virtual map using a pie chart. That is, the size of the pie chart corresponding to each store is changed so that the utility levels of the plurality of extracted search result data can be compared with each other. Specifically, the diameter ratio of each pie chart is made equal to the ratio of the total score shown in FIG.

Further, in this example, the pie chart can compare the degree of utility of each attribute (price, travel time, product lineup) with each other. A specific method for creating a pie chart will be described later.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of processing in the example shown in FIG. FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining the processing. FIG. 21 is a rank / point conversion table described later. 18 to 2
The process will be described using 1.

Steps S1 to S in FIG.
The process of 15 is the same as the process described above (see FIG. 3), and thus its description is omitted.

When the optimum route determination process of step S15 is completed, the CPU 22 of the server device 20 calculates the size of the pie chart of each store corresponding to each search result data (step S16). As described above, the diameter ratio of the pie chart of each store is set to be equal to the ratio of the total score shown in FIG.

Next, the CPU 22 calculates the division ratio of the pie chart for each store (step S17). The pie chart represents the contribution ratio of the utility of each attribute in the store. That is, the circle is divided by the contribution ratio of the utility of each attribute. The division ratio of the pie chart is calculated as follows.

First, the rank of each store is converted into points for each attribute. The conversion between rank and points is performed using, for example, the rank / point conversion table shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the table is stored in the hard disk 25 of the server device 20.

The points of each store calculated for each attribute are shown in the table of FIG. For example, with regard to "price", which is one of the attributes, convenience stores have 1 point, supermarkets have 4 points, butchers have 5 points, greengrocers have 4 points, and department stores have 1 point. With respect to the other attributes “moving time” and “product lineup”, points of each store are calculated by the same method.

Next, the ratio of points of each attribute is calculated for each store. The calculated ratio is shown as a percentage in parentheses in the table of FIG. This percentage represents the contribution ratio of the utility of each attribute in the store. For example, the contribution rate of each attribute in the convenience store is 17% because the "price" contribution rate is 1 / (1 + 4 + 1), and the "travel time" contribution rate is 4 /.
66% because it is (1 + 4 + 1), "Assortment"
The contribution rate is 1 / (1 + 4 + 1), which is 17%. This percentage is the division ratio of the pie chart of each store. It should be noted that the table shown in FIG. 20 also shows numerical values indicating the size of the circle in the pie chart of each store.

Next, the CPU 22 generates display data based on the data shown in FIG. 20 (step S1).
8). The data structure of the display data is similar to the data structure shown in the table of FIG. However, "display content data"
Is data for displaying the pie chart.

Similar to the above-mentioned example, the display data thus generated is sent to the personal computer 30 via the Internet. The personal computer 30 side uses the display data sent to the CRT.
A virtual map is displayed at 34. FIG. 18 is an example of the virtual map displayed in this way.

By using a pie chart as shown in FIG. 18, the degree of utility of each store can be intuitively compared, and the contribution rate of utility of each attribute can be grasped for each store. Easy to do. Therefore, more information can be understood at a glance, which is convenient.

Next, FIG. 22B shows another display example using a pie chart. In this example, multiple search subjects (family)
The degree of utility between each other is displayed in a graph so that they can be compared with each other.

A search process is performed in accordance with a predetermined conditional sentence to select the corresponding store (a store, b store, c store), the degree of utility of each store is calculated, and the virtual position is calculated based on the calculation result. It is the same as the above-described display example shown in FIG. 18 until the size of the pie chart is calculated based on the degree of utility of each store after the determination, the optimum route is determined.

However, in the example of FIG. 22, the pie chart represents the contribution ratio (degree of preference) of the utility to each member (family) in the store. That is, the circle is divided by the contribution ratio of the utility to each member.

FIG. 22A is a table showing preferences (degree of utility) for shopping by each member. According to this table, it can be seen that, for example, "father" likes going to buy "liquor" most and "mother" likes shopping for "ingredients" most. Such a table is stored in the hard disk 25 of the server device 20 for each registered user.

The CPU 22 controls the "handled products
Information on "Services" (see Figure 4) and Figure 22A
The degree of preference of the member is obtained for each store from the table shown in. For example, if the b store is a store that obtains "alcohol" and "books", the "father" has a rank of 1 and the "elder brother" has a rank of 3 for the b store. In this way, the degree of preference of each member for the b store is obtained.

The CPU 22 converts the obtained degree of preference into points. The conversion is performed, for example, using the rank / point conversion table shown in FIG. For example, the favorite points for store b are "father" is "5" and "elder brother" is "3".

Next, for each store, the ratio of the favorite points of each member is represented by, for example, a percentage.
The calculated ratio represents the distribution of preferences of each member in the store. In the example shown in FIG. 22B, for example, shop b is a shop that "father" likes, but "sister" does not like it very much. In this way, the division ratio of the pie chart is calculated.

Next, the CPU 22 calculates the calculated division ratio,
And display data is generated based on other data. Similar to the above example, the display data generated in this way is sent to the personal computer 30 via the Internet and displayed on the CRT 34 as a virtual map. FIG. 22B is an example of the virtual map displayed in this way.

As shown in FIG. 22B, the pie chart is divided and displayed according to the degree of preference of each member (each search subject) for the store, so that the degree of preference of each member can be intuitively determined. Can be compared to. Therefore, more information can be understood at a glance, which is more convenient.

Incidentally, in the embodiment shown in FIG.
Step S11 of FIG. 19 corresponds to the input device 6 of FIG. Further, steps S12 to S18 correspond to the control device 8.

[0104]

Further, although cases have been described with the above embodiments as examples where the store is searched based on the input conditional sentence, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a conditional sentence such as "I want to go sightseeing in Tokushima for half a day in the city" can be entered to display a tourist spot on the virtual map as a search result.

The above-mentioned flowcharts and tables are given as examples, and the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned flowcharts and tables.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the main program and data are stored in the server device 20 and the server device 20 is accessed from the personal computer 30 (terminal device) via the Internet. Although the display data is created by performing the search process and the virtual mapping process, and the personal computer 30 receives the display data and displays the display data using the display program, the present invention is not limited to this. .

For example, a part of the data may be held in the personal computer 30. Alternatively, the server device 20 may be provided with only the main program, and all data may be provided on the personal computer 30 side.

Further, the present invention may be realized in a network other than the Internet, for example, in a network in which a server device and a terminal device are connected via a LAN (local area network).

Furthermore, without going through the network,
The search and display system according to the present invention may be configured to be completed by only one computer (standalone). In this case, all processing programs and data are stored in one computer.

In this embodiment, the CD-R
The program recorded in the OM or the like is installed in the hard disk and executed. However, the storage form of the program is not limited to these,
It may be recorded on a floppy disk or a magnetic tape. Further, the program may be distributed via a wired or wireless communication line. The data holding form is the same as that of the program.

The recording mode of the program and data is not particularly limited. Besides being recorded in the recording medium in a form that can be directly executed, it may be recorded in the recording medium in a compressed form so that it can be decompressed and used.

In each of the above embodiments, the CP
Although the case where each function of FIG. 1 is realized by using U has been described as an example, a part or the whole of the function of FIG. 1 may be configured by using hardware logic.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining a configuration of a search / display system 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a drawing showing a hardware configuration when the search display system 2 shown in FIG. 1 is realized using the Internet.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing flow when processing is performed using the present search display system 2.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an inspection target data table.

FIG. 5 is an example of a table showing actual distances and actual directions from a home to various destinations.

FIG. 6 is a table showing extracted search result data.

FIG. 7 is a drawing showing an actual positional relationship (physical positional relationship) of extracted search result data.

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of a utility conversion table for expressing the degree of utility of an attribute corresponding to each data item by a standardized numerical value. FIG. 8B is a table that stores moving speeds for different places and situations for various moving means.

9 is a diagram showing a travel time from a home to each store shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a table exemplifying ranking of travel time and the like for each search result data (each store).

FIG. 11 is a table showing calculated scores and total scores for each attribute.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the calculated virtual distance between each store and a home in a table format.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing virtual positions of a home and each store extracted as search result data.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of display data.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a virtual map displayed on a CRT 34.

FIG. 16 is a view showing another example of the display method according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a view showing still another example of the display method according to the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a view showing still another example of the display method according to the present invention.

19 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing in the example shown in FIG.

FIG. 20 is a table for explaining the processing shown in FIG.

FIG. 21 is an example of a rank / point conversion table.

22A is a table showing an example of a preference rank of each member, and FIG. 22B is a drawing showing another display example using a pie chart.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 ... Storage device 6 ... Input device 8 ... Control device 10 ... Display device

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(57) [Claims] 1. A storage device for storing a plurality of search target data including geographical attributes, an input device for inputting search input data, and a storage device for performing a search based on the search input data input from the input device. Corresponding data is extracted as search result data from the multiple search target data stored in, and the specified criteria are obtained by combining the geographical attributes of the extracted search result data and the degree of utility of the search result data. A control device that obtains a virtual positional relationship between the position and the position of the search result based on the geographical attribute of the search result data, and generates display data for displaying the obtained virtual positional relationship as a virtual map; a display device for displaying the virtual map according to the display data generated by the device, a retrieval display system wherein the predetermined criteria The orientation of the laid et the search results, the
The predetermined reference position on the virtual map and the orientation of the search result
And, and, the distance to the search result from the predetermined reference position, the
Increase or decrease using information that indicates the degree of utility of search result data
The predetermined reference position on the virtual map and the search result.
Display data for displaying the virtual map can be generated as the distance of the fruit .
A search and display system characterized by. 2. The search and display system according to claim 1, wherein a display related to the plurality of search result data is displayed on the virtual map. 3. The search and display system according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of displays related to the search result data are displayed on a virtual map including a display of a route which satisfies the request contents of the search input data and obtains the maximum utility. What to do, characterized by. 4. The search and display system according to claim 1 , wherein the degree of utility of the search result data is displayed as a graph on a virtual map. 5. The search and display system according to claim 4 , wherein the graph display is a graph display that allows the degrees of utility of a plurality of search result data to be compared with each other. 6. The search display system according to claim 4 , wherein the utility level of the search result data is a composite of the utility levels of a plurality of types of attributes, and the graph display is for each of the utility levels. It is a graphic display that allows the degree of utility of each to be compared with each other. 7. The search / display system according to claim 5 or 6 , wherein the products / services included in the search target data are handled.
That stores multiple search subject data including the degree of utility
And the control device is a product / service that handles search result data.
Attribute and search target data for products / services handled
Search subject for each search result data using the degree of utility
Of calculating the contribution ratio of the degree of utility, the display device, the virtual map, which is characterized in that, for displaying the contribution rate. 8. A search target data table storing a plurality of search target data including a plurality of data items composed of data items related to geographical attributes and data items related to non-geographic attributes, and a degree of utility for each data item. Is stored in the search target data table according to the search input data input from the input device and the input device that inputs the search input data. The relevant data is extracted as the search result data from the multiple search target data, and the degree of utility for each data item of the extracted search result data is standardized using the utility conversion table, then synthesized, and then synthesized. By combining the degree of utility of the retrieved search result data and the geographical attributes of the extracted search result data Calculates the virtual positional relationship between the fixed reference position and the position of the search result based on the geographical attribute of the search result data, and displays the display data for displaying the calculated virtual positional relationship on the display device as a virtual map. A search and display system comprising: a control device for generating; and a display device for displaying a virtual map according to display data generated by the control device, wherein a direction from the predetermined reference position to the search result is
The predetermined reference position on the virtual map and the search result data
The orientation and the distance to the search result from the predetermined reference position, the
Increase or decrease using information that indicates the degree of utility of search result data
The predetermined reference position on the virtual map and the search result.
Display data for displaying the virtual map can be generated as the distance of the fruit .
A search and display system characterized by. 9. A plurality of search objects stored by storing a plurality of search object data including geographical attributes in a storage device using a computer and performing a search based on the input search input data. By extracting the relevant data from the data as search result data and combining the geographical attributes of the extracted search result data and the degree of utility of the search result data, the specified reference position and the geographical position of the search result data are combined. A search display method of obtaining a virtual positional relationship with a position of a search result based on an attribute and displaying the obtained virtual positional relationship on a display device as a virtual map, wherein Bearing
The predetermined reference position on the virtual map and the search result data
The orientation and the distance to the search result from the predetermined reference position, the
Increase or decrease using information that indicates the degree of utility of search result data
The predetermined reference position on the virtual map and the search result.
Display data for displaying the virtual map can be generated as the distance of the fruit .
Search display method, and when, the feature. 10. A computer having a storage device in which a plurality of search target data including geographical attributes are stored, to perform a search based on search input data input from an input device and to display a search result on a display device. Is a recording medium that records a program for performing the process of generating the display data of, and is applicable from a plurality of search target data stored in the storage device by performing a search based on the input search input data. Search data based on the specified reference position and the geographic attributes of the search result data by combining the geographic attributes of the extracted search result data and the degree of utility of the search result data To obtain a virtual positional relationship with the position of the computer and display the obtained virtual positional relationship as a virtual map on the display device. In the process of generating a data, the direction from the predetermined reference position to the search result is
The predetermined reference position on the virtual map and the search result data
The orientation and the distance to the search result from the predetermined reference position, the
Increase or decrease using information that indicates the degree of utility of search result data
The predetermined reference position on the virtual map and the search result.
A recording medium that stores a program that causes a computer to perform a process of generating data for displaying a virtual map that is a distance of a fruit on a display device . 11. A storage device for storing a plurality of search target data including geographical attributes, an input device for inputting search input data, and a storage device for performing a search based on the search input data input from the input device. Corresponding data is extracted as search result data from the multiple search target data stored in, and the specified criteria are obtained by combining the geographical attributes of the extracted search result data and the degree of utility of the search result data. A control device that obtains a virtual positional relationship between the position and the position of the search result based on the geographical attribute of the search result data, and generates display data for displaying the obtained virtual positional relationship as a virtual map; a display device for displaying the virtual map according to the display data generated by the device, handling products and services included in the search target data Pair
That stores multiple search subject data including the degree of utility
And a search display system including a table , wherein the control device is a product / service handling the search result data.
For service attributes and products / services that handle search subject data
Search for each search result data using the degree of utility
Calculating a contribution ratio of the degree of main utility, the display device, the virtual map, retrieval and display system characterized in that, for displaying the contribution rate.