JP5429726B1 - Address input program, address input device - Google Patents

Abstract

An address input device capable of inputting an address quickly and accurately using a map is provided.
An address input program executed by an address input device having a touch screen, which acquires map data and displays a map on the touch screen based on the acquired map data; and the touch screen A display change step for changing the center point or scale of the map based on the operation performed above, an address corresponding to the map displayed on the touch screen is acquired, and the acquired address is an input target address An address acquisition step stored as: the address acquisition step is executed when the map scale changed by the display change step is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and the map scale changed Is not executed when the value is less than a predetermined value.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an address input device for inputting an address using a map.

  In department stores and mass retailers, services that deliver products ordered by customers to private homes are widely provided. Information related to delivery has been conventionally managed in paper slips, but in recent years, a system in which the name and address of the client and delivery destination are converted into data and shared at stores and delivery bases has become widespread.

  While information related to delivery has been digitized, when a customer designates a delivery destination at a store, there are still many methods in which an address is written in a dedicated slip and the store converts it into data by OCR or typing. ing. One of the reasons is that a customer needs to handle a keyboard in order to input an address using a terminal, and the hurdle is high for a person unfamiliar with the operation of electronic devices.

On the other hand, various techniques for directly inputting an address to a computer with as little burden as possible have been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a method for inputting an address by storing a name of a prefecture, a city, a county, and a town name in a device in advance, and presenting and selecting the name in a list form to a user. ing. In the present invention, since an address can be input simply by selecting an option, the amount of character input performed using the keyboard can be minimized.
Further, Patent Document 2 describes an address input method in which a part of an address is acquired by inputting a postal code or a telephone number and is automatically input into a form.
When such a technique is applied to a terminal used to specify a delivery destination, a customer can input a complete address only by inputting the address and below.

JP-A-5-108245 JP-A-9-282315

“Google Maps API Web Service”, [online], Google Inc., [Search July 9, 2013], Internet <URL: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/?hl= en>

In the address input methods described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, it is not necessary to input characters in kana or romaji, so even a person unfamiliar with key input can input addresses in a short time. However, in these inventions, although the address can be narrowed down to some extent, after that (for example, after the address), the conventional input must be made.
This point will be described in detail. For example, if the address below the street name is “123”, only the street number may be entered using the numeric keypad. No.) and residence number (No.) must be entered together with the delimiter in the form of “1-2-3”, for example. In addition, there are cases where it is necessary to additionally input large letters or small letters, or it is necessary to input a block code other than numerals. As described above, since there are a wide variety of address notation methods, there are few cases where the input is completed only with numbers, and in many cases, the user must input a character string.

Incidentally, in recent years, services that can acquire the address of a designated point on a map have been widely used. For example, Non-Patent Document 1 describes an Internet service that can acquire a corresponding address from a server when latitude and longitude are designated. Such a function is called reverse geocoding as opposed to geocoding, which is a function for converting addresses to latitude and longitude.
If such a technique is used in the designation of the delivery destination, the user can input an accurate address only by designating the point displayed on the map. That is, even if the user is not familiar with character string input using the keyboard, the address can be input only by a touch operation.

  However, this method also has problems. Specifically, it is a problem that an address designation error is likely to occur. In order to specify an address, a specific point on the map must be specified. However, depending on the scale of the map, a completely different address may be acquired due to a slight deviation.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide an address input device capable of inputting an address quickly and accurately using a map.

The address input program according to the present invention is an address input program executed by an address input device having a touch screen.
Specifically, the map display step of acquiring map data and displaying the map on the touch screen based on the acquired map data, and the center point or scale of the map based on the operation performed on the touch screen. A display change step to change, an address acquisition step of acquiring an address corresponding to the map displayed on the touch screen, and storing the acquired address as an input target address, The address acquisition step is executed when the scale of the map changed by the display change step is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and is not executed when the scale of the changed map is less than a predetermined value. To do.

  The map display step and the display change step are steps for displaying a map on the touch screen and changing the center point or scale of the map based on an operation performed on the touch screen. For example, in the initial state, the map is displayed at a scale that fits the whole of Japan on the screen, and the center point and scale of the map are changed according to input operations such as a tap operation and a pinch operation, and zoomed to a target area.

The address acquisition step is a step of acquiring an address corresponding to the map currently displayed on the touch screen and storing it as an input target address.
The address corresponding to the map being displayed may be an address at a point designated by a pointer or the like, or may be an address at an arbitrary point on the map. For example, when a pointer is superimposed on the map, the address of the point indicated by the pointer is acquired from an external device such as a storage device or an external server. Alternatively, a plurality of addresses included in the map may be acquired from an external device, and the plurality of addresses may be presented to the user and selected.

The address input program according to the present invention determines whether to execute the address acquisition step based on the scale of the map changed in the display change step.
That is, if the scale of the changed map is less than a predetermined value, the address is not acquired, only the map is moved and zoomed, and the scale of the changed map is greater than or equal to the predetermined value. The address is acquired using the changed map.
The scale threshold value is preferably a value that can narrow down addresses to some degree accurately. For example, when a list of addresses included in the map being displayed is displayed as an option on the screen, the scale is preferably such that the number of options is a certain number or less. Moreover, when acquiring the address at the position indicated by the pointer, it is preferable that the scale is such that the incidence of erroneous input is reduced to some extent.

The address input program according to the present invention has a configuration as described above, thereby enabling address input based on a map and preventing an address from being acquired at a scale that is difficult to narrow down addresses. Can do.
Also, if the user acquires the address every time the map is moved, a useless inquiry will occur, but in the address input program according to the present invention, by limiting the scale for acquiring the address, The total number of inquiries can be reduced. That is, it is possible to reduce the processing load on the apparatus and network traffic.

  In the map display step and the display change step, a pointer is overlaid on the map displayed on the touch screen, and in the address acquisition step, an address at a point indicated by the pointer is acquired. Also good.

  For example, the pointer may be fixedly displayed at the center of the map, or may be displayed at a location tapped by the user. By doing in this way, the user can grasp | ascertain exactly where the point which is going to extract an address exists on a map.

  The address acquisition step includes a first step of acquiring a list of addresses included in the map displayed on the touch screen, and a second step of generating options based on the acquired list of addresses. And a third step of displaying the generated options on the touch screen and narrowing down addresses based on the selection made by the user.

In the address acquisition step, the address may be specified by generating an option and presenting it to the user instead of specifying the address by the pointer.
For example, all the addresses included in the displayed map are acquired, and the acquired addresses are divided into units (levels) constituting the address, such as “prefecture”, “city”, “town”, and “address”. Alternatively, after listing, it may be presented as an option in descending order of level, and narrowed down sequentially according to the input. In this example, the address is divided for each level and the option is generated. However, the option may be generated in any unit.

  In the third step, a graphic may be displayed in an overlay at a position on the map corresponding to the option, and the graphic may be selected by the user.

  The option may be expressed by displaying a graphic at a corresponding position on the map. The figure may be an administrative area or a town area surrounded by a boundary line, or a number icon representing an address or a house number. Other figures may also be used. By doing in this way, a user can grasp | ascertain intuitively the place which should be selected on a map.

  Further, in the display changing step, a zip code is obtained from the user via the touch screen, and the map center point and scale are adjusted so that the entire area corresponding to the zip code can be accommodated in the map area on the touch screen. It is good also as changing.

When specifying an address using a map, it is required to zoom in as quickly as possible to an area desired by the user. Therefore, the zip code may be acquired from the user, and the map center point and scale may be changed so that the entire area corresponding to the zip code is within the displayed map area. By doing in this way, it is possible to zoom the map at a time from the state of displaying the whole of Japan to the town level level by simply inputting a 7-digit number.

  In the display change step, when the operation performed on the touch screen is an operation for designating a range, the entire area corresponding to the designated range fits in the map area on the touch screen. As described above, the center point and the scale of the map may be changed.

For example, if the operation performed on the touch screen is an operation for designating a range by drawing a figure (gesture operation), the area corresponding to the specified range is included in the map area on the touch screen. To enlarge the map. Moreover, you may make it expand the whole administrative division (for example, prefecture) including the designated range. In addition to this, when a tap operation performed with a finger is performed, it is assumed that a substantially circular area in contact with the touch screen is designated, and an area corresponding to the area may be enlarged.
In this way, since only the designated area is expanded to the map area, the map can be quickly zoomed to the target point.

  In addition, this invention can be specified as an address input program containing at least one part of the said means. Moreover, this invention can also be specified as an address input device with which the said program is performed. The above processes and means can be freely combined and implemented as long as no technical contradiction occurs.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the address input device which can input an address quickly and correctly using a map can be provided.

It is a block diagram of the delivery destination input system which concerns on 1st embodiment. It is a process flowchart figure of the delivery destination input device which concerns on 1st embodiment. It is an example of the initial screen of the delivery destination input device which concerns on 1st embodiment. It is a figure showing the example of a zoom of a map. It is a figure explaining the address input in 1st embodiment. In 2nd embodiment, it is a figure explaining the address list transmitted from a map server. It is a figure explaining the address input in 2nd embodiment. It is a 2nd figure explaining the address input in 2nd embodiment.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The delivery destination input system according to the first embodiment is a system in which a customer inputs information for delivering a product at a store. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a delivery destination input system according to the first embodiment.

<System configuration>
The delivery destination input system according to the first embodiment includes a delivery destination input device 10, a map server 20, and a delivery management server 30.
The delivery destination input device 10 is a tablet computer for inputting a delivery destination, and is an address input device in the present invention. A map is displayed on the touch screen of the delivery destination input device 10, and a user (that is, a customer who requests delivery) can input a delivery destination address by selecting a point on the map.

  The delivery destination input device 10 includes a communication unit 11, an input unit 12, an output unit 13, and a control unit 14. The delivery destination input device 10 functions as shown in FIG. 1 when a program stored in the auxiliary storage device is loaded into the main storage device and executed by the CPU. (The CPU, auxiliary storage device, and main storage device are not shown)

The map server 20 is a computer that stores map data and an address associated with the map data.
When the arbitrary coordinate (latitude / longitude) and scale are designated, the map server 20 according to the present embodiment acquires the corresponding map data from the database and transmits it, and when the arbitrary coordinate is designated. In addition, it has a function of acquiring the address of the coordinate from the database and transmitting it. The map data to be stored and transmitted may be image data or vector format data. In addition to the map itself, the map data includes accompanying data such as the coordinates of the center point of the map and the scale.

  The delivery management server 30 is a computer that manages information about the delivery destination input by the delivery destination input device 10. Specifically, printing of delivery slips, transmission of order contents to a delivery center, management of delivery status, and the like are performed. The delivery destination input device 10 mainly has a function of acquiring the address of the delivery destination, but can simultaneously acquire the consignee's name and telephone number and transmit them to the delivery management server 30. Although not mentioned in the description of the embodiment, information necessary for delivery such as the name of the client, delivery designation date and time, and designation of broken items may be acquired at the same time.

Next, the configuration of the delivery destination input device 10 will be described.
The communication unit 11 is means for communicating with the map server 20 and the delivery management server 30. The communication unit 11 may be a wired network interface or a wireless network interface.
The input unit 12 is a unit that receives an input operation performed by the user, and specifically includes a touch panel and its control unit. The input unit 12 can detect a touch of a finger on the touch panel and acquire an input operation performed by the user.
The output unit 13 is means for presenting information to the user. Specifically, it is a means that includes a liquid crystal display and its control means, and generates a graphic to be presented to the user and displays it on the display.
In the present embodiment, the touch panel that constitutes the input unit 12 and the liquid crystal display that constitutes the output unit 13 include a single touch panel display (touch screen).

  The control unit 14 is means for controlling the operation of the delivery destination input device 10. Specifically, a process for generating a GUI to be used for operation and presenting it to the user through the output unit 13, a process for acquiring the operation performed by the user through the input unit 12, and communication with the map server 20 are performed. Executes processing to acquire and display map data. Further, when the user designates a certain point on the map, a process of acquiring the address of the point from the map server 20 and a process of transmitting the acquired address to the delivery management server 30 together with other information are executed.

<Destination input process>
Next, the delivery destination input process performed by the delivery destination input device 10 will be described with reference to a processing flowchart and a screen example. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the delivery destination input process performed by the delivery destination input device 10. The process shown in FIG. 2 is started when the delivery destination input device 10 is activated.

Step S <b> 11 is a step of initializing the delivery destination input device 10. More specifically, the CPU reads the program from the auxiliary storage device, expands it in the main storage device, and executes it (CP
U, main memory, and auxiliary memory are all not shown).
When the program is executed, an operation GUI is generated and displayed on the touch screen through the output unit 13.

Here, the configuration of the screen displayed on the delivery destination input device will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the delivery destination input device 10, and reference numeral 40 is a touch screen. The control unit 14 can display a graphic on the screen through the output unit 13.
Two areas are displayed on the touch screen. An area indicated by reference numeral 41 is an area for displaying a map (hereinafter referred to as a map area). In the map area 41, the map is displayed at a scale such that the whole of Japan is displayed in the initial state.
An area denoted by reference numeral 42 is an area for displaying delivery destination information (hereinafter referred to as an input area). The input area 42 displays editable fields for inputting the consignee's name, postal code, address, and telephone number. Among these, the field for inputting an address is linked to the map area 41, and the address corresponding to the currently displayed map is automatically inserted. Detailed operations will be sequentially described.

  In step S <b> 12, the control unit 14 acquires an input operation performed on the touch panel through the input unit 12. Input operations that can be performed on the touch panel can be broadly divided into two operations: an operation performed on the map area 41 and an operation performed on the input area 42.

First, operations performed on the map area 41 will be described. On the map area 41, an “operation for enlarging and reducing the map” and an “operation for moving the center point of the map” can be performed. For example, a map can be scaled and moved simultaneously by a pinch-in operation (an operation that narrows the interval while touching two fingers) and a pinch-out operation (an operation that increases the interval while touching two fingers). it can. The parallel movement of the map can be performed by dragging a finger. Of course, other operations may be possible. For example, the operation of tapping with one finger may be “enlarge”, and the operation of tapping with two fingers may be “reduced”. Further, the map may be moved so that the tapped point becomes the center point of the map.
If the operation acquired in step S12 is an operation performed on the map area 41, the process proceeds to step S13.

  In step S <b> 13, the control unit 14 determines the scale of the map after the operation and the coordinates of the center point based on the operation performed on the map area 41. Then, the scale and the coordinates of the center point are transmitted to the map server 20, and the corresponding map data is acquired. The acquired map data is displayed in the map area 41.

2 illustrates a method for determining a map scale and center point coordinates.
For example, when a tap operation is performed on the map, the tapped point is set to be the center of the map, and the map is zoomed by a predetermined magnification. When a fixed value is used as the predetermined magnification, a scale ratio of about 10 to 15 times is preferable. By doing in this way, the map can be zoomed to a scale capable of specifying an address within approximately 4 taps from the state of displaying all over Japan. Of course, other values may be used for the magnification.
Further, the magnification may be determined based on the scale of the map being displayed. By doing in this way, for example, the smaller the scale of the map being displayed, the larger the zoom amount per time, and the quicker the area can be narrowed down.
Further, the magnification used for zooming the map may be determined based on the administrative district. For example, when a certain administrative region (prefecture or municipality) is tapped, a magnification may be calculated and used so that the entire administrative region is enlarged to the full map area.
Further, the magnification may be determined based on a designated position in the map. For example, when a designated administrative district is zoomed to the full screen, an adjacent administrative district may be tapped depending on the size of the administrative district. Therefore, the zoom may be larger as the area of the designated administrative district is larger, and the zoom amount may be conservative as the area is smaller. Similarly, the zoom amount may be made smaller when the density of information included in the map is higher than when the density is lower.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the region where contact is detected (the region touched with a finger) may be enlarged to the full map region 41. In FIG. 4, a circular area indicated by a dotted line is an area touched by a user's finger. In this way, by enlarging only the area touched by the user and making the area not touched out of the frame, the map can be efficiently enlarged as compared with the case of zooming step by step.
In addition to this, when a figure is drawn on the map, the area including the drawn figure may be enlarged to fill the map area.
When a pinch operation is performed, the scale and center point of the map may be determined according to the position touched by the finger and the movement amount of the finger.

In step S14, it is determined whether or not the scale of the map changed in step S13 is larger than a predetermined scale. The predetermined scale is preferably a scale that makes it difficult to specify an address by designating a point on the map. If the scale is too small, the exact point on the map cannot be specified by touch operation alone. In addition, an unintended movement of the fingertip may cause the displayed map to move, resulting in an address shift. In the present embodiment, a scale threshold value at which such a problem is likely to occur is determined in advance, and if the scale of the map after the change is less than the threshold value, address acquisition is not performed. The threshold is preferably about 1 / 10,000 to 1/2000, for example, but any value may be used.
If the scale of the map after the change is less than the predetermined scale, the process proceeds to step S12.

On the other hand, when the scale of the map after the change is greater than or equal to a predetermined scale, the process transitions to step S15 to acquire an address. In the first embodiment, a pointer is displayed in an overlay on the map area 41, and the address of the point indicated by the pointer is acquired from the map server 20.
This will be described with reference to the screen example of FIG. Reference numeral 51 denotes a pointer displayed as an overlay on the map area. Reference numeral 52 denotes an address field into which the acquired address is inserted. The control unit 14 transmits the coordinates (latitude and longitude) of the point indicated by the pointer 51 to the map server 20 every time the process proceeds to step S15, that is, whenever the displayed map is moved by an operation, and corresponds to the coordinates. An address is acquired and inserted into the address field 52. When the address is acquired, the process proceeds to step S12 and waits for the user's operation again.

  If the operation performed in step S12 is an operation on the input area 42, the process proceeds to step S16. Step S16 is a step of directly editing the field displayed in the input area 42. For example, when a certain field (for example, “last name”) is selected, the cursor is moved to the field, a software keyboard is displayed, and an input is accepted. Note that when a field (for example, “zip code”) in which only numbers are allowed is selected, only the numeric keypad may be displayed instead of the full keyboard.

  When the “input confirmation” button in the input area 42 is pressed in step S12, the control unit 14 delivers the stored delivery destination information (that is, displayed in each field) through the communication unit 11. It transmits to the management server 30 (step S17).

As described above, according to the delivery destination input system according to the first embodiment, the address can be input only by the operation of selecting a spot on the map. That is, if a complete address is stored in the map server, an accurate address can be input without performing any character input. Further, since whether to acquire an address is switched depending on the scale of the displayed map, the address is not acquired and inserted at a scale where it is difficult to specify a point. That is, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of erroneous input, which is a problem of the conventional technique.

Further, since the address is not acquired when the scale of the map is such that it is useless to acquire the address, the number of inquiries to the map server can be reduced. Thereby, network traffic and the processing load of each apparatus can be suppressed.
Also, in zooming the map, the scale is not enlarged step by step, but the designated area is enlarged all at once, so that the map can be quickly enlarged from a state where the entire Japan is displayed to a desired area.

(Modification of the first embodiment)
In the delivery destination input device according to the first embodiment, the address corresponding to the pointer on the map is acquired, and the acquired address is inserted into the address field in the input area. However, according to this method, if the acquired address is misaligned, it is necessary to move the map again and realign the pointer.
This modification is an example in which a correction candidate is presented when a user desires correction of an address, and the user can correct the address by selecting the correction candidate.

In this modification, when the address field 52 is tapped in step S16, it is determined whether a correction candidate needs to be presented, and the candidate is generated and presented. Specifically, when the tapped portion is a portion described in a format that can be increased or decreased, such as a numerical value or an alphabet, the previous and subsequent values are automatically generated and presented.
For example, when an address “Shinjuku 3-1-10 Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo” is inserted in the address field, and “10” is tapped, “1” to “19” and so on. , The value before and after is automatically generated and displayed on the touch screen as options. When any value is selected, the address is updated using the selected value.
By configuring in this way, the user can correct the address input only by the tap operation without moving the map or inputting characters.
Note that the value to be generated does not necessarily need to be a real address. Moreover, although the example which corrects a house number was given in this modification, as long as it has written in the format which can be increased / decreased, it may be made into the object other than that. For example, when the part of “Shinjuku 3 (Chome)” is tapped, “Shinjuku 1 (Chome)” to “Shinjuku 5 (Chome)” may be presented as options. If the tapped portion is “A building”, “B building” to “E building” may be presented as options.

(Second embodiment)
In the delivery destination input device according to the first embodiment, the address corresponding to the pointer on the map is acquired, and the acquired address is inserted into the address field in the input area. However, according to this method, since it is necessary to accurately align the pointer with the target point, if the user is unfamiliar with the operation of the apparatus, an incorrect address may be input.
On the other hand, the second embodiment is an embodiment that improves the accuracy of address input by presenting a part of the address as an option after enlarging the map to some extent.
The delivery destination input system according to the second embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment except that the map server 20 can acquire a list of addresses included in an arbitrary range from the database. .

In the second embodiment, the process of step S15 is replaced as follows.
First, the control part 14 transmits the information showing the range of the map currently displayed to the map server 20, and the map server 20 acquires the list | wrist of the address included in the said range, and replies. FIG. 6 is an example of a list of search results.
Next, the control unit 14 generates options based on the acquired list of addresses. The address is composed of a plurality of levels as illustrated in FIG. Here, choices are extracted from the higher order to the lower order, such as prefectures, municipalities, towns, district codes, and house numbers.
For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when only one town area is included in the address list, the highest level that can be an option is a block code (hereinafter referred to as an address), and therefore a list of address numbers is generated as an option. The The generated options are displayed as an overlay on the displayed map. FIG. 7 shows an example in which the address is converted into an icon and displayed as an overlay on the map.
When the displayed address is selected by the user, the address is copied to the address field. For example, in the case of the example in FIG. 7, when the 10 address icon is pressed, an address “Nakano 4-10 Nakano-ku, Tokyo” is copied to the address field.

Further, if there are more options at the lower level (house number), the lower options are continuously generated and presented. For example, when the 10th address is selected in the example of FIG. 6, since the 10th address includes three residence numbers “1”, “2”, and “3”, three options are further presented. .
In this case, the map may be further zoomed so that the range corresponding to the selected address is displayed in the full map area 41. When the residence number is selected, the corresponding address (for example, “4-10-1 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo”) is copied to the address field.
Processing other than step S15 is the same as in the first embodiment.

  In addition, although the example which displays an icon as an overlay display on a map was shown in FIG. 7, as long as an option can be shown, you may use another method. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of buttons with captions (text) may be displayed and any one of them may be pressed, or the corresponding area is surrounded by a border and color-coded and pressed directly You may be able to do it.

  According to the second embodiment, after the map is enlarged to a certain extent, the choices are displayed on the screen, so that it is possible to input an address without accurately aligning the pointer with the target point. That is, the occurrence of erroneous input can be suppressed.

(Third embodiment)
In 1st and 2nd embodiment, the map was expanded to the desired area by the operation of the user from the state where the whole Japan was displayed. In contrast, the third embodiment is an embodiment in which a map is enlarged using a zip code.
In the delivery destination input system according to the third embodiment, the map server 20 holds information for associating a zip code with map data, and maps data in a range corresponding to the designated zip code. The configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment except that transmission is possible.

In the third embodiment, when an input to the postal code field is performed in step S16, the control unit 14 transmits the input postal code to the map server 20. Then, the map server 20 determines the center point and scale of the map so that the map in the range corresponding to the postal code can be displayed in the full map area 41, and transmits the corresponding map data.
Processing other than step S16 is the same as in the first and second embodiments.

  Thus, according to the third embodiment, when the user knows the zip code of the target address in advance, the map can be expanded to the area desired by the user at once, so the time required for address input Can be shortened.

The above embodiment is merely an example, and the present invention can be implemented with appropriate modifications within a range not departing from the gist thereof.
For example, in the description of the embodiment, after performing the process of moving and zooming the map (step S13), the process of acquiring the address (step S14) is performed, but if the scale after the change is determined, You may start the process after step S14 before the display update of a map is completed.
Further, in step S13, the process of changing the scale and center point of the map may be performed by a method other than the exemplified method as long as it can be performed based on the operation performed on the map area 41. Similarly, the process of acquiring an address in step S15 may be performed by a method other than the exemplified method as long as an address corresponding to the displayed map can be acquired.

  Further, as a modification similar to the third embodiment, the area may be narrowed down by telephone number (city code, city code, etc.). In addition, a shortcut button indicating a region name (Kanto region, Tokai region, etc.) or a prefecture may be displayed on the initial screen so that zooming to a specific region can be performed easily.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Delivery destination input device 11 Communication part 12 Input part 13 Output part 14 Control part 20 Map server 30 Delivery management server

Claims (7)

To address input device with touch screen ,
A map display step of acquiring map data and displaying a map on the touch screen based on the acquired map data;
A display changing step for changing the center point or scale of the map based on an operation performed on the touch screen;
An address acquisition step of acquiring an address corresponding to the map displayed on the touch screen and storing the acquired address as an address to be input;
An address input program for executing
The address acquisition step is executed when the scale of the map changed by the display change step is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and is not executed when the scale of the changed map is less than a predetermined value. An address input program. In the map display step and the display change step, a pointer is overlaid on the map displayed on the touch screen,
The address input program according to claim 1, wherein in the address acquisition step, an address at a point indicated by the pointer is acquired. The address acquisition step includes
A first step of obtaining a list of addresses included in the map displayed on the touch screen;
A second step of generating options based on the acquired list of addresses;
The choices the generated is displayed on the touch screen, to narrow down the address based on the selection performed by the user, and a third step of storing the narrowed address as address input object,
It consists of these. The address input program of Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. The address input program according to claim 3, wherein in the third step, a graphic is displayed in an overlay at a position on the map corresponding to the option, and the user is made to select the graphic. In the display changing step, a postal code is obtained from the user via the touch screen, and the map center point and scale are changed so that the entire area corresponding to the postal code can be accommodated in the map area on the touch screen. The address input program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: In the display change step, when the operation performed on the touch screen is an operation for designating a range, the entire region corresponding to the designated range is accommodated in the map region on the touch screen. The address input program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the center point and scale of the map are changed. Touch screen,
A processor;
Memory,
An address input device comprising:
The address input device according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores an address input program according to claim 1 configured to be executed by the processor .

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