JP2000076285A - Information processor, information processing method and supply medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively use position information displayed on a WEB page. SOLUTION: A key extraction part 115 extracts position information to be displayed on a WEB page received from a WWW server 94, an address and a telephone number, for example. A position retrieval part 117 retrieves a position corresponding to extracted position information. The position retrieval part 117 outputs data on the retrieved position to a map reading part 118. The map reading part 118 reads map data from CD-ROM 119 where map data is recorded based on data on the inputted position and map data which is read is displayed on a map display part 113.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a providing medium, and more particularly, to extracting location information from a received web page and displaying a map including a location corresponding to the extracted location information. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a providing medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the spread of the Internet, companies and shops that open homepages are increasing. Such a home page describes the address of the company or the store, the telephone number, and the like, and the user often visits the company or the store with reference to the location information.

[0003] Digital maps represented by car navigation are also becoming widespread, and the digital maps are stored in a mobile computer, and the digital maps are used in the same sense as using a conventional map on paper. Is increasing.

[0004]

By the way, the user has
When referring to the location information displayed on the homepage (WEB page), when going to the company or store, there are cases where the user checks while checking on a map or after checking in advance.
In such a case, when a digital map is used, there is a problem that the position information obtained from the WEB page must be manually searched to find the position, which is troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and is intended to extract position information from a received WEB page and display a map including a position corresponding to the extracted position information. is there.

[0006]

An information processing apparatus according to claim 1 includes a receiving unit for receiving a web page, an extracting unit for extracting position information from the web page received by the receiving unit, and an extracting unit. According to the extracted location information,
A determination unit for determining a position, a storage unit for storing map data, and a display control unit for reading map data corresponding to the position determined by the determination unit from the storage unit and controlling display of the map data. It is characterized by the following.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method comprising: a receiving step of receiving a web page; an extracting step of extracting location information from the web page received in the receiving step; and a location information extracted by the extracting step. A determination step of determining a position, a storage step of storing map data, and a display control step of reading map data corresponding to the position determined in the determination step from the storage step and controlling display of the map data. It is characterized by including.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the providing medium, wherein the receiving step receives the web page, and the receiving medium receives the web page.
An extraction step of extracting position information from a web page, a determination step of determining a position based on the position information extracted in the extraction step, a storage step of storing map data, and a map corresponding to the position determined in the determination step A computer readable program is provided that causes a data processing device to execute a process including reading data from a storage step and performing a display control step of controlling display of the map data.

An information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
In the information processing method according to the item (5) and the providing medium according to the item (5), position information is extracted from the received WEB page, the position is determined based on the extracted position information, and the position corresponding to the determined position is determined. Map data to be read is read.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In order to clarify the correspondence between each means of the invention described in the claims and the following embodiments, each means is described. When the features of the present invention are described by adding the corresponding embodiment (however, an example) in parentheses after the parentheses, the result is as follows. However, of course, this description does not mean that each means is limited to those described. In addition, the same reference numerals are given to portions corresponding to the conventional case, and the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

[0011] The information processing apparatus according to the first aspect is a receiving means for receiving a web page (for example, the communication control unit 1 shown in FIG. 8).
10), extracting means for extracting position information from the WEB page received by the receiving means (for example, step S2 in FIG. 10), and position information extracted by the extracting means,
Determination means for determining the position (for example, step S in FIG. 10)
5) and storage means for storing map data (for example, FIG.
A CD-ROM 119) and display control means for reading the map data corresponding to the position determined by the determination means from the storage means and controlling the display of the map data (for example, FIG. 1).
0 step S6).

1 to 6 show examples of the configuration of a portable personal computer to which the present invention is applied. The personal computer 1 is a mini-notebook type personal computer, and basically includes a main body 2 and a display unit 3 which can be opened and closed with respect to the main body 2. 1 is an external perspective view showing a state in which the display unit 3 is opened with respect to the main body 2, FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 shows a state in which the display unit 3 is closed with respect to the main body 2. 4 is a right side view showing the display unit 3 opened 180 degrees with respect to the main body 2, FIG. 5 is a front view of FIG. 3, and FIG.
FIG.

On the upper surface of the main body 2, there are provided a keyboard 4 operated when inputting various characters and symbols, and a track point (trademark) 5 operated when moving a mouse cursor. . Further, on the upper surface of the main body 2, there are further provided a speaker 8 for outputting sound and a shutter button 10 operated when capturing an image with the CCD video camera 23 provided on the display unit 3.

A claw 13 is provided at an upper end portion of the display unit 3. As shown in FIG. 3, when the display unit 3 is closed with respect to the main body 2, Is provided with a hole 6 into which the claw 13 is fitted. A slide lever 7 is provided on the front face of the main body 2 so as to be movable in parallel with the front face. I can do it. By releasing the lock, the display unit 3 can be rotated with respect to the main body 2. Microphone 2 next to claw 13
4 is attached. As shown in FIG. 6, the microphone 24 can collect sound from the back.

A programmable power key (PPK) 9 is also provided on the front of the main body 2. As shown in FIG. 4, an exhaust hole 11 is provided on the right side surface of the main body 2, and an intake hole 14 is provided at a lower part of the front surface of the main body 2 as shown in FIG. 5. In addition, a PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card Interna
nation association) card (PC card) is provided.

An LCD for displaying an image is provided on the front of the display unit 3.
(Liquid Crystal Display) 21 is provided, and an imaging unit 22 is provided at the upper end thereof so as to be rotatable with respect to the display unit 3. That is, this imaging unit 22
It can rotate to any position within a range of 180 degrees between the same direction as D21 and the opposite direction (backward direction). A CCD video camera 23 is attached to the imaging unit 22.

A power lamp is provided on the lower body side of the display unit 3.
PL, battery lamp BL, message lamp ML, other LEDs
Is provided. Reference numeral 40 shown in FIG. 3 is a power switch provided on the left side surface of the main body 2, and reference numeral 25 shown in FIG. 5 is an adjustment ring for adjusting the focus of the CCD video camera 23. Further, FIG.
Reference numeral 26 denotes a lid for covering an opening for mounting an additional memory in the main body 2, and reference numeral 41 denotes a lid 26.
This is a small hole for inserting a pin for removing the lock claw.

FIG. 7 shows the internal configuration of the personal computer 1. As shown in FIG. 7, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 52, a PC card 53 inserted as needed, and a RAM (Random Access M
emory) 54 and a graphic chip 81 are connected. The internal bus 51 is connected to an external bus 55. The external bus 55 includes a hard disk drive (HDD) 56, an I / O (input / output) controller 57, a keyboard controller 58, a track point controller 59, and a sound chip 60. , LCD controller 8
3. The modem 50 and the like are connected.

The CPU 52 is a controller that controls each function, and the PC card 53 is appropriately mounted when an optional function is added.

In the RAM 54, an e-mail program (application program) 54A, an auto-pilot program (application program) 54B, and an OS (basic program) 54C are transferred from the HDD 56 and stored at the time of completion of the activation. You.

The electronic mail program 54A is a program for sending and receiving messages via a network from a communication line such as a telephone line. E-mail program 54
A has an incoming mail acquisition function as a specific function. This incoming mail acquisition function checks the mail server 93 to see if mail addressed to the user (user) has arrived in the mailbox 93A, and if there is mail addressed to the user, obtains the mail. Execute.

The auto-pilot program 54B includes a plurality of preset processes (or programs).
This is a program that is started and processed sequentially in a preset order.

OS (basic program software) 54
C controls the basic operation of a computer typified by Windows95 (trademark).

On the other hand, a hard disk drive (HDD) 56 on the external bus 55 side has an electronic mail program 56
A, an autopilot program 56B and an OS (basic program software) 56C are stored. OS 56C, auto pilot program 56B, and e-mail program 5 in hard disk drive 56
6A is the RAM 54 during the boot-up process.
Are sequentially transferred and stored.

The I / O controller 57 has a microcontroller 61, and the microcontroller 61 is provided with an I / O interface 62. This microcontroller 61 includes an I / O interface 6
2, the CPU 63, the RAM 64, and the ROM 69 are connected to each other. The RAM 64 includes a key input status register 65 and an LED (light emitting diode) control register 6.
6, a set time register 67 and a register 68 are provided. The set time register 67 is used to start the operation of the start-up sequence control unit 76 at a time (start-up condition) set by the user in advance. The register 68 stores a correspondence between a preset operation key combination (start condition) and an application program to be started. When the stored operation key combination is input by the user, the register 68 stores the correspondence. The activated application program (for example, e-mail) is activated.

When the programmable power key (PPK) 9 for one-touch operation is pressed, the key input status register 65 stores an operation key flag. The LED control register 66 controls the lighting of a message lamp ML that indicates the activation state of the application program (e-mail) stored in the register 68. The set time register 67 can arbitrarily set a predetermined time.

A backup battery 74 is connected to the microcontroller 61.
The values of the registers 65, 66, and 67 are retained even when the power of the main unit 2 is turned off.

The ROM 69 in the microcontroller 61 stores a wake-up program 70, a key input monitoring program 71, an LED control program 72, and a quick capture program 74 in advance.
The ROM 69 is, for example, an EEPROM (electrically erasable
and programmable read only memory). This EEPROM is also called a flash memory.
Further, an RTC (Real-Time Clock) 75 that constantly counts the current time is connected to the microcontroller 61.

The wake-up program 70 in the ROM 69 checks, based on the current time data supplied from the RTC 75, whether or not the time set in the set time register 67 has been reached. , A program for starting a predetermined process (or a program). The key input monitoring program 71
This is a program for constantly monitoring whether or not K9 has been pressed by the user. The LED control program 72 is a program for controlling lighting of the message lamp ML.

The ROM 69 further includes a BIOS (Basic Input / O
utput System) 73 is written. The BIOS refers to a basic input / output system, and is a software program that controls data transfer (input / output) between an OS or application software and peripheral devices (display, keyboard, hard disk drive, etc.). Also, the quick capture program 74
Is a program for performing a quick capture process described later.

A keyboard controller 58 connected to the external bus 55 controls an input from the keyboard 4. The track point controller 59 controls input of the track point 5.

The sound chip 60 includes the microphone 24
Or an audio signal is supplied to the built-in speaker 8.

The modem 50 can be connected to a communication network 92 such as the Internet, a mail server 93, and the like via a public telephone line 90 and an Internet service provider 91.

The image data captured by the CCD video camera 23 is input to the graphic chip 81 connected to the internal bus 51 after being processed by the processing unit 82. The graphic chip 81 stores the video data input from the CCD video camera 23 via the processing unit 82 in the built-in VRAM 81A, reads out the data as appropriate, and outputs the read data to the LCD controller 83. LCD
The controller 83 outputs the image data supplied from the graphic chip 81 to the LCD 21 for display. The backlight 84 illuminates the LCD 21 from behind.

The power switch 40 is operated when the power is turned on or off. The half-press switch 85 is turned on when the shutter button 10 is half-pressed, and the full-press switch 86 is turned on when the shutter button 10 is fully pressed. The reversing switch 87 is connected to the imaging unit 2
2 is rotated 180 degrees (CCD video camera 23
It is turned on when it is rotated in the direction of imaging the opposite side of the CD 21).

FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram of the personal computer 1. The correspondence between FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 is described below. The communication control unit 110 corresponds to the MODEM 50 and exchanges data with the WWW server 94 via the Internet 92. The input / output unit 111 corresponds to the keyboard 4 and the track pointer 5, and processes an operation by a user. The control unit 112 corresponds to the CPU 52 and controls each unit. The map display unit 113 corresponds to the display unit 3 and displays a map or the like according to an instruction from the control unit 112. The WEB page acquisition conversion unit 114, the key extraction unit 115, the number conversion unit 116, and the position search unit 117 correspond to programs (not shown) stored in the HDD 56, respectively.
The control unit 112 is provided for performing processing described later.

Further, the map reading unit 118 serves as an external storage device connected to the PC card 53, based on the data output from the position search unit 117, based on the CD-ROM 119 set in the CD-ROM drive 99. The map data is read, and the read map data is displayed on the map display unit 11.
3 is displayed.

The user operates the personal computer 1
When the user wants to display a map of a desired place by using, the user performs a predetermined operation to display a screen as shown in FIG. On the upper right of the screen, a minimize button 12 operated when the user wants to make this screen the minimum size
1. Conversely, a maximize button 122 that is operated when the size is to be maximized and an X button 123 that is operated when the screen is closed are displayed.

On the left side of the screen, a search key input unit 124 for inputting a word serving as a keyword for searching for a place where the user wants to display a map, a search range input unit 125 for inputting a search range, and a search A list display section 126 for displaying the result of the display is displayed. List display section 1
26, a scroll bar 130A is provided, and by operating this bar, the list display section 1 is displayed.
The list displayed at 26 can be moved (scrolled) in the up-down direction, so that a portion not displayed can be viewed.

On the right side of the screen, a web page display section 127 is shown.
Is displayed, and the WEB page of the address displayed on the address display unit 128 is displayed. A scroll bar 130B is provided at the right end of the web page display section 127.
Is provided, and by operating this bar, WE
It is possible to move the page displayed on the B page display section 127 up and down. Similarly, the scroll bar 130C is used to operate the web to
It is possible to move (scroll) the page displayed on the page display section 127 left and right.

A "GO" button 127A provided on the right side of the address display section 128 is operated when it is desired to display a WEB page one page ahead of the WEB page displayed on the WEB page display section 127. ,vice versa,"
The “BCK” button 127B is operated when the user wants to display the WEB page one page before the WEB page displayed on the WEB page display unit 127.

At the bottom of the screen, a command button 131-
1 to 131-4 are displayed. Command button 1
The “close” button 31-1 is a button for performing the same processing as the X button 123. When this button is operated, the displayed “WEB search plug-in” screen is closed. The "Town page search" button of the command button 131-2 is a button operated when a desired place is searched by using a town page (trademark) which is a homepage established by NTT (trademark).

The "from clipboard" button of the command button 131-3 is a button which is operated when the user wants to search a desired place from the clipped information. "From the WEB screen" of the command button 131-4
The button is operated when the user wants to obtain position information existing on the page from the home page displayed on the web page display section 127.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation performed by the personal computer 1 when the user instructs the display unit 3 to display a desired position on a map. In step S1, the personal computer 1 is connected to the WWW server 94 under the control of the communication control unit 110. This connection may be made by the user performing a predetermined process before displaying the screen shown in FIG. 9, or after the screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed, the command button 131-2. Or command button 1
It may be performed by operating 31-4.

When the command button 131-2 is operated, it is connected to the WWW server 94 in which the WEB page of the town page is stored. When the command button 131-4 is operated, it is displayed on the address display section 128. It is connected to the WEB page of the address, and in the display example of FIG.
It is connected to the EB page “YAHOO!” (Trademark).

Thus, in step S1,
When connected to the WWW server 94, position information extraction processing is performed in step S2. This position information extraction process is performed based on information specified by the user, that is, based on information input to the search key input unit 124 and the search range input unit 125. In the display example of FIG. 9, a keyword such as “restaurant” is input in the keyword column of the search key input section 124, and a range of “Tokyo” is specified in the prefecture field of the search range input section 125. . Note that the category column of the search key input unit 124 is used, for example, when a search is performed by inputting words representing categories such as music, sports, and cooking, and the range column on the map of the search range input unit 125 is This screen (window)
This is used when the user wants to search in association with a map displayed in an open window (not shown) in addition to the above.

As described above, the position information extraction processing is performed based on the information specified in the search key input section 124 and the search range input section 125. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating details of the position information extraction processing. The process of this flowchart is a process performed by the key extraction unit 115. key extraction unit 11
5 is based on the information of the web page acquired by the web page acquisition / conversion unit 114 via the communication control unit 110, as shown in FIG.
The position information is extracted in accordance with the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step S10, the received WEB
It is determined whether a character string “address” exists on the page. If it is determined that the character string “address” does not exist in the received WEB page, the process proceeds to step S11, and it is further determined whether a character string representing a prefecture name exists. If it is determined that there is no character string representing the name of the prefecture, the process proceeds to step S12, and it is determined whether a character string representing the name of a city, town, or village exists. If it is determined that there is no character string representing the name of a city, town, or village, the process proceeds to step S13.

In step S13, the received WEB
It is determined whether a character string “postal code” or a symbol “〒” exists on the page. WEB received
If it is determined that neither the character string “zip code” nor the symbol “〒” exists on the page, the process proceeds to step S14, and any one of the character strings “telephone”, “TEL”, or “TEL” is displayed. It is determined whether it exists. If it is determined that none of the character strings among “telephone”, “TEL”, and “TEL” exist, the process proceeds to step S15 (FIG. 12).

In step S15, "East longitude, north latitude,
It is determined whether or not any character string exists among "west longitude, south latitude, N, E, W, S". "East longitude, north latitude, west longitude,
If it is determined that there is no character string among the south latitudes, N, E, W, and S, the process proceeds to step S16. In step S16, the received web page data <T
The character string in "able>" is searched, and it is determined whether or not a character string representing a number exists in the item. This step S
If it is determined that the character string in <Table> does not include the character string of the number in the processing of step 16 as well, it is determined that the information indicating the position is not included in the web page, and the flowchart of FIG. Is terminated.

The description returns to step S10 (FIG. 11).
If it is determined that a character string of “address” exists in the received WEB page, or if it is determined in step S11 that a character string representing a prefecture name exists, the process proceeds to step S17. , The existing character string (position information) is stored in the RAM 54, and the position information extraction processing ends.

If it is determined in step S12 that a character string representing the name of a city, town, or village exists, the process proceeds to step S18.
In step S17, a search is made from the database in which the name of the prefecture is found from the name of the city, town, and village indicated by the character string, and the searched name of the prefecture is added to the name of the city, town, and village. Is stored. When the storage is completed, the position information extraction processing is completed.

In step S13, the received WEB
If it is determined that a character string “zip code” or a symbol “〒” exists on the page, in step S14, “phone”, “TEL”, or “TEL”
If it is determined that one of the character strings exists, or if it is determined in step S16 that the character string existing in <Table> of the received WEB page data includes a number, the process proceeds to step S16. S19 (FIG. 12)
If the character string following the existing character string or symbol includes a character string described in full-width, the character string is converted to half-width, and the flow proceeds to step S20.

In step S20, step S19
It is determined whether a character string other than a numeral and "(", ")" or "-" exists in the character string to be processed in. Generally, the postal code is XX-XX
XX and the telephone number is XX-XXXXX- △△△
Since it is described as △ or ○ (xxxx) △△△△, if such a character string is included, it can be determined that it is a postal code or a telephone number. For this reason, if it is determined in step S20 that a numeral and a character string other than "(", ")", and "-" are included, the character string is a character representing a postal code or a telephone number. It is determined that it is not a column, and this position information extraction processing ends.

In step S20, if it is determined that a character string other than a numeral and "(", ")", "-" is not included, in other words, a character string indicating a postal code or a telephone number is used. If it is determined that there is a possibility, the process proceeds to step S21, and a character string other than a number, that is, a character string of "(", ")", "-" is deleted. In this way, a character string consisting only of numbers is generated. This character string consisting only of numbers is subjected to step S22.
In, it is determined whether or not the character string is a character string composed of seven characters. In other words, this process is a process of determining whether there is a possibility that the character string represents a postal code. If it is determined in step S22 that the character string is a character string of seven characters, the process proceeds to step S23, and it is determined whether there is a postal code that matches all of the characters of the seven characters.

This determination is made by the number converter 116. The number conversion unit 116 describes a correspondence table in which a zip code represented by seven digits and an address corresponding to the zip code are described, and the correspondence table is searched for. If it is determined that a matching zip code exists, the address is converted to an address indicated by the number determined to be the zip code in step S24, and the address is stored in the RAM 54 in step S17. Proceeding to step S23, if it is determined that there is no postal code that matches the seven-character number, this position information extraction processing ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S22 that the character string is not a seven-character number, the flow advances to step S25 to determine whether or not the character string is a ten-character number. In other words, it is determined whether there is a possibility that the character string indicates a telephone number. If it is determined in step S25 that the character string is not a ten-character number, the position information extraction processing ends. In contrast, 10
If it is determined that it is a character number, the process proceeds to step S26, where a telephone number position search process is performed.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating details of the telephone number position search process. The process of this flowchart is a process performed by the number conversion unit 116. The number conversion unit 116 records a correspondence table between the telephone number and the address, and is performed by referring to the correspondence table. In step S31, it is determined whether or not the first two to four characters of the ten characters match the stored area code.

In order to make this determination, [(], [)] and "-" deleted in step S21 are restored. By reviving, for example, it will be in the form of XX--------------------------------10 It will be easier. That is, in this example, it is determined that the two characters (文字) existing before the first hyphen are numbers corresponding to the area code, and the area code corresponding to the two characters is stored. Is determined.

If it is determined in step S31 that there is no matching area code, the telephone number position search processing is terminated, and the position information extraction processing is also terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that a matching area code exists, the process proceeds to step S32, and it is determined whether or not the area code matches the local area code. That is, from the first hyphen to the second
Character string (xxxx) between the hyphens
It is determined whether or not the matching local office number is stored in number conversion section 116.

If it is determined in step S32 that there is no matching local station number, the process proceeds to step S33. In step S33, the address corresponding to the area code determined to have a matching area code in step S31 is stored in the RAM 54. For example, if the first two characters of the character string of 10 characters are "03", the position within Tokyo-ku can be determined from the area code, and the information of the Tokyo-ku is stored in the RAM 54.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S32 that a matching local station number exists, step S34 is performed.
Then, it is determined whether or not there is a telephone number that completely matches the number represented by the character string of 10 characters. In other words, it is determined whether or not a telephone number that matches the character string (△△△△) below the second hyphen is stored in number conversion section 116. If it is determined that there is no matching telephone number, the process proceeds to step S35 and proceeds to step S32.
Then, the position corresponding to the local station number determined to have a matching local station number is stored in the RAM 54. For example, the first two characters of 10 characters are “03” and the next 4 characters
If the character is “3369”, the location of Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo can be determined, and the information of Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo, is used as the RA
Stored in M54.

If it is determined in step S34 that the telephone number completely matching the character string represented by the ten numbers is stored in the number conversion unit 116, the process proceeds to step S36, and it is determined that the numbers match. The address corresponding to the telephone number is stored in the RAM 54. When the storage is completed, the telephone number position search processing is terminated, and the position information extraction processing is also terminated.

Returning to the description of step S15 in FIG. 12, in step S15, "East longitude, north latitude, west longitude, south latitude,
If it is determined that any of the character strings among "N, E, W, S" exists, the process proceeds to step S27, and whether or not the character string of "°, '" or "°,',""exists. Is determined. Generally, the latitude and longitude are, for example, 35 ° 38′2.
4.2 ", so if there is a character string that includes the character string" °, '"or"°,',",
The character string can be determined to be a character string representing latitude and longitude.

Therefore, in step S27,
If it is determined that the character string does not include the character string of “°, '” or “°,', ″”, the process proceeds to step S16, and the processing already described thereafter is performed, and the processing proceeds to step S16. If it is determined that the character string includes a character string of “°, ', ″”, the process proceeds to step S 17, where a position representing the latitude and longitude is searched and stored in the RAM 54. This search is performed by the position search unit 117 with reference to data stored in the CD-ROM 119.

In this way, location information is extracted from the received WEB page. In the above-described embodiment, the description has been made assuming that the correspondence table between the postal code and the address and the correspondence table between the telephone number and the address are stored in the number conversion section 116. R
Using the OM 119, the number conversion unit 116 may refer to the stored table. Also, when searching on the town page, the correspondence between the phone number and the address is described in the town page itself.
You may use it as it is.

Returning to the description of the flowchart of FIG. 10, when the position information extraction processing is completed by the above-described processing in step S2, the flow advances to step S3 to create and display a list. That is, a plurality of pieces of position information may be displayed on the received WEB page, and in such a case, the processing of step S2 described above is repeated, so that a plurality of pieces of position information are extracted.
The extracted position information is listed and displayed on the list display unit 126. FIG. 15 shows a state where a list of position information is displayed on the list display section 126.

The display example shown in FIG. 15 is a display example of the result of operating the command button 131-2. The Web page display section 127 displays the Web page of the NTT town page. Only the position information existing on the WEB page is displayed on the list display section 126. On the WEB page of the town page, the store name, the address of the store, and the telephone number are displayed in association with each other.
In the display example of FIG. 15, the list display unit 126 shows an example in which the names of the shops are displayed, but it is also possible to display the addresses of the shops.

If no position information is extracted in step S2, the process proceeds to step S3.
Since the list cannot be created, a message such as “There was no location information” is displayed on the list display unit 126 instead of displaying the list.

FIG. 16 shows the display unit 3 in a state where the command button 131-4 is operated, the position information is extracted from the received WEB page, and the extracted result is displayed on the list display unit 126. 9 shows a display example of an image displayed in FIG. In this display example, the web page display unit 12
7, a web page existing at the address displayed on the address display unit 128 is displayed. For example, in the state of the display screen shown in FIG. 9, the user uses “YAHOO” displayed on the WEB page display unit 127 to display a desired WEB page, and in that state, displays the command button 130-4. By operating, the position information present on the WEB page can be displayed on the list display section 126.

As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, when a list is displayed on the list display section 126, a cursor 141 is displayed on the list. The cursor 141 can be moved up and down by operating the track point 5 and the like. The item name of the list in which the cursor 141 exists is highlighted and displayed so as to be distinguished from other items. In step S4, it is determined whether one item has been selected from the displayed list by operating the cursor 141 by the user. Until an item is selected, the process of step S4 is repeated. When it is determined that the item has been selected, the process proceeds to step S5, and a position search process is performed.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining the details of the position search process. The process of this flowchart is
The search is performed by the position search unit 117 on the item selected in step S <b> 4, and is performed using data on the item stored in the RAM 54. Step S4
1, the data corresponding to the selected item stored in the RAM 54 and the data having the same prefecture name are stored in the CD.
-It is determined whether or not the information is stored in the ROM 119.

If it is determined in step S41 that the corresponding prefecture name is not stored in the CD-ROM 119, the position detection processing is terminated, and step S6 (FIG. 1)
Go to 0). In step S6, the position search unit 117
The map reading unit 118 according to the position data searched by
, The map data is read from the CD-ROM 119, and based on the read map data, the display unit 3
In this case, the map cannot be displayed because there is no map data searched by the position search unit 117 in this case.

In such a case, the data stored in the RAM 54 has the information of Tokyo, but the CD-ROM
119 is, for example, a Hokkaido version of the CD-ROM, and it is possible that the search could not be performed. Therefore, in order to inform the user, "Tokyo version CD-ROM
Is displayed on the display unit 3.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S41 that the corresponding prefecture name is stored in the CD-ROM 119, the process proceeds to step S42. In step S42, it is determined whether or not the data stored in the CD-ROM 119 includes data that matches the city, town, and village of the selected item. If it is determined that there is no matching municipal data, the process proceeds to step S43, and the name of the prefecture determined to match in step S41 is output to the map reading unit 118, and this position search process is terminated. Proceed to S6.

In this case, in step S6, the map displayed on the display unit 3 is a map corresponding to the searched prefecture name. For example, a map having a relatively large range such as the whole area in Tokyo-ku is used. Is displayed.

If it is determined in step S42 that the matching municipalities are stored in the CD-ROM 119,
Proceeding to step S44, it is determined whether data whose character name matches the data stored in the RAM 54 is stored in the CD-ROM 119. If it is determined that the data is not stored, the process proceeds to step S45. In step S45, the municipalities determined to match in step S42 are output to the map reading unit 118, and this position search processing is terminated, and the flow proceeds to step S6.

In this case, in step S6, the map displayed on the display unit 3 is a map corresponding to the searched municipalities, for example, a map of the entire area of Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S44 that the matching character name is stored in the CD-ROM 119, the process proceeds to step S46, in which the data whose section number matches the data stored in the RAM 54 is replaced with the CD. It is determined whether or not it is stored in the -ROM 119, and if it is determined that it is not stored, the process proceeds to step S47. In step S47, the character name determined to match in step S44 is output to the map reading unit 118, and the position search process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S6.

In this case, in step S6, the map displayed on the display unit 3 is a map corresponding to the retrieved character name, for example, a map of the entire area of Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.

In step S46, the matching ward number is
If it is determined that the data is stored in the CD-ROM 119, the process proceeds to step S48, and data up to the ward number determined to match is output to the map reading unit 118, and the position search process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S6. .

In this case, in step S6, the map displayed on the display unit 3 is a map corresponding to the searched ward number, and is, for example, a limited number such as Nishi-Shinjuku Ochome No., Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. It is a map including one place. FIG.
Shows a display example of a map screen displayed on the display unit 3. At the upper right of the screen, the minimize button 121, the maximize button 122, and the X button 1 described in FIG.
33 are provided. When the menu bar 151 is selected, a pull-down menu is displayed so that a desired operation can be performed.

The toolbar 152 is a menu bar 151
Are displayed as icons, and a desired process can be performed by operating the icon. The map display area 153 displays a map including the position searched by the above-described processing. On the right side of the map display area 153,
A scroll bar 130 is provided, and by operating this bar, a displayed map can be moved up and down (scroll).

The guidance area 154 shows north latitude and east longitude. The mark 155 is displayed to indicate the searched place when the searched place is limited to one place by the above-described processing. By displaying the mark 155 in this manner, the place desired by the user may be clearly shown, or the place desired by the user may be displayed in the center of the map display area 153. Is also good.

In this way, the location information is acquired from the received WEB page, a desired place is searched, and the searched result is displayed on a map, so that the user can use the digital information. The map can be used effectively.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart for explaining another operation performed by the personal computer 1. In step S51, the personal computer 1 is connected to the WWW server 94 under the control of the communication control unit 110. The user downloads a desired WEB page by using a predetermined browser. key extraction unit 11
5 is the WE downloaded in step S52.
A process for detecting position information from page B is performed. The process in step S52 is the same as the process in step S2 in FIG. 10, and a description thereof will be omitted.

When the position information is extracted by the process of step S52, in step S53, the downloaded WEB page is displayed near the extracted position information.
HTML of the WEB page to display the specified button
(Hyper Text Markup Language). WEB displayed on the display unit 3 by rewriting HTML
FIG. 20 shows a display example of the page.

In the display example shown in FIG. 20, a WEB page specified by the user is displayed in the WEB page display area. Then, in this WEB page, the map button 162 is displayed by rewriting the received HTML by the processing of step S53. This map
The button 162 is displayed near the position information extracted by the process of step S52. Thus, ma
Rewritten HT to display p button 162
An example of the ML is shown below.

1 <hl> Beer Station Adachi Beer Cafe> 2 <h2> 03-0000-1111 (Reception) 3 <OBJECT 4 Classid = "clsid: B218D6A5-D8EF-11DO-9
389-0000E2000BCF "5 id = Btn> 6 <PARAMNAME =" latitude "VALUE =" 4251997
3 "> 7 <PARAMNAME =" longitude ", VALUE-" 16668
74487 "> 8 </ OBJECT> 9 <h2><td></tr></table> 10 <p> 11 <table border = O cellspacing = 2> 12 <tr> 13 <td><IMG SRC =. ./../image/p-def.gif alt = photo>
</ td> 14 <td><IMG SRC = .. / .. / image / m-def.gif alt = map></
td> 15 <tr> 16 </ table> 17 <table border = O width = 450><tr><td><dl><dt> 18 <img src = .. / .. / image / jyuusyo.jpg> 19 <dd> 1-1-1 Nishiarai, Adachi-ku Beer Garden 20 <OBJECT 21 Classid = "clsid: B218D6A5-D8EF-11DO-9389-000
0E2000BCF "22 id ≒ Btn> 23 <PARAMNAME =" latitude "VALUE =" 425199773 "> 24 <PARAMNAME =" longitude ", VALUE =" 1666874487 "> 25 </ OBJECT> 26 <dp <imgsrc = .. / .. / image shaikanjpg> 27 <dt> Weekdays 11: 30-23: 00 <BR><BR> Sundays and public holidays 11:30
~ 22: 00 <BR><BR> 28 Telephone reception 10: 00 ~ 20: 00 <BR><BR> Open all year round

In this HTML, the third to eighth lines and 2
Lines 0 to 25 are a program added to the newly received HTML to display the map button 162. Such a program is inserted into the received HTML so as to be displayed near all the detected position information.

Returning to the description of the flowchart of FIG. 19, in step S53, when the received HTML is rewritten, and the map button 162 is displayed on the WEB page, in step S54, the displayed map button 162 is displayed. It is determined whether the operation has been performed.
The process of step S54 is repeated until it is determined that the map button 162 has been operated, and if it is determined that the map button 162 has been operated, the process proceeds to step S55. In step S55, a position check is performed on the position information corresponding to the operated map button 162 by the position search process described in the flowchart of FIG. 17, and a map including the searched position is stored in step S56. Is displayed with.

As described above, the map including the position indicated by the position information displayed on the WEB page can be displayed, so that the user can easily use the digital map and use it effectively. It becomes possible.

In this specification, a medium for providing a user with a computer program for executing the above processing includes information recording media such as a magnetic disk and a CD-ROM as well as networks such as the Internet and digital satellites. Transmission media is also included.

[0094]

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the information processing method according to the eighth aspect, and the providing medium according to the ninth aspect, position information is received from a received web page. Since the position is extracted and the position is determined based on the extracted position information, and the map data corresponding to the determined position is read, the digital map can be used simply and effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a state in which a display unit of a configuration example of a portable personal computer to which the present invention is applied is opened with respect to a main body.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a left side view showing a state where the display unit of FIG. 1 is closed with respect to a main body.

FIG. 4 is a right side view showing a state where the display unit of FIG. 1 is opened 180 degrees with respect to a main body.

FIG. 5 is a front view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an electric circuit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram of a personal computer.

FIG. 9 is a display example displayed on a display unit.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the personal computer.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating details of step S2 in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart following FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart following FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating details of step S26 in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a display example displayed on a display unit.

FIG. 16 is a display example displayed on a display unit.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating details of step S5 in FIG. 10;

FIG. 18 is a display example displayed on a display unit.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating another operation of the personal computer.

FIG. 20 is a display example displayed on a display unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 personal computer, 92 Internet, 94 WWW server, 110 communication control unit, 1
11 input / output unit, 112 control unit, 113
Map display section, 114 Web page acquisition change section, 11
5 key extraction unit, 116 number change unit, 117 position search unit, 118 map reading unit, 119 CD-ROM,
124 search key input section, 125 search range input section, 126 list display section, 127 WEB display section,
131 command button, 162 map button

Claims (5)

[Claims] A receiving unit that receives a web page; an extracting unit that extracts location information from the web page received by the receiving unit; and a deciding unit that determines a position based on the location information extracted by the extracting unit. Storage means for storing map data; anddisplay control means for reading map data corresponding to the position determined by the determination means from the storage means and controlling display of the map data. Information processing device. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the extracting means includes a prefecture, a municipality,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a postal code, a telephone number, or a latitude / longitude is extracted. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control means displays a predetermined mark on map data corresponding to the position determined by the determination means. 4. A receiving step of receiving a web page, an extracting step of extracting location information from the web page received in the receiving step, and a determining step of determining a location based on the location information extracted in the extracting step. A storage step of storing map data; and a display control step of reading map data corresponding to the position determined in the determination step from the storage step and controlling the display of the map data. Information processing method. 5. A receiving step of receiving a web page, an extracting step of extracting location information from the web page received in the receiving step, and a determining step of determining a location based on the location information extracted in the extracting step. A storage step of storing map data; and a display control step of reading the map data corresponding to the position determined in the determination step from the storage step and controlling the display of the map data. A providing medium for providing a computer-readable program to be executed by an apparatus.