JP2010086399A - Facility retrieval device, facility retrieval method, facility retrieval system and facility retrieval program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facility retrieval device, a facility retrieval method and a facility retrieval program by which facility information is guided by narrowing them to be better for a user with respect to the same facility, that is duplicatedly registered, in a facility retrieval. <P>SOLUTION: When the user inputs designation information, the facility retrieval device retrieves designated facility information corresponding to the designation information, and acquires the designated facility information from a server device. The acquired designated facility information is rearranged according to a prescribed condition, whether anteroposterior designated facility information is duplicated in a rearranged order is determined, and when duplicated, designated facility information of a system having a high priority which is previously set is adopted preferentially and outputted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for providing facility information.

  Currently, as an example of providing facility information using a WEB, a portable information terminal, a car navigation device, and the like, there is a method of displaying facility information that matches the information when the user inputs the information.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a method capable of providing guidance without duplication by comparing facility positions of facility information of the same facility that has been registered in duplicate when performing facility search by voice recognition and guidance based thereon. Is described.

  In Patent Document 2, it is determined whether or not there is the same facility based on whether or not there is a facility whose location is within a predetermined range among the facilities extracted from a plurality of facility databases. The navigation apparatus which avoids the display of the information of the facilities to perform is described.

JP 2007-205894 A JP 2005-227117 A

  However, in the facility search method described above, when narrowing down the facility information of the same facility that has been registered in duplicate, it has not been possible to prioritize which facility information is to be adopted. In addition, in the facility information with a different system, even if the facility information is the same facility, the location of the facility may be shifted. The facility search method of Patent Document 1 has a problem in that it cannot be narrowed down when different positions are set for the same facility. The facility search method of Patent Document 2 has a problem that it cannot be narrowed down if the location of the facility is significantly shifted beyond a predetermined range.

  Examples of the problems to be solved by the present invention include those described above. The object of the present invention is to determine that facility information is duplicated for the same facility even if the location of the facility is significantly shifted. The object is to provide a facility search apparatus, a facility search method, a facility search system, and a facility search program that can be performed.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a facility search device, in which an input means for a user to input information related to a facility as designated information, a storage means for storing a plurality of facility information composed of various data, Retrieval means for retrieving designated facility information corresponding to the designated information from among a plurality of facility information stored in a storage means, wherein the retrieval means includes designated facility information relating to the same facility according to the designated information. When there are a plurality of data, one of them is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information based on the system or contents of various data constituting the designated facility information.

  The invention according to claim 8 is a facility search device capable of communicating via a communication network with a server device that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data, and a user inputs information about the facility as designated information. Input means for transmitting, transmitting means for transmitting the specified information input by the input means to the server apparatus, and receiving means for receiving specified facility information corresponding to the specified information transmitted by the transmitting means from the server apparatus And a recording means for recording the designated facility information received by the receiving means, and when a plurality of designated facility information relating to the same facility according to the designated information is recorded in the recording means, various types constituting the designated facility information Search means for searching for one of them as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information based on the data system.

  The invention according to claim 9 is a facility search system configured by a communication terminal device and a server device that are communicatively connected via a communication network, wherein the communication terminal device uses information related to the facility as designation information. An input means for inputting, a communication terminal side transmitting means for transmitting the designation information input by the input means to the server device, and designated facility information corresponding to the designation information transmitted by the communication terminal side transmitting means for the server A communication terminal side receiving means for receiving from the device; and an output means for outputting the designated facility information received by the communication terminal side receiving means, wherein the server device receives the designation information transmitted from the communication terminal device. Server-side receiving means for receiving, storage means for storing a plurality of facility information composed of various data, and a plurality of information stored in the storage means Search means for searching for designated facility information corresponding to the designated information received by the server-side receiving means from among the facility information, and server-side transmission for sending the designated facility information searched by the search means to the communication terminal device And when there are a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, the search means selects one of them based on a system of various data constituting the designated facility information or its contents. Search as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information.

  The invention according to claim 10 is a facility search server device capable of communicating with a communication terminal device via a communication network, the storage means storing a plurality of facility information composed of various data, and the communication terminal device. Receiving means for receiving designated information as information relating to the transmitted facility, and search for searching for designated facility information corresponding to the designated information received by the receiving means from among a plurality of facility information stored in the storage means And means for transmitting the designated facility information retrieved by the retrieval means to the communication terminal device, wherein the retrieval means includes a plurality of designated facility information relating to the same facility according to the designated information. Based on the system of various data constituting the designated facility information or its contents, one of them is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information. .

  Invention of Claim 11 is a facility search method, Comprising: The designation | designated information as information regarding the facility input by the user from the some facility information which is memorize | stored in a memory | storage means and each consists of various data A search process for searching for designated facility information corresponding to the specified facility information, when there are a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, a system of various data constituting the designated facility information or One of them is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information based on the contents.

  The invention according to claim 12 is a facility search method in a facility search apparatus capable of communicating via a communication network with a server device that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data, and relates to a facility input by a user A transmission step of transmitting designation information indicating information to the server device, a reception step of receiving designated facility information corresponding to the designation information transmitted by the transmission step from the server device, and a designation received by the reception step When a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information is recorded by the recording step for recording facility information and the designated step, the information is based on the system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. A search step of searching for one as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information.

  The invention according to claim 13 is a facility search method in a server device capable of communicating with a communication terminal device via a communication network, and receives designation information as information about the facility transmitted from the communication terminal device. A search step for searching for designated facility information corresponding to the designated information received by the receiving step from among a plurality of pieces of facility information each of which is stored in the storage means and configured by various data, and the search step A transmission step of transmitting the searched designated facility information to the communication terminal device, and when the search step includes a plurality of designated facility information relating to the same facility according to the designated information, the designated facility information is One of them is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information based on the system of various data or the contents thereof.

  The invention according to claim 14 is a facility search program executed in a facility search apparatus for storing a plurality of facility information composed of various data, and an input means for a user to input information about the facility as designated information. The facility search device functions as search means for searching for designated facility information corresponding to the specified information from among a plurality of facility information stored in the facility search device, and the search means responds to the specified information. If there are a plurality of designated facility information relating to the same facility, one of them is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information based on the system or contents of various data constituting the designated facility information.

  The invention according to claim 15 is a facility search program executed in a facility search apparatus capable of communicating via a communication network with a server device that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data, wherein the user relates to the facility. Input means for inputting information as specified information, transmitting means for transmitting specified information input by the input means to the server apparatus, and specified facility information corresponding to the specified information transmitted by the transmitting means in the server apparatus Receiving means, a recording means for recording designated facility information received by the receiving means, and a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility corresponding to the designated information is recorded in the recording means. One of them is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information based on the various data systems Search means, wherein the functioning of the facility searching device as.

  The invention according to claim 16 is a facility search program that is executed in a facility search server device that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data that can communicate with a communication terminal device via a communication network. Receiving means for receiving designated information as information relating to the facility transmitted from the communication terminal device, designated facility corresponding to the designated information received by the receiving means from among a plurality of facility information stored in the facility search server device The facility search server apparatus functions as a search means for searching for information, and a transmission means for transmitting the designated facility information searched by the search means to the communication terminal device, and the search means is the same according to the specified information. When there are multiple designated facility information related to a facility, it is based on the system of various data constituting the designated facility information or its contents. There are Search One as a designated facility information corresponding to the designated information.

  In one aspect of the present invention, a facility search apparatus includes an input unit for a user to input information about a facility as designated information, a storage unit that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data, and a storage unit Retrieval means for retrieving designated facility information corresponding to the designated information from a plurality of stored facility information, wherein the retrieval means includes a plurality of designated facility information relating to the same facility according to the designated information. In this case, one of them is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information based on a system or contents of various data constituting the designated facility information. Even if there are a plurality of designated facility information of the same facility corresponding to the designated information, the facility search device described above is a system of various data constituting the designated facility information, for example, the designated facility information is obtained by using a plurality of various data If configured, the number of various data and the accuracy or accuracy of the various data are compared and narrowed down. As a result, even if there are multiple designated facility information of the same facility according to the designated information, the designated facility information that is better to achieve the user's purpose by thinning out the designated designated facility information from among them is achieved. Can be provided.

  In another aspect of the facility search apparatus, when there are a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, the plurality of designated facility information are rearranged according to a predetermined condition, and the rearranged In addition, it was finally left by adopting one by comparing the system or contents of various data constituting the two designated facility information before and after, and sequentially performing the comparison on the plurality of designated facility information. One designated facility information is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information. In this aspect, it is possible to improve the processing speed of the facility search device by performing predetermined processing only on the two designated facility information before and after the rearrangement, and sequentially performing the processing on a plurality of designated facility information. .

  In another aspect of the facility search device described above, a plurality of facility information stored in the storage unit is preset with a system of various data constituting the facility information or priority information corresponding to the contents thereof. The search means searches for designated facility information having a high priority as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information based on the priority information. In this aspect, even when there are a plurality of designated facility information of the same facility according to the designated information, the designated facility information is narrowed down based on priorities according to various data systems set in advance. Thereby, better designated facility information can be provided to achieve the user's purpose.

  In another aspect of the facility search apparatus, the various data includes coordinate data indicating the location of the facility, and the search means includes at least three or more specified facility information relating to the same facility according to the specified information. In this case, as a first step, by comparing the system or contents of various data including the coordinate data constituting the two designated facility information before and after the various data including the coordinate data are rearranged in ascending or descending order. Adopt one of them, and as the second stage, include the coordinate data for the designated facility information adopted in the first stage and the designated facility information that was not compared in the first stage. Compare the system or the contents of the various data that do not include the coordinate data that constitute the two designated facility information before and after the various designated data are sorted in ascending or descending order. Wherein the searching to remaining one of the designated facility information as the designated facility information corresponding to the designation information. By performing such two-stage narrowing down, it is possible to narrow down and provide better designated facility information in order to achieve the user's purpose more reliably.

  In another aspect of the facility search apparatus, the various data includes name data indicating the name of the facility, reading data indicating the reading of the name of the facility, a type code indicating the type of the facility, and a telephone indicating the telephone number of the facility Number data, an area code indicating the area where the facility is located, a unique ID unique to the facility information, and an identification code indicating the priority information, the search means, as the first step, the reading data, By comparing the reading data, the coordinate data, and the type code constituting the two designated facility information before and after the coordinate data, the type code, the identification code, and the unique ID are sorted in ascending or descending order. Adopt one, and as the second stage, the designated facility information adopted in the first stage and the comparison target in the first stage For the designated facility information, the two designated facilities before and after the reading data, the name data, the type code, the telephone number data, the area code, the identification code, and the unique ID are rearranged in ascending or descending order. One designated facility information that is finally left after comparing the reading data, the name data, the type code, the telephone number data, and the area code constituting information is designated facility information corresponding to the designated information. It is characterized by searching. By performing such two-stage narrowing down, it is possible to narrow down and provide better designated facility information in order to achieve the user's purpose more reliably. Specifically, the coordinate data is represented by latitude data and longitude data, and the area code is represented by a prefecture code and a city code.

  In another aspect of the facility search apparatus, the search means omits spaces, hyphens, and middle blacks included in the name data when rearranging the name data in ascending or descending order as the second stage. The name data constituting the two designated facility information items before and after the rearrangement are compared without the spaces, hyphens, and middle blacks included in the name data. Thereby, it is possible to determine that the facility information is duplicated for the same facility even if different name data is set by entering symbols such as space, hyphen, and middle black.

  In another aspect of the facility search apparatus, the facility information includes various data including coordinate data indicating the location of the facility, and the search means rearranges the various data including the coordinate data in ascending or descending order. When comparing the coordinate data constituting the rearranged two or more designated facility information, if the difference between the coordinate data is within a predetermined range, one of them is adopted as the same coordinate data. To do. Thereby, even if there is a shift in the position of the facility, it is possible to determine that the facility information is duplicated for the same facility as long as it is within a predetermined range.

  In another aspect of the present invention, a facility search device capable of communicating via a communication network with a server device that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data is an input for a user to input information about the facility as designated information. Means, transmitting means for transmitting the designation information input by the input means to the server apparatus, receiving means for receiving designated facility information corresponding to the designation information transmitted by the transmission means from the server apparatus, Recording means for recording designated facility information received by the receiving means, and when a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility corresponding to the designated information is recorded in the recording means, various data systems constituting the designated facility information And searching means for searching for one of them as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information. Even if there are a plurality of designated facility information of the same facility according to the designated information, this facility search device is a system of various data constituting the designated facility information, for example, the designated facility information is constituted by a plurality of various data. In the case where the number of various types of data and the accuracy or accuracy of the various types of data are compared, the specified facility information is narrowed down based on the priority according to the preset system of various types of data. As a result, even if there are multiple designated facility information of the same facility according to the designated information, the designated facility information that is better to achieve the user's purpose by thinning out the designated designated facility information from among them is achieved. Can be provided.

  In another aspect of the present invention, in a facility search system including a communication terminal device and a server device that are communicatively connected via a communication network, the communication terminal device is an input in which a user inputs information about a facility as designation information. Means, a communication terminal side transmission means for transmitting the designation information input by the input means to the server device, and designation facility information corresponding to the designation information transmitted by the communication terminal side transmission means from the server device A communication terminal side receiving means, and an output means for outputting designated facility information received by the communication terminal side receiving means, wherein the server device receives the designation information transmitted from the communication terminal device. Side receiving means, storage means for storing a plurality of facility information composed of various data, and a plurality of facility information stored in the storage means Search means for searching for designated facility information corresponding to the designated information received by the server-side receiving means, and server-side transmission means for sending the designated facility information searched by the search means to the communication terminal device; When there are a plurality of designated facility information relating to the same facility according to the designated information, the search means designates one of them based on a system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. It is characterized by searching as designated facility information corresponding to the information. According to this system, even when there are a plurality of designated facility information of the same facility corresponding to the designated information, the system of various data constituting the designated facility information, for example, the designated facility information is composed of a plurality of various data. If it is, the number of the various data and the accuracy or accuracy of the various data are compared and narrowed down. As a result, even if there are multiple designated facility information of the same facility according to the designated information, the designated facility information that is better to achieve the user's purpose by thinning out the designated designated facility information from among them is achieved. Can be provided. In another aspect of the present invention, a facility search server device capable of communicating with a communication terminal device via a communication network is transmitted from the communication terminal device and storage means for storing a plurality of facility information composed of various data. Receiving means for receiving designated information as information about the facility; search means for retrieving designated facility information corresponding to the designated information received by the receiving means from a plurality of facility information stored in the storage means; Transmitting means for transmitting the designated facility information searched by the search means to the communication terminal device, and when the search means includes a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designation information, the designation Based on the various data systems that make up the facility information or its contents, one of them is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information. To. This facility search server device is configured such that even when there are a plurality of designated facility information of the same facility according to the designated information, various data systems constituting the designated facility information, for example, the designated facility information is represented by a plurality of various data. If configured, the number of the various data and the accuracy or accuracy of the various data are compared for narrowing down, and further, the designated facility information is narrowed down based on the priorities according to the various data systems set in advance. . As a result, even if there are multiple designated facility information of the same facility according to the designated information, the designated facility information that is better to achieve the user's purpose by thinning out the designated designated facility information from among them is achieved. Can be provided.

  In another aspect of the present invention, a facility search method corresponds to designation information as information about a facility input by a user from among a plurality of facility information, each of which is stored in a storage unit and is composed of various data. A search process for searching for designated facility information, and when there are a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, the search step includes a system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. One of them is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information.

  In another aspect of the present invention, a facility search method in a facility search apparatus capable of communicating via a communication network with a server device that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data shows information about the facility input by the user. A transmitting step for transmitting designated information to the server device, a receiving step for receiving designated facility information corresponding to the designated information transmitted by the transmitting step from the server device, and a designated facility information received by the receiving step. When a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility corresponding to the designated information is recorded by the recording step and the recording step, one of them is based on the system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. A search step of searching as specified facility information corresponding to the specified information.

  In another aspect of the present invention, a facility search method in a server device capable of communicating with a communication terminal device via a communication network includes a receiving step of receiving designation information as information about the facility transmitted from the communication terminal device; A search step for searching for designated facility information corresponding to the designated information received by the receiving step from among a plurality of pieces of facility information each of which is composed of various data, and is retrieved by the search step Transmitting the designated facility information to the communication terminal device, and when the search step includes a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, various types of the designated facility information One of them is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information based on the data system or its contents.

  In another aspect of the present invention, a facility search program executed in the facility search apparatus includes an input unit for a user to input information related to a facility as designation information, and a storage unit that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data. The facility search device functions as a search unit for searching for designated facility information corresponding to the specified information from a plurality of facility information stored in the storage unit, and the search unit corresponds to the specified information. When there are a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility, one of them is searched as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information based on the system or contents of various data constituting the designated facility information. .

  In another aspect of the present invention, a facility search program executed in the facility search apparatus is executed in a facility search apparatus that can communicate via a communication network with a server device that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data. A facility search program, in which an input means for a user to input information related to a facility as designation information, a transmission means for transmitting designation information input by the input means to the server device, and a designation transmitted by the transmission means Receiving means for receiving designated facility information corresponding to information from the server device, recording means for recording designated facility information received by the receiving means, and designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information in the recording means. If multiple records are recorded, one of them is determined based on the various data systems that make up the designated facility information. Characterized in that to function the facility searching device as a search means, for searching the specified facility information corresponding to the designated information.

  In another aspect of the present invention, a facility search program executed in a facility search server device capable of communicating with a communication terminal device via a communication network includes storage means for storing a plurality of facility information composed of various data, the communication Receiving means for receiving designation information as information on a facility transmitted from the terminal device, and searching for designated facility information corresponding to the designation information received by the receiving means from a plurality of facility information stored in the storage means The facility search server device functions as a search unit that performs the search, and a transmission unit that transmits the designated facility information searched by the search unit to the communication terminal device, and the search unit specifies the same facility according to the specification information. If there is more than one facility information, one of them is determined based on the system of various data constituting the designated facility information or its contents. The characterized by searching the designated facilities information corresponding to the designation information.

  According to the facility search method and the facility search program described above, it is possible to narrow down and guide the same facility that has been registered in duplicate to better facility information in order to achieve the user's purpose. Note that the facility search program can be suitably handled in a state of being recorded on a recording medium.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The following description shows an example in which the present invention is applied to a vehicle navigation apparatus.

[Schematic configuration of facility search system]
FIG. 1 shows a conceptual diagram of the facility search system 100. In this embodiment, the facility search system 100 is configured by connecting the navigation device 1 and the server device 3 through the network 2.

  The server device 3 holds a plurality of facility information with different systems. The navigation device 1 includes a facility search device that searches and displays facility information (hereinafter referred to as “designated facility information”) corresponding to the designation information input by the user. Details of the input screen and the display screen will be described later. Specifically, when the user inputs designation information using the navigation device 1, the navigation device 1 searches for the designated facility information from the facility information stored in the server device 3. Then, the navigation device 1 acquires designated facility information from the server device 3, narrows down the overlapping facility information, and displays a list.

[Navigation device]
FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the navigation device 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the navigation device 1 includes a self-supporting positioning device 10, a GPS receiver 18, a system controller 20, a disk drive 31, a data storage unit 36, an interface 37, a communication device 38, a display unit 40, and an audio output unit 50. And an input device 60.

  The autonomous positioning device 10 includes an acceleration sensor 11, an angular velocity sensor 12, and a distance sensor 13. The acceleration sensor 11 is made of, for example, a piezoelectric element, detects vehicle acceleration, and outputs acceleration data. The angular velocity sensor 12 is composed of, for example, a vibrating gyroscope, detects the angular velocity of the vehicle when the direction of the vehicle is changed, and outputs angular velocity data and relative orientation data. The distance sensor 13 measures a vehicle speed pulse composed of a pulse signal generated with the rotation of the vehicle wheel.

  The GPS receiver 18 receives radio waves 19 carrying downlink data including positioning data from a plurality of GPS satellites. The positioning data is used to detect the absolute position of the vehicle from latitude and longitude information.

  The system controller 20 includes an interface 21, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 22, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 23, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 24, and controls the entire navigation device 1.

  The interface 21 performs an interface operation with the acceleration sensor 11, the angular velocity sensor 12, the distance sensor 13, and the GPS receiver 18. From these, vehicle speed pulses, acceleration data, relative azimuth data, angular velocity data, GPS positioning data, absolute azimuth data, and the like are input to the system controller 20. The CPU 22 controls the entire system controller 20. The ROM 23 includes a nonvolatile memory (not shown) in which a control program for controlling the system controller 20 is stored. The RAM 24 stores various data such as route data preset by the user via the input device 60 so as to be readable, and provides a working area to the CPU 22.

  A system controller 20, a disk drive 31 such as a CD-ROM drive or a DVD-ROM drive, a data storage unit 36, a communication interface 37, a display unit 40, an audio output unit 50, and an input device 60 are connected via a bus line 30. Are connected to each other.

  The disk drive 31 reads and outputs content data such as music data and video data from a disk 33 such as a CD or DVD under the control of the system controller 20. The disk drive 31 may be either a CD-ROM drive or a DVD-ROM drive, or may be a CD and DVD compatible drive. The data storage unit 36 is configured by, for example, an HDD and stores various data used for navigation processing such as map data. The communication device 38 includes, for example, an FM tuner, a beacon receiver, a mobile phone, a dedicated communication card, and the like, and acquires information distributed from a VICS (Vehicle Information Communication System) center or the like.

  The display unit 40 displays various display data on a display device such as a display under the control of the system controller 20. Specifically, the system controller 20 reads map data from the data storage unit 36. The display unit 40 displays the map data read from the data storage unit 36 by the system controller 20 on the display screen. The display unit 40 includes a graphic controller 41 that controls the entire display unit 40 based on control data sent from the CPU 22 via the bus line 30 and image information that can be displayed immediately, such as a VRAM (Video RAM). A buffer memory 42 that temporarily stores, a display control unit 43 that controls display of a display 44 such as a liquid crystal display or a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) based on image data output from the graphic controller 41, and a display 44 are provided. . The display 44 functions as an information display unit, and includes, for example, a liquid crystal display device having a diagonal size of about 5 to 10 inches and is mounted near the front panel in the vehicle.

  The audio output unit 50 performs D / A (Digital to Analog) conversion of audio digital data sent from the CD-ROM drive 31, DVD-ROM 32, RAM 24 or the like via the bus line 30 under the control of the system controller 20. A D / A converter 51 to perform, an amplifier (AMP) 52 that amplifies the audio analog signal output from the D / A converter 51, and a speaker 53 that converts the amplified audio analog signal into sound and outputs the sound into the vehicle. It is prepared for.

  The input device 60 includes keys, switches, buttons, a remote controller, a voice input device, and the like for inputting various commands and data. The input device 60 is disposed around the front panel and the display 44 of the main body of the in-vehicle electronic system mounted in the vehicle. When the display 44 is a touch panel system, the touch panel provided on the display screen of the display 44 also functions as the input device 60.

  Note that the CPU 22 and the like in FIG. 2 correspond to the facility search apparatus according to the present invention.

[Facility information]
FIG. 3 shows an example of a system of various data constituting the facility information. The server device 3 stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data. 3A includes, as various data, name data 301 indicating the name of the facility, reading data 302 indicating the reading of the name of the facility, latitude data 303 indicating the latitude of the location of the facility, Longitude data 304 indicating the longitude of the location of the facility, a type code 305 indicating the genre of the facility, an identification code 306 indicating the priority of the facility information, telephone number data 307 indicating the telephone number of the facility, and the capital of the location of the facility A prefecture code 308 indicating the prefecture, a city code 309 indicating the city where the facility is located, a unique ID 310 uniquely identifying the facility information, business hours data 311 indicating the business hours of the facility, and comments regarding the facility Comment data 313 to be shown, route search coordinate data 314 to show latitude and longitude information dedicated to route search, and the like.

  The facility information 300 is information uniquely maintained by, for example, the server device operator. The facility information 300 includes a lot of various data for each facility. In addition, in many cases, facility information that is independently maintained by the server device operator is highly accurate in, for example, searching for a facility when setting a destination using a navigation device and the position of the searched facility. For this purpose, it consists of various data with high accuracy or accuracy. Incidentally, the facility information independently maintained by the operator of this server device has a lot of various data, but the number of facility information itself managed is small.

  The facility information 320 in FIG. 3B includes, as various data, name data 321 indicating the name of the facility, reading data 322 indicating the reading of the name of the facility, latitude data 323 indicating the latitude of the location of the facility, Longitude data 324 indicating the longitude of the location of the property, a type code 325 indicating the genre of the facility, an identification code 326 identifying the system of facility information, telephone number data 327 indicating the telephone number of the facility, and the capital of the location of the facility It has a prefecture code 328 indicating the prefecture, a city code 329 indicating the city where the facility is located, and a unique ID 330 uniquely identifying the facility information.

  The facility information 320 is facility information created by, for example, a telephone company or a local government. The facility information 320 has been created in consideration of facility search in destination setting, as in the facility information 300 described above, and the number of various types of data for each facility is smaller than the facility information 300 described above. However, the accuracy and accuracy of various data are not necessarily high, but the number of facility information itself is very large.

The prefecture code 308 and city code 309 of the facility information 300 and the prefecture code 328 and city code 329 of the facility information 320 are the same standard. Hereinafter, facility information having a large number of various data such as the facility information 300 or having high accuracy or accuracy of various data is referred to as “α facility information”, and the number of various data such as the facility information 320 is small and accurate or accurate. Facility information with a low is called “β facility information”. The α facility information is more convenient for the user because the number of various data is large or the accuracy or accuracy of the various data is high. Further, if there is coordinate data dedicated to route search, such as route search coordinate data 314, a more accurate route can be searched when performing route search. Therefore, in this embodiment, the α facility information identification code is set to “1” and the β facility information identification code is set to “0” in advance, and the α facility information is preferentially adopted. Further, in this embodiment, it is possible to determine whether the unique ID is α facility information or β facility information by assigning a number from the first as the unique ID 330 and assigning a number in the 500s as the unique ID 310. Like that.
In the above description, the facility information is adopted as the specific facility information based on the number of various data of the facility information or the accuracy or accuracy of the various data. However, the system of various data constituting the facility information as a standard to be adopted is not limited to the number of the various data and the accuracy or accuracy of the various data, and may be based on, for example, the facility information maintenance source. For example, as described above, data for identifying each of facility information independently prepared by an operator of a server device or facility information created by a telephone company or a local government is included as one of those various types of data. The identification code may be set based on the identification data. If the identification data itself is included as one of various data, the identification code may be omitted and the priority may be determined by the identification data.
Further, the maintenance time of various data constituting the facility information may be used as a reference. For example, data for identifying the date and time when the facility information is updated may be included as one of the various data, and the identification code may be set based on the identification data. By doing this, even when there are multiple designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, specific facility information whose maintenance time is close to the current date and time is preferentially adopted among the multiple designated facility information Will be.

[Input screen and display screen]
Next, an input screen and a display screen in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is an example of an input screen and a display screen. First, the user himself / herself from the button group A1 including the “telephone” button, the “genre” button, the “name” button, the “peripheral” button, and the “address” button displayed on the input screen of FIG. Select the type of specified information you want to enter. Here, the “name” button is selected as an example. The “name” button is associated with the name input screen of FIG. 4B. The name input screen includes an input field B1 for inputting a name, and a function for searching for facility information corresponding to designated information. It has an associated search button B2. When the user inputs “ABC shopme” as designation information in the input field B1 and presses the search button B2, the facility retrieval apparatus selects designation information “ABC shopme” from the facility information stored in the server device 3. The designated facility information including the reading data corresponding to is retrieved, and the designated facility information is acquired from the server device 3.

  If the same facility that is registered in duplicate is not narrowed down, the designated facility information is displayed in a list as shown in the display screen of FIG. Inconvenient. In this embodiment, the facility search apparatus rearranges the acquired designated facility information according to a predetermined condition, compares the systems of various data constituting the two designated facility information before and after, or the contents thereof, in the order of rearrangement. Adopt one. Thereby, when the two designated facility information before and after overlap, it narrows down by adopting one of them. Moreover, designated facility information with a high priority set in advance according to the system or contents of various data is preferentially adopted. Thereby, it is possible to narrow down to designated facility information better for the user. Then, as shown in the display screen of FIG. 4D, by displaying the list of the selected designated facility information, only the narrowed designated facility information is displayed, which is more convenient for the user.

[First embodiment]
FIG. 5 shows a functional configuration of the facility search apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The facility search device 200 is substantially realized by the components of the navigation device 1 shown in FIG.

  As illustrated in FIG. 5, the facility search apparatus 200 includes an input unit 201, an acquisition unit 202, a recording unit 203, a search unit 204, an output unit 205, and a display unit 206.

  Designation information is input to the input unit 201 by the user. The designation information is information for narrowing down facility information desired by the user, such as a telephone number, genre, name, periphery, and address.

  The acquisition unit 202 transmits the designation information input by the user to the input unit 201 to the server device 3 and receives the designated facility information corresponding to the designation information from the server device 3.

  The recording unit 203 records designated facility information received by the acquisition unit 202 described later.

  The search unit 204 sorts the designated facility information recorded by the recording unit 203 according to a predetermined condition. Specifically, the predetermined condition includes a first condition for rearranging reading data, coordinate data, type code, identification code, and unique ID in ascending order, reading data, name data, type code, telephone number data, area code There is a second condition for rearranging the identification code and the unique ID in ascending order. Note that the ascending order includes not only the ascending order of numerical values but also the Aueo order (alphabetical order). The search unit 204 narrows down the designated facility information in two stages. Specifically, the search unit 204 compares the two designated facility information before and after based on the reading data, the coordinate data, and the type code in the order rearranged according to the first condition, and adopts one of them. For example, when the two designated facility information items before and after are regarded as the same overlapping information, the designated facility information with a high priority is preferentially adopted based on the identification code. Next, the search unit 204 designates the designated facility information adopted in the first stage based on the reading data, name data, type code, telephone number data, and area code, which are rearranged according to the second condition. Compare facility information and adopt one of them. For example, when the two designated facility information items before and after are regarded as the same overlapping information, the designated facility information having a high priority system is preferentially adopted based on the identification code. Details of the two-stage narrowing of designated facility information by the search unit 204 will be described later.

  The output unit 205 causes the display unit 206 to display a list of designated facility information adopted by the search unit 204.

  The display unit 206 is configured as a display device such as an LCD, for example, and displays a list of designated facility information adopted by the search unit 204 on the screen.

  Next, the two-stage refinement of designated facility information performed by the search unit 204 will be specifically described. FIG. 6 shows an example of narrowing down designated facility information in the first stage. FIG. 6A is a list of designated facility information received by the acquisition unit 202 from the server device 3. First, the search unit 204 rearranges the list of designated facility information according to the first condition in ascending order of reading data, latitude data, longitude data, type code, identification code, and unique ID, as shown in FIG. 6B. .

  The search unit 204 includes various designated facility information items in the order of designated facility information items C1 and C3, C3 and C5, C5 and C2, C2 and C4, C4 and C7, and C7 and C6 shown in FIG. 6B. Compare the contents of the data. First, the search unit 204 determines whether or not the reading data, latitude data, and longitude data of the designated facility information C1 and C3 are the same. Since the reading data, the latitude data, and the longitude data are the same, the search unit 204 determines whether a type code other than “0” is set. Since the type code “0” is set for both, the search unit 204 determines that the designated facility information C1 and C3 overlap and adopts the designated facility information C3. Since the search unit 204 rearranges the identification codes in ascending order, the later designated facility information becomes designated facility information having a high priority. In this embodiment, “0” is set for the type code for which the genre is not defined.

  Next, the search unit 204 determines whether the reading data, latitude data, and longitude data of the designated facility information C3 and C5 are the same. Since the reading data, the latitude data, and the longitude data are the same, the search unit 204 determines whether a type code other than “0” is set. Since the type code “0” is set for both, the search unit 204 determines that the designated facility information C3 and C5 overlap and adopts the designated facility information C5.

  Next, the search unit 204 determines whether the reading data, latitude data, and longitude data of the designated facility information C5 and C2 are the same. Since the reading data, the latitude data, and the longitude data are the same, the search unit 204 determines whether a type code other than “0” is set. Since the type code “0” is set for both, the search unit 204 determines that the designated facility information C5 and C2 overlap and adopts the designated facility information C2.

  Next, the search unit 204 determines whether the reading data, latitude data, and longitude data of the designated facility information C2 and C4 are the same. Since the latitude data and the longitude data are different, the search unit 204 determines that the designated facility information C2 and C4 do not overlap and adopts both.

  Next, the search unit 204 determines whether the reading data, latitude data, and longitude data of the designated facility information C4 and C7 are the same. Since the reading data, the latitude data, and the longitude data are different, the search unit 204 determines that the designated facility information C4 and C7 do not overlap and adopts both.

  Next, the search unit 204 determines whether the reading data, latitude data, and longitude data of the designated facility information C7 and C6 are the same. Since the reading data, the latitude data, and the longitude data are the same, the search unit 204 determines whether a type code other than “0” is set. Since the type code other than “0” is set only in the designated facility information C6, the search unit 204 determines whether or not the designated facility information C7 is β facility information. Since the designated facility information C7 is β facility information because the identification code is “0”, the search unit 204 prioritizes and adopts the designated facility information C6.

  A list of designated facility information narrowed down by the search unit 204 in the first stage is shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of narrowing down the designated facility information in the second stage. As shown in FIG. 7A, the search unit 204 reads the list of designated facility information narrowed down in the first stage according to the second condition, reading data, name data, type code, telephone number data, prefecture code, city Sort in ascending order of town code, identification code, and unique ID. At this time, the search unit 204 sorts the name data by omitting spaces, hyphens, and medium blacks.

  The search unit 204 compares the designated facility information before and after the designated facility information C2 and C4 and C4 and C6 in this order. First, the search unit 204 determines whether the reading data and name data of the designated facility information C2 and C4 are the same. At this time, the search unit 204 determines whether the name data is the same by omitting spaces, hyphens, and middle blacks. By omitting spaces, hyphens, and middle blacks, it is possible to absorb the shaking of the notation. Since the reading data and the name data are the same, the search unit 204 determines whether or not the same type code other than “0” is set in the designated facility information C2 and C4. Since a type code other than “0” is set only in the designated facility information C4, the search unit 204 determines whether or not the designated facility information C2 is β facility information. Since the designated facility information C2 is β facility information because the identification code is “0”, the search unit 204 determines whether the telephone number data, the prefecture code, and the city code of the designated facility information C2 and C4 are the same. Determine whether or not. Since the telephone number data, the prefecture code, and the city code are the same, the search unit 204 determines that the designated facility information C2 and C4 are duplicated, and adopts the designated facility information C4.

  Next, the search unit 204 determines whether the reading data and the name data of the designated facility information C4 and C6 are the same. Since the reading data and the name data are different, the search unit 204 determines that the designated facility information C4 and C6 do not overlap and adopts both.

  FIG. 7B shows a list of designated facility information that the search unit 204 narrows down in the second stage.

  Next, the facility search process according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the facility search process according to the first embodiment. The facility search device 200 is mainly composed of the components of the navigation device 1, and the facility search processing is realized by the CPU 22 shown in FIG. 2 executing a program stored in the ROM 23 or the like.

  When the user inputs the designation information to the input unit 201, the acquisition unit 202 receives the user designation information (step S1). The acquisition unit 202 transmits designation information to the server device 3 and receives designated facility information corresponding to the designation information from the server device 3 (step S2). The recording unit 203 records the received designated facility information (step S3). The search unit 204 sorts the designated facility information in ascending order of reading data, latitude data, longitude data, type code, identification code, and unique ID according to the first condition (step S4). Here, since the identification codes are rearranged in ascending order, if the reading data, latitude data, longitude data, and type code are the same, the designated facility information with higher priority is arranged behind. The search unit 204 compares with the next designated facility information in the rearranged order, and determines whether the reading data, latitude data, and longitude data are the same (step S5). When at least one of the reading data, the latitude data, and the longitude data is different (step S5; No), the search unit 204 employs both designated facility information (step S6). When the reading data, the latitude data, and the longitude data are the same (step S5; Yes), the search unit 204 determines that the designated facility information is the same facility when the type code is the same, and the priority is high. The designated facility information is adopted. First, the search unit 204 determines whether a type code other than “0” is set for both (step S7). If a type code other than “0” is set for both (step S7; Yes), the search unit 204 determines whether the type codes are the same (step S8). When the type codes are different (step S8; No), the search unit 204 executes step S6. When the type codes are the same (step S8; Yes), the search unit 204 employs the later designated facility information (step S9).

  On the other hand, when at least one of the type codes is “0” (step S7; No), the search unit 204 determines whether or not both type codes are “0” (step S10). In both cases, when the type code is “0” (step S10; Yes), the search unit 204 executes step S9. Since the designated facility information is sorted in ascending order of the type code, if a type code other than “0” is set for only one of the designated facility information, only “0” is set for the following designated facility information. Type code is set. In this case (step S10; No), the search unit 204 cannot determine whether the designated facility information is related to the same facility, and therefore determines whether the previous designated facility information is β facility information (step S11). . When the previous designated facility information is β facility information (step S11; Yes), the search unit 204 executes step S9 and adopts the designated facility information having a higher priority. If the previous designated facility information is not β facility information (step S11; No), it means that both designated facility information is α facility information with high priority, and therefore the search unit 204 employs both designated facility information. (Step S12).

  Next, the search unit 204 determines whether there is next designated facility information (step S13). If there is next designated facility information (step S13; Yes), the process returns to step S5, and step S5. Repeat ~ S13. When there is no next designated facility information (step S13; No), the search unit 204 reads the reading data, name data, type code, telephone number data, prefecture code, city code, identification code, unique ID according to the second condition. The designated facility information is rearranged in ascending order (step S14). The search unit 204 compares with the next designated facility information in the rearranged order, and determines whether the reading data and the name data are the same (step S15). When at least one of the reading data and the name data is different (step S15; No), the search unit 204 employs both designated facility information (step S16). When the reading data and the name data are the same (step S15; Yes), the search unit 204 determines whether or not the same type code is set for both (step S17). When the same type code is set (step S17; Yes), the search unit 204 determines whether or not the previous designated facility information is β facility information (step S18). When the previous designated facility information is not β facility information (step S18; No), the search unit 204 executes step S16. When the previous designated facility information is β facility information (step S18; Yes), the search unit 204 determines whether the telephone number data, the prefecture code, and the city code are the same (step S19). When at least one of the telephone number data, the prefecture code, and the city code is different (step S19; No), the search unit 204 executes step S16. When the telephone number data, the prefecture code, and the city code are the same (step S19; Yes), the search unit 204 employs the later designated facility information (step S20).

  On the other hand, if the same type code is not set for both (step S17; No), the search unit 204 determines whether a different type code other than “0” is set for both, unless it is not set. Is determined (step S21). When a type code other than “0” is set only in the subsequent designated facility information (step S21; No), the search unit 204 determines whether or not the previous designated facility information is β facility information ( Step S22). When the previous designated facility information is β facility information (step S11; Yes), the search unit 204 executes step S19. If the previous designated facility information is not β facility information (step S11; No), the search unit 204 employs both designated facility information (step S23). If different type codes other than “0” are set for both (step S21; Yes), the search unit 204 executes step S23.

  Next, the search unit 204 determines whether there is next designated facility information (step S24). If there is next designated facility information (step S24; Yes), the process returns to step S15, and step S15. Repeat S24. When there is no next designated facility information (step S24; No), the output unit 205 causes the display unit 206 to display a list of designated facility information adopted by the search unit 204 (step S25), and ends the process.

  As described above, according to the facility search apparatus of the first embodiment, when the user inputs the designation information and performs the facility search, the facility that is better to achieve the user's purpose for the same facility that is registered in duplicate. Information can be narrowed down and guided. In the first stage of narrowing down in steps S4 to S13, it is determined whether the data including latitude data and longitude data is the same. In the second stage of narrowing down in steps S14 to S24, latitude data and longitude data are determined. By deciding whether or not the other data is the same, the fluctuation of the coordinate data of the facility information with different systems is absorbed, and even if the latitude data and longitude data of the specified facility information of the same facility are shifted, it is the same It can be determined that there is.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, the first stage of narrowing based on data including coordinate data is performed, and then the second stage of narrowing based on data excluding coordinate data is performed to absorb the fluctuation of the coordinate data. On the other hand, in the second embodiment, when narrowing down based on data including coordinate data, a threshold is set, and if the difference between the coordinate data of the designated facility information before and after is within the range of the threshold, the same facility is assumed. By determining, the fluctuation of the coordinate data is absorbed. The threshold is a distance that does not include different facilities and is sufficient to absorb the fluctuation of the coordinate data of the designated facility information of the same facility, and is set to “10 m”, for example.

  The functional configuration of the facility search apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment is the same as the functional configuration of the facility search apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  However, the search unit 204 in this embodiment sorts the designated facility information acquired by the acquisition unit 202 in ascending order of data including coordinate data. Then, the search unit 204 determines whether or not the difference between the coordinate data is within a predetermined range when determining whether or not the designated facility information before and after is overlapped based on the coordinate data in the rearranged order. To do. If the difference in the coordinate data is within a predetermined range, it is determined that the designated facility information before and after is duplicated, and the designated facility information having a high priority system is preferentially adopted.

  Next, facility search processing according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the facility search process according to the second embodiment. The facility search device 200 is mainly composed of the components of the navigation device 1, and the facility search processing is realized by the CPU 22 shown in FIG. 2 executing a program stored in the ROM 23 or the like.

  When the user inputs the designation information to the input unit 201, the acquisition unit 202 receives the user designation information (step S31). The acquisition unit 202 transmits the designation information to the server device 3 and receives designated facility information corresponding to the designation information from the server device 3 (step S32). The recording unit 203 records the received designated facility information (step S33). The search unit 204 sorts the designated facility information in ascending order of reading data, latitude data, longitude data, type code, identification code, and unique ID according to the first condition (step S34). The search unit 204 compares with the next designated facility information in the rearranged order, and determines whether the reading data is the same (step S35). When the reading data are different (step S35; No), the search unit 204 employs both designated facility information (step S36). When the reading data is the same (step S35; Yes), the search unit 204 determines whether or not the difference between the latitude data and the longitude data is within a predetermined range (step S37). If not within the predetermined range (step S37; No), the search unit 204 executes step S36. If it is within the predetermined range (step S37; Yes), the search unit 204 determines whether a type code other than “0” is set for both (step S38). When a type code other than “0” is set for both (step S38; Yes), the search unit 204 determines whether or not the type codes are the same (step S39). When the type codes are different (step S39; No), the search unit 204 executes step S36. When the type codes are the same (step S39; Yes), the search unit 204 employs the later designated facility information (step S40).

  On the other hand, when at least one of the type codes is “0” (step S38; No), the search unit 204 determines whether or not both type codes are “0” (step S41). In both cases, when the type code is “0” (step S41; Yes), the search unit 204 executes step S40. When a type code other than “0” is set only in the subsequent designated facility information (step S41; No), the search unit 204 determines whether or not the previous designated facility information is β facility information ( Step S42). When the previous designated facility information is β facility information (step S42; Yes), the search unit 204 executes step S40. If the previous designated facility information is not β facility information (step S42; No), the search unit 204 employs both designated facility information (step S43).

  Next, the search unit 204 determines whether there is next designated facility information (step S44). If there is next designated facility information (step S44; Yes), the process returns to step S35, and step S35. Repeat steps S44. When there is no next designated facility information (step S44; No), the output unit 205 causes the display unit 206 to display a list of designated facility information adopted by the search unit 204 (step S45), and ends the process.

  As described above, according to the facility search apparatus of the second embodiment, when the user inputs the designation information and performs the facility search, the facility that is better to achieve the user's purpose with respect to the same facility that is registered in duplicate. Information can be narrowed down and guided. Further, when determining whether or not the designated facility information before and after is duplicated, it is determined in step S37 whether or not the difference between the latitude data and the longitude data is within a predetermined range, so that the facilities having different systems It is possible to determine that the coordinate data of the information is the same even if the latitude data and the longitude data of the designated facility information of the same facility are shifted by absorbing the fluctuation of the coordinate data of the information.

[Modification]
In the above embodiment, the facility information is stored in the server device, and the facility search device transmits the specified information input by the user to the server device and receives the specified facility information corresponding to the specified information from the server device. However, the application of the present invention is not limited to this form. The facility information is stored in the facility search device itself, and the facility search device may search for the specified facility information corresponding to the specified information from the stored facility information.

  In the above embodiment, the facility information is stored in the server device, and the facility search device receives the designated facility information corresponding to the designated information from the server device, records the received designated facility information, and stores the same facility. In the case where a plurality of designated facility information is recorded, narrowing is performed based on various data systems or their contents, but the application of the present invention is not limited to this form. The facility information is stored in the server device, and the server device searches for the designated facility information corresponding to the designated information, and when there are a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility, the server device narrows down based on the system of various data or the contents thereof. The narrowed designated facility information may be transmitted to the facility search device, and the facility search device may only output the received designated facility information.

  In the above-described embodiment, the designated facility information is searched from the two types of facility information stored in the server device 3; the α facility information and the β facility information. However, the application of the present invention is not limited to this form. The server device 3 may store facility information of three or more systems. In addition, if there is duplicate facility information among facility information of the same system, separate identification codes are assigned so that the facility information to which an identification code having a high priority set in advance is preferentially adopted. May be.

  In the above-described embodiment, the conditions to be rearranged by the search unit 204 are ascending order for both the first condition and the second condition, but the application of the present invention is not limited to this form. It may be in descending order. When rearranged in descending order, when the search unit 204 determines that the preceding and succeeding designated facility information is duplicated, the previous designated facility information is adopted.

  The facility search process in the above embodiment is applied to the navigation device, but the application of the present invention is not limited to this form. It may be applied to a terminal device connected to the server device via the Internet, and facility information may be provided to the user on the WEB.

  In the above embodiment, the first embodiment and the second embodiment have been described separately. However, the application of the present invention is not limited to this mode. When determining whether or not the designated facility information before and after is duplicated based on the coordinate data in the first stage of the first embodiment, a threshold is set, and the coordinate data of the designated facility information before and after is set. If the difference is within the threshold range, it may be determined that the facilities are the same. As a result, even if coordinate data fluctuates greatly and the facility information of the same facility falls outside the threshold range of the second embodiment, if the two-stage narrowing down according to the first embodiment is performed, the same facility It can be determined that there is.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of a facility search system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a navigation apparatus. It is an example of the data system of facility information. It is an example of an input screen and a display screen. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the facility search apparatus by 1st Example. It is an example of narrowing down of the 1st step of the designated facility information by 1st Example. It is an example of the narrowing-down of the designated facility information by 1st Example of the 2nd step. It is a flowchart of the facility search process by 1st Example. It is a flowchart of the facility search process by 2nd Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Navigation apparatus 3 Server apparatus 20 System controller 22 CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Facility search system 200 Facility search apparatus 201 Input part 202 Acquisition part 203 Recording part 204 Search part 205 Output part 206 Display part

Claims (17)

An input means for the user to enter information about the facility as designated information;
Storage means for storing a plurality of facility information composed of various data;
Search means for searching designated facility information corresponding to the designated information from a plurality of facility information stored in the storage means,
When there are a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, the search means corresponds to the designated information based on a system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. A facility search apparatus characterized by searching as designated facility information.   The search means sorts the plurality of designated facility information according to a predetermined condition when there are a plurality of designated facility information relating to the same facility according to the designated information, and the two designated facility information before and after the sorting. By adopting one of them by comparing various data systems or their contents, and sequentially performing the comparison on the plurality of designated facility information, the one designated facility information finally left is The facility retrieval apparatus according to claim 1, wherein retrieval is performed as designated facility information corresponding to the designated information. In the plurality of facility information stored in the storage means, priority information corresponding to the system of various data constituting the facility information or the contents thereof is set in advance.
The facility search apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the search unit searches specified facility information having a high priority as specified facility information corresponding to the specified information based on the priority information. The various data includes coordinate data indicating the location of the facility,
The search means, when there are at least three or more designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, as a first step, before and after being sorted in ascending or descending order of various data including the coordinate data A system of various data including the coordinate data constituting one designated facility information or one of them is compared by comparing the contents, and the designated facility information adopted in the first step as a second step And for the designated facility information that was not compared in the first stage, the coordinate data constituting the two designated facility information before and after the rearranged in ascending or descending order of various data not including the coordinate data is included. Searching for the designated facility information corresponding to the designated information that is finally left by comparing the system of various data or the contents thereof Facility searching device according to claim 2 or 3, characterized. The various data includes name data indicating the name of the facility, reading data indicating the name of the facility, type code indicating the type of the facility, telephone number data indicating the telephone number of the facility, and an area code indicating the area where the facility is located A unique ID unique to the facility information, and an identification code indicating the priority information,
The search means, as the first step, constitutes two designated facility information before and after being rearranged in ascending or descending order in the order of the reading data, the coordinate data, the type code, the identification code, and the unique ID. One is adopted by comparing the reading data, the coordinate data, and the type code, and further, as the second stage, the designated facility information adopted in the first stage and the comparison target in the first stage Before and after the designated facility information that did not become, the reading data, the name data, the type code, the telephone number data, the area code, the identification code, and the unique ID are rearranged in ascending or descending order 2 The reading data, the name data, the type code, the telephone number data, and the area code constituting one designated facility information Compare to the facility search apparatus according to one of the designated facilities information finally left in claim 4, characterized in that to search as specified facility information corresponding to the designation information.   In the second step, the search means rearranges the name data by omitting the spaces, hyphens, and middle blacks included in the name data when rearranging the name data in ascending or descending order. 6. The facility search apparatus according to claim 5, wherein name data constituting one designated facility information is compared by omitting a space, a hyphen, and a middle black included in the name data. The facility information comprises various data including coordinate data indicating the location of the facility,
The search means rearranges the various data including the coordinate data in ascending or descending order, and compares the coordinate data constituting the two designated facility information before and after the rearrangement. If it exists in the range, the one will be employ | adopted as the same coordinate data, The facility search device as described in any one of Claims 2-6 characterized by the above-mentioned. A facility search device capable of communicating via a communication network with a server device that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data,
An input means for the user to enter information about the facility as designated information;
Transmitting means for transmitting the designation information input by the input means to the server device;
Receiving means for receiving designated facility information corresponding to the designated information transmitted by the transmitting means from the server device;
Recording means for recording designated facility information received by the receiving means;
When a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information is recorded in the recording means, one of the designated facility information corresponding to the designated information is based on a system of various data constituting the designated facility information. Search means to search as,
A facility retrieval apparatus comprising: A facility search system comprising a communication terminal device and a server device that are communicably connected via a communication network,
The communication terminal device
An input means for the user to enter information about the facility as designated information;
A communication terminal side transmission means for transmitting the designation information input by the input means to the server device;
A communication terminal side receiving means for receiving designated facility information corresponding to the designated information transmitted by the communication terminal side transmitting means, from the server device;
Output means for outputting designated facility information received by the communication terminal side receiving means,
The server device
Server-side receiving means for receiving the designation information transmitted from the communication terminal device;
Storage means for storing a plurality of facility information composed of various data;
Search means for searching for designated facility information corresponding to the designated information received by the server-side receiving means from among the plurality of facility information stored in the storage means;
Server-side transmission means for transmitting the designated facility information searched by the search means to the communication terminal device,
When there are a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, the search means corresponds to the designated information based on a system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. A facility search system characterized by searching as designated facility information. A facility search server device capable of communicating with a communication terminal device via a communication network,
Storage means for storing a plurality of facility information composed of various data;
Receiving means for receiving designated information as information on a facility transmitted from the communication terminal device;
Search means for searching for designated facility information corresponding to the designated information received by the receiving means from among the plurality of facility information stored in the storage means;
Transmission means for transmitting the designated facility information searched by the search means to the communication terminal device,
When there are a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, the search means corresponds to the designated information based on a system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. A facility search server device that searches as designated facility information. A search step of searching for designated facility information corresponding to the designated information as information about the facility inputted by the user from among a plurality of facility information each of which is stored in the storage means and configured by various data;
When there are a plurality of designated facility information relating to the same facility according to the designated information, the retrieval step corresponds to the designated information based on a system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. A facility search method characterized by searching as designated facility information. A facility search method in a facility search device capable of communicating via a communication network with a server device that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data,
A transmission step of transmitting designation information indicating information about a facility input by a user to the server device;
A receiving step of receiving designated facility information corresponding to the designated information transmitted by the transmitting step from the server device;
A recording step of recording the designated facility information received by the receiving step;
When a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility corresponding to the designated information is recorded by the recording step, one of the designated facility information corresponds to the designated information based on the system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. Search process to search as designated facility information;
A facility search method characterized by comprising: A facility search method in a server device capable of communicating with a communication terminal device via a communication network,
A receiving step of receiving designation information as information about a facility transmitted from the communication terminal device;
A search step of searching for designated facility information corresponding to the designated information received by the receiving step from a plurality of facility information, each of which is stored in a storage means and is composed of various data;
Transmitting the designated facility information searched by the search step to the communication terminal device,
When there are a plurality of designated facility information relating to the same facility according to the designated information, the retrieval step corresponds to the designated information based on a system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. A facility search method characterized by searching as designated facility information. A facility search program that is executed in a facility search apparatus including a storage unit that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data,
An input means for the user to enter information about the facility as designated information,
Causing the facility search apparatus to function as search means for searching specified facility information corresponding to the specified information from a plurality of facility information stored in the storage means;
When there are a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, the search means corresponds to the designated information based on a system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. A facility search program characterized by searching as designated facility information. A facility search program executed in a facility search apparatus capable of communicating via a communication network with a server device that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data,
An input means for the user to enter information about the facility as designated information,
Transmitting means for transmitting the designation information input by the input means to the server device;
Receiving means for receiving designated facility information corresponding to the designated information transmitted by the transmitting means from the server device;
Recording means for recording designated facility information received by the receiving means;
When a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information is recorded in the recording means, one of the designated facility information corresponding to the designated information is based on a system of various data constituting the designated facility information. A facility search program for causing the facility search apparatus to function as a search means for searching as a search means. A facility search program that can be communicated with a communication terminal device via a communication network and that is executed in a facility search server device that includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of facility information composed of various data,
Receiving means for receiving designated information as information about a facility transmitted from the communication terminal device;
Retrieval means for retrieving designated facility information corresponding to the designated information received by the receiving means from among a plurality of facility information stored in the storage means;
Causing the facility search server device to function as a transmission unit that transmits the designated facility information searched by the search unit to the communication terminal device;
When there are a plurality of designated facility information related to the same facility according to the designated information, the search means corresponds to the designated information based on a system of various data constituting the designated facility information or the contents thereof. A facility search program characterized by searching as designated facility information.   A recording medium in which the facility search program according to claim 14, 15 or 16 is recorded.

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