JP2010230722A - Display controller, display control method, facility information display device, facility search device, facility search method, and program for facility search - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display controller which displays a spot corresponding to search conditions on a search result screen and which acquires a beneficial spot for user from the searched spots, reducing user's burden of operation. <P>SOLUTION: While displaying a map including all or part of positions of spots searched according to the search conditions in a map display area on the search result screen, spot information representing a spot included in the currently displayed map in the map display area is displayed in a list display area. Also, while updating the search result screen based on display updating operation performed by user, information about other spot information which should be displayed by the display updating operation is displayed on the search result screen before the display updating operation by the user is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present application relates to a display control device, a display control method, a facility information display device, a facility search device, a facility search method, and a facility search program.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various navigation devices such as portable navigation devices as well as navigation devices for automobile installation (so-called car navigation devices) have become widespread. Some of these navigation devices have a peripheral facility search function. The peripheral facility search function is a function for searching for a facility corresponding to a genre (convenience store, restaurant, etc.) set by the user with a reference position such as the current position as a center. The peripheral facility search function is a convenient function for a user who wants to search for convenience stores around the current position, for example.

  Under such circumstances, the facility corresponding to the genre set by the user is searched from within a predetermined range of the reference position, and when the facility can be searched, the travel distance from the reference position to the facility or / and the estimated arrival time are calculated, The name of the searched facility, the distance traveled to the facility, and the estimated arrival time are displayed on one of the display areas divided into two on one display screen, and the reference position and the position of the searched facility are displayed on the other side. A technique for displaying a map is disclosed (for example, Patent Document 1). Although not described in Patent Document 1, when there are many searched facilities and information on the searched many facilities cannot be displayed on the display screen at once, a display update operation (for example, A technique for displaying information on sequentially searched facilities by performing an operation of touching a “next” button displayed on the touch panel) is well known.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-232641 (FIG. 8)

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, in order for the user to acquire information on facilities that are not displayed on the display screen among the searched facilities, it is necessary to perform a display update operation, even if the display update operation is performed. However, information on a desired facility is not always obtained. That is, if there is no facility information more useful than the facility information displayed on the display screen before the display update operation is performed in the facility information after the display update operation, the display update operation itself In some cases, it was wasted.

  The present application has been made in view of the above problems, and an example of the purpose thereof is to acquire facility information that is beneficial to the user from the retrieved facilities while reducing the operation burden on the user. An object of the present invention is to provide a display control device, a display control method, a facility information display device, a facility search device, a facility search method, and a facility search program.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 controls the display means to set a display screen composed of the first display area and the second display area, and to satisfy the search condition set by the user. A display control apparatus for displaying information on the searched facility according to the first display area and the second display area, wherein a map including the position of all or part of the searched facility is displayed on the first display area. Display control means for displaying in the second display area the facility instruction information indicating the facility included in the map displayed in the first display area, the display control means including the second display The display screen based on a display update operation performed by the user to display other facility instruction information not displayed in the area following the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area Causes updated, in a state before the display update operation by the user is made to display the information about at least one said other facility instruction information on the display screen, it is a display control device according to claim.

  In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 5 is a search condition setting means used for setting a search condition for a facility to be searched, a first display area, a second display area, And a facility for displaying facility instruction information indicating a facility searched according to the set search condition in the second display area and a display means for displaying a display screen including Display control means for displaying a map indicating the location of the facility corresponding to the instruction information in the first display area, and other facility instruction information to be displayed subsequent to the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area Updating means for updating the display screen based on a display update operation for displaying the image, and a facility to be newly displayed in the second display area by updating the display screen The update POI data related to facilities corresponding to shown information, and update information display control means for displaying on said display screen, an image display apparatus comprising: a.

  Furthermore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 11 controls the display means to set a display screen composed of the first display area and the second display area, and to perform a search set by the user. A display control method for displaying information on facilities searched according to conditions in the first display area and the second display area, wherein a map including the position of all or part of the searched facilities is A first display control step for displaying in one display area; a second display control step for displaying facility instruction information indicating a facility included in the map displayed in the first display area in a second display area; Information about at least one other facility instruction information among the other facility instruction information not displayed in the second display area, which is displayed subsequent to the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area. display A third display control step of displaying the facility instruction information in the area within the display screen, and displaying the other facility instruction information following the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area. And a fourth display control step for updating the display screen based on the fact that the display update operation by the user has been performed.

  Furthermore, in order to solve the above-described problem, the invention according to claim 12 includes the search condition acquisition step of acquiring the search condition of the facility to be searched, and the acquisition in the second display area in the display screen. The facility instruction information indicating the facility searched according to the search condition is displayed, and a map indicating the position of the facility corresponding to the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area is displayed in the first display area in the display screen. The display based on the display control process to be displayed and the display update operation for displaying other facility instruction information to be displayed following the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area. An update step for updating a screen, and updated facility information relating to a facility corresponding to facility instruction information to be newly displayed in the second display area by updating the display screen, A facility search method characterized by comprising the update information display controlling step of displaying in a plane.

  Furthermore, in order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 13 is a search condition setting means used for setting a search condition for a facility to be searched, a first display area, and a second display area. A computer included in a facility search apparatus including a display means for displaying a display screen including: facility instruction information indicating a facility searched according to the set search condition is displayed in the second display area. Display control means for displaying on the first display area a map indicating the position of the facility corresponding to the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area, and the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area. Subsequently, updating means for updating the display screen based on the fact that a display updating operation for displaying other facility instruction information to be displayed has been performed, the display screen being updated. For the facility search, which functions as an update information display control means for displaying the updated facility information relating to the facility instruction information to be newly displayed in the second display area on the display screen. It is a program.

  Furthermore, in order to solve the above-described problem, the invention according to claim 14 is facility information relating to a facility obtained by executing a search process based on a search condition input by a user, wherein the location of the facility is determined. A facility information display device for displaying facility information including position information indicating and name information indicating the name of the facility, and a map for displaying a symbol indicating the position of the facility on a map based on the position information Display means for displaying a display screen including a display area and a name display area for displaying a character indicating the name of the facility based on the name information, which is another display area different from the map display area And a symbol indicating the position of the facility displayed in the map display area and a character indicating the name of the facility displayed in the name display area correspond one-to-one as facility information regarding the same facility. And display control means for urchin display, a facility information display device characterized by comprising a.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of mobile telephone MP in embodiment of this application. It is a figure which shows an example of the search result list | wrist L in embodiment of this application. It is a figure which shows an example of the distance mode search result screen 100 in embodiment of this application. It is a figure which shows another example of the distance mode search result screen 100 in embodiment of this application. It is a figure which shows an example of the map mode search result screen 100 in embodiment of this application. It is a figure which shows another example of the map mode search result screen 100 in embodiment of this application. It is a figure which shows an example of the bar mode search result screen 100 in embodiment of this application. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the control processing of the system control part 28 in embodiment of this application. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the display control process in the control process of the system control part 28 in embodiment of this application. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the map mode process in the display control process of the system control part 28 in embodiment of this application. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the bar mode process in the display control process of the system control part 28 in embodiment of this application.

  Hereinafter, an optimal embodiment of the present application will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment described below is an embodiment when the present application is applied to a mobile phone equipped with a peripheral spot search application (hereinafter referred to as “peripheral search application”). The neighborhood search application searches for spots existing around the reference position based on the search conditions set by the user carrying the mobile phone, and information about the spots (hereinafter, information about the spots is simply “ This is an application for displaying “spot information” on the display unit of the mobile phone. Incidentally, the mobile phone in the present embodiment corresponds to one embodiment of each of the display control device, the facility search device, and the facility information display device of the present application, and the spot corresponds to a facility.

  First, the configuration of the mobile phone MP will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile phone MP is connected to a mobile communication network by transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from a base station, and a communication unit 21 that controls communication with other mobile phones and servers connected to the network. For example, a voice input unit 22 that includes a microphone, a D / A converter, and the like and generates voice data corresponding to the voice when the user's speech voice or the like is input from the microphone, and outputs the voice data to the communication unit 21. A voice output unit 23 that has a speaker, an amplifier circuit, and the like, generates a voice corresponding to the voice data supplied from the communication unit 21, and amplifies the voice. Communication is possible. As such a communication system, for example, a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) system, an IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) system, a PHS (Personal Handy phone System) system, or the like is adopted.

  In addition, the mobile phone MP receives a display unit 24 (for example, a liquid crystal display) having a display screen for displaying information such as characters and images, and accepts an operation instruction from the user, and uses the instruction content as an instruction signal. An operation unit 25 (for example, a dial key, a cross key, etc.) to be output to 28, a storage unit 26 (for example, a flash memory) for storing various programs (for example, an operating system, a Web browser program, etc.) and data, It has. The display unit 24 corresponds to the display unit of the present application. As will be described later, the display screen in the display unit 24 has two display areas: a display area for displaying a map and a display area for displaying spot information. Are simultaneously displayed in each display area. Information is displayed in these two display areas in cooperation with each other or independently. The display unit 24 has a function as a so-called touch panel, detects a touch operation on the display screen by the user, and transmits data indicating which region of the display screen is touched to the system control unit 28.

  Furthermore, the mobile phone MP includes a system control unit 28 having a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read-Only Memory), and the like. The system control unit 28 and each unit are connected to a system bus. 29 are connected to each other. The system control unit 28 corresponds to the display control means, the update means, and the update information display control means of the present application.

  Furthermore, the mobile phone MP includes a current position detection unit 30 that detects its current position. For example, the current position detecting unit 30 receives position coordinates indicating the current position such as latitude / longitude data based on a GPS antenna that receives radio signals from a plurality of GPS satellites and radio signals received by the GPS antenna. It consists of the required GPS unit.

  The storage unit 26 stores a plurality of map data corresponding to a plurality of preset display scales used for displaying on the display screen of the display unit 24 of the mobile phone MP. This map data is composed of various data such as road data and background data. The road data is, for example, road data defining the road type of each road, identification information of a point to which the road is connected, road number, road name, road shape, etc., position coordinate data indicated by latitude / longitude data of each point, etc. It consists of

  Furthermore, various kinds of spot information are stored in the storage unit 26. A spot is a facility such as a public facility, a commercial facility, a service facility, a transportation facility, a leisure facility, a tourist facility, a cultural facility, or a school facility. More specifically, there are, for example, government offices, post offices, police stations, fire stations, hospitals, restaurants, convenience stores, gas stations, stations, golf courses, castles, museums, elementary, junior and senior high schools. The various types of spot information are position coordinate data indicating the position of the spot, classification, name, address, and additional information indicating the type of the spot. The additional information is various information according to the type of the spot, and includes, for example, a telephone number, a homepage address, business hours, a facility usage fee, and a parking lot. In addition, as additional information, information on the storage location on the DVD of detailed spot information (for example, food characteristics and fees in the case of restaurants) is added, and the spot is selected by the user from the shortest search result. If it is, detailed information on the spot may be displayed.

  Further, the storage unit 26 stores icon data indicating an icon for expressing the position of the searched spot on the map, bar data for expressing the spot information as a graphic on the display screen, and the like. In addition, in order to represent the position of a plurality of spots on the map with icons, a wide variety of icon data corresponding to the type of the spot is prepared, and there are various ways to represent the distance information in the spot information with graphics. A plurality of bar data corresponding to the distance is prepared.

  The system control unit 28 controls the entire mobile phone MP when the CPU reads and executes various programs such as applications stored in the ROM or the storage unit 26. Note that various programs may be downloaded from a server or the like, or may be read from a recording medium such as a memory card.

  The system control unit 28 reads out and executes the above-described “periphery search application” program from among the programs stored in the ROM and the storage unit 26, thereby controlling the entire mobile phone MP to perform the peripheral search process. I do. The system control unit 28 also has a “route search” program. By executing the program, the system control unit 28 searches for a route connecting two points, and further controls the voice output unit and the like to the searched route. Process to guide the guidance along.

  Next, an outline of the “periphery search application” will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 2 is a search result list showing the search results of spots searched based on the search conditions set by the user when the peripheral search application is executed. The search result list is temporarily stored in the storage unit 26. 3 to 7 are examples of search result screens showing the search results of spots displayed based on the search result list.

  The following describes the details of the spot search result and the search result screen by executing the “periphery search application”.

  When the “peripheral search application” is executed, a reference position setting screen (not shown) is displayed first, and the user is set a reference position that is a reference for setting a map range for searching for spots. In addition, as an initial reference position, the current position obtained by the current position detection unit 30 of the mobile phone MP is set. The user can arbitrarily set the reference position using this reference position setting screen. Can do. Of course, if the user does not make a setting on the reference position setting screen, the current position of the mobile phone MP is automatically set as the reference position.

  Next, a search condition setting screen (not shown) is displayed, and the user is allowed to set search conditions for spots to be searched. In this embodiment, a spot genre (for example, a facility genre such as a convenience store, a restaurant, or a park) is set as a search condition.

  Next, spots existing around the reference position are searched based on the set search conditions. The search results are stored in the storage unit 26 in the form of a search result list L shown in FIG.

  The search result list L shown in FIG. 2 will be described. The search result list L indicates that spots existing around the eight reference positions are searched based on the set convenience store search conditions.

  The search result list L includes name information 201 that is spot information of the searched spot, address information 202, position coordinates 203, classification information 204, and distance information 205 that indicates a distance from the reference position. The name information 201 is information indicating the name of a spot made up of character data. The address information 202 is information indicating the address of a spot made up of character, symbol, and number data. The position coordinate 203 is information composed of position coordinate data indicating the position of the spot (for example, the position of the spot NO1 shown in FIG. 2 is indicated by latitude x1 and longitude y1). The classification information 204 is information including a type code indicating the type of the spot (in FIG. 2, c1 to c6 indicate the type code). The type codes c1 to c6 shown in FIG. 2 indicate to which chain the searched convenience store belongs, for example, when the genre that is the set search condition is a convenience store. For example, each spot of NO.3, NO.4, and NO.7 in the search result list L has the type code c3, indicating that all belong to the □□□ chain. The search result list L is arranged in order of increasing distance between the searched spot position and the reference position. Incidentally, in the stage of creating the search result list L, the distance information 205 is derived by calculating the distance from the reference position for each spot based on the reference position and the position coordinates 203 of each searched spot.

  Then, based on the search result list L shown in FIG. 2, the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. The search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3 includes a map display area 100a (corresponding to the first display area of the present application) that displays a map including the position of the searched spot based on the position coordinates 203 of the search result list L. A list display area 100b (corresponding to the second display area of the present application) that displays spot information of the searched spot in a list format based on the name information 201 and distance information 205 of the search result list L, and a display to be described later The display button 140 is selected by the user to display the mode setting screen, and the Dis button 150 is operated by the user to change the display mode of the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b. The display button 140 and the Dis button 150 are buttons that are selected by a user's touch operation.

  In the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3, the current position of the mobile phone MP or the reference position set on the reference position setting screen (hereinafter referred to as the reference position including the current position) is displayed in the map display area 100a. The spot position is expressed by the reference position icon 116 on the map, and the spot positions based on the position coordinates 203 of the search result list L are expressed by the spot icons 111 to 115. In the map display area 100a, the positions of at least five spots among the eight spots searched in the search result list L are represented by spot icons 111 to 115, but more or eight spots. The positions of all the spots may be expressed by spot icons. That is, at least all the positions of the spots whose information is displayed in the list display area 100b may be expressed in the map display area 100a.

  In the list display area 100b of the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3, the name information 203 and distance information 205 of five spots from NO.1 to NO.5 of the search result list L indicated by reference numerals 121 to 125 are shown. Are displayed in ascending order of distance from the reference position. In this list display area 100b, the maximum list display number of spots that can display spot information is set in consideration of the setting of the range of the area and the setting of the font size of characters to be displayed. In the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3, the map display area 100a and the list display area 100b are set to substantially the same range, and the relationship with the font size of characters when information is displayed in the list display area 100b. The maximum list display number of spots that can display spot information in the list display area 100b is set to 5 in advance (the search result screen 100 in FIGS. 4 to 7 to be described later also sets the maximum list display number). 5).

  Further, when the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, any spot information displayed in the list display area 100b is set in a selected state in accordance with an operation by the user. The spot information in the selected state (spot information indicated by reference numeral 123 in FIG. 3) is called “selected state spot information”, and the background color of the display range of “selected state spot information” is displayed in blue. Further, with reference to the classification information 204 of the search result list L, another spot of the same type as the “selected state spot information” is searched. When another spot of the same type exists and the other spot information is displayed in the list display area 100b (for example, any one of NO.1 to NO.5 in the search result list L) The other spot information (spot information indicated by reference numeral 124 in FIG. 3) is “same type spot information” and the background color of the display range is displayed in light blue.

  That is, when other spot information of the same type as the “selected state spot information” is displayed in the list display area 100b together with the “selected state spot information”, the background color of the display range is displayed in a similar color. Thus, the user can recognize at a glance that other spot information of the same type as the “selected state spot information” exists in the list display area 100b.

  For example, when the “selected state spot information” is changed from the spot information indicated by reference numeral 123 in FIG. 3 to the spot information indicated by reference numeral 124 in accordance with a user operation, the display range of the spot information indicated by reference numeral 124 is displayed. The background color of the spot information is blue, and the background color of the display area of the spot information indicated by reference numeral 123 is light blue.

  Further, when other spot information (spot information indicated by reference numerals 121, 122, and 125 in FIG. 3) different from the “selected state spot information” is displayed in the list display area 100b together with the “selected state spot information”. In this case, the background color of each display range is displayed in white as “different-type spot information”. The same type spot information is, for example, convenience store information of the same chain as the convenience store when the “selected state spot information” is convenience store information. That is, as described above, the spots of No. 3, 4, and 7 in the search result list L shown in FIG. 2 are the same type of spots, and the spot information thereof is the same type of spot information.

  Further, on the map displayed in the map display area 100a of the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3, a spot icon (FIG. 3) expressing the position of the spot of “selected state spot information” displayed in the list display area 100b. In FIG. 3, a spot icon (spot icon indicated by reference numeral 114 in FIG. 3) is displayed as a “selected state icon” in blue, and a spot icon (spot icon indicated by reference numeral 114 in FIG. The icon is expressed in light blue. Spot icons (spot icons indicated by reference numerals 111, 112, and 115 in FIG. 3) that represent the positions of the spots of “different type spot information” are expressed in white as “different type icons”. The expression color of each spot icon corresponds to the same color as the background color of the spot information described above.

  Such color representation can be realized, for example, by executing drawing processing using a color palette in the system control unit 28.

  Further, a next page spot display area 131 is provided below the list display area 100b in the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. In the next page spot display area 131, the next spot information displayed in the list display area 100b by the user's display update operation has the shortest distance between the spot position and the reference position (hereinafter referred to as the next page spot). ) Spot information (hereinafter referred to as spot information on the next page). For example, when spot information of NO.1 to NO.5 in the search result list L shown in FIG. 2 is displayed in the list display area 100b shown in FIG. Among them, spot information (500 m in FIG. 3) of No. 6 having the shortest distance from the reference position is displayed as spot information on the next page. If spot information on the next page does not exist (for example, if the search result list L has only NO.1 to NO.5 spot information, that is, the number of spots in the search result list L is the number of spots in the list display area 100b. For example, a message “No spot on the next page” is displayed in the spot display area 131 on the next page.

  When the display update operation of the user is performed while the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, according to the operation, the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b at the time of the operation is displayed. The display is updated to display spot information to be displayed next to the displayed spot information. For example, when spot information of NO.1 to NO.5 of the search result list L shown in FIG. 2 is displayed in the list display area 100b of the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. When the “next” button (not shown) provided in FIG. 25 is operated, the spot information display of NO. 1 to NO. 5 in the list display area 100b is displayed as NO in the search result list L shown in FIG. Update to display spot information of .6 to NO.8. The operation of the “next” button corresponds to a display update operation for updating the display of spot information displayed in the list display area 100b to the display of spot information to be displayed next. As the display of the list display area 100b is updated, the map icon displayed in the map display area 100a is updated, and the information of the spot icons that are displayed on the map is displayed in the list display area 100b after the display is updated. Update to the spot icon of the spot.

  When the Dis button 150 is selected according to the user's operation, the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed.

  The search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 4 includes a map display area 100a, a list display area 100b, and a display button 140. The display button 140 is a button selected by a user touch operation.

  In the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3, the name information 201 and the distance information 205 are displayed as one spot information in the list display area 100b. However, in the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. The distance information 205 of “information” is displayed in the distance display area 151 below the list display area 100 b in the search result screen 100, and one spot information is displayed as only the name information 201.

  For example, in the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 4, since “□□□ Toranomon store” indicated by reference numeral 123 is “selected state spot information”, distance information 205 (200 m) of the “□□□ Toranomon store”. Is displayed in the distance display area 151. Since the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 4 displays the information of one spot as the name information 201 only, longer name information 201 can be displayed compared to the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. Incidentally, also in the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 4, the distance information 205 is displayed as the next page spot information in the next page spot display area 131. The search result screen 100 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is referred to as a distance mode search result screen in order to distinguish it from a map mode search result screen and a bar mode search result screen described later.

  When the display button 140 of the distance mode search result screen shown in FIG. 3 is selected according to the user's operation, a map mode for displaying a map mode search result screen described later, and a bar mode search result screen described later are displayed. A display mode setting screen (not shown) for allowing the user to set one of the bar modes for display is displayed.

  When the map mode is set on the display mode setting screen, a map mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 5 or 6 to be described later is displayed. Further, when the bar mode is set on the display mode setting screen, a bar mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 7 to be described later is displayed.

  Next, the map mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 5 will be described.

  Similar to the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 4 described above, the map mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 5 includes a map display area 100a, a list display area 100b, and a display button 140.

  When the map mode is set on the display mode setting screen, it is displayed in the map display area 100a of the map mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 5 based on the position coordinates 203 of the search result list L shown in FIG. The next page spot icon 132 representing the position of the next page spot is expressed on the map. Note that a balloon message from the next page spot icon 132 may be displayed, and the distance from the reference position to the next page spot may be displayed as the balloon message.

  Next, the map mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 6 will be described.

  Similar to the map mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 5 described above, the map mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 6 includes a map display area 100a, a list display area 100b, and a display button 140.

  If the position of the next page spot is not within the range of the map displayed in the map display area 100a when the map mode search result screen 100 is displayed, the next page spot icon 132 cannot be expressed on the map. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6, an annotation message 133 indicating that the next page spot icon 132 cannot be expressed within the map area and the direction in which the next page spot is located is displayed.

  When the map mode is set on the display mode setting screen, the map mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 5 depends on whether the position of the next page spot is within the range of the map displayed in the map display area 100a. The map mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 6 is selected and displayed. Whether or not the position of the next page spot is within the range of the map displayed in the map display area 100a is determined, for example, by the position coordinate 203 of the next page spot in the search result list L shown in FIG. 2 being the map display area 100a. It is determined by whether or not it is within the coordinate range corresponding to the scale of the map displayed on the screen. When a map is displayed in the map display area 100a of the map mode search result screen 100, a scale map including the position coordinates of the spot whose information is to be displayed in the list display area 100b is read from the storage unit 26. That is, the position coordinates of the spot whose information is displayed in the list display area 100b is extracted from the position coordinates 203 of the search result list L shown in FIG. 2, and the straight line distance from the reference position in the extracted position coordinates 203 is extracted. A scale map including the position coordinate 203 of the longest spot is read out. Then, the coordinate range corresponding to the scale of the read map is compared with the position coordinate 203 of the next page spot, and the position coordinate of the next page spot is within the range of the map displayed in the map display area 100a. It is determined whether or not there is.

  Next, the bar mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 7 will be described.

  The bar mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 7 includes a map display area 100a, a list display area 100b, and a display button 140, similar to the map mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG.

  When the bar mode is set on the display mode setting screen, the distance (500 m) from the reference position to the position of the next page spot is expressed by the next page bar 134 as shown in FIG. The farthest bar 135 represents the distance (250 m) from the reference position of the spot having the longest distance from the reference position (in FIG. 7, “XXX × Kamiyacho store”) among the spot information displayed in 100b. To do. Each of the distance of the spot on the next page and the distance of the spot having the longest distance from the reference position is extracted from the distance information 205 of the search result list L shown in FIG. Then, the next page bar 134 and the farthest bar 135 are extracted from the storage unit 26 based on the extracted distance information 205. For example, when the display width of the display screen on the display unit 24 of the mobile phone MP is 4 cm, the longest bar is 4 cm, the distance expressed by the bar is 1 km, and the distance expressed by the length of the bar Establishing standards for matching And according to the said reference | standard, the some bar data according to various distances are prepared beforehand. When the distance information 205 (500 m) of the next page spot described above is expressed by the next page bar 134, 2 cm of bar data corresponding to the distance 500 m is extracted and expressed at a predetermined location in the map display area 100a. In this case, when the distance information 205 of the next page spot exceeds 1 km, it cannot be expressed by a bar, so that the fact that it cannot be expressed may be displayed.

  Also, as shown in the bar mode search result screen 100 of FIG. 7, distance information 205 (reference numerals 136a, 136b, and 136c) is also displayed on each of the next page bar 134 and the farthest bar 135. As a result, the difference between the distance from the reference position to the position of the next page spot and the distance of the spot having the longest distance from the reference position among the spots whose information is displayed in the list display area 100a is calculated. The user can grasp at a glance.

  As described above, as the search result screen 100, any one of the distance mode search result screen, the map mode search result screen, and the bar mode search result screen can be set by the user's selection. Each of the search result screens 100 is expressed as a distance in the list display area 100b based on the distance information 205 of the next page spot information, or in the map display area 100a based on the position coordinates 203 of the next page spot information. Whether to express the next page spot information on the displayed map, whether it is expressed by a spot icon on the next page or a bar on the map display area 100a based on the distance information 205 of the next page spot information. It is different.

  When any of the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b is in a selected state (“selected state spot information”), for example, when a destination setting or a route search instruction is given by a user operation. A route to the position of the selected spot is searched, and guidance guidance along the route is started.

  The above is the aspect of the search result of the spot by the execution of the “periphery search application” and the example of the search result screen.

  4 to 7 also display background colors for each of “selected state spot information”, “same type spot information”, and “different type spot information” shown in FIG. The icon is displayed in the expression color.

  Next, the processing of the system control unit 28 shown in FIG. 1 when the “periphery search application” is executed will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing processing of the system control unit 28 when the “periphery search application” is executed. 9 shows a flowchart of “display control process” in the flowchart shown in FIG. 8, FIG. 10 shows a flowchart of “map mode process” in the flowchart shown in FIG. 9, and FIG. 11 shows a flowchart in FIG. The flowchart of "bar mode processing" is shown.

  First, the flowchart shown in FIG. 8 will be described.

  As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, when the “periphery search application” is executed by the operation of the operation unit 25 by the user, the system control unit 28 controls the display unit 24 to perform a reference position setting screen and search (not shown). Display the condition setting screen. Then, on the reference position setting screen and the search condition setting screen displayed on the display unit 24, the reference position set by the user using the operation unit 25 or the current position detected by the current position detection unit 30, and the search The condition is acquired from the operation unit 25 (step S100). Next, the system control unit 28 stores map data of a predetermined range, for example, a range within a radius of 16 km around the reference position, based on the acquired reference position (hereinafter referred to as the reference position including the current position). Obtained from the unit 26 (step S101). Based on the acquired search condition and the acquired map data of the predetermined range, the system control unit 28 searches for a spot existing in the predetermined range based on the position coordinate data indicated by the spot information stored in the storage unit 26. (Spot S102). The predetermined range is a range including a map display range (hereinafter referred to as a display map range) displayed in the map display area 100a of the search result display screen 100 shown in FIGS. If no spot satisfying the search condition exists within the predetermined range as a result of the search, a message indicating that fact is displayed on the display unit 24.

  Next, the system control unit 28 acquires spot information of the spots existing within the searched predetermined range from the storage unit 26 (step S103).

  Next, the system control unit 28 calculates the distance from the reference position to the position of each spot based on the position coordinate data of the spot indicated by the acquired spot information, and displays the figure based on the calculated distance and the acquired spot information. A search result list L indicated by 2 is created. Then, the created search result list L is stored in the storage unit 26 (step S104). The system control unit 28 displays each spot information in the search result list L when displaying the search result screen 100 shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 on the display unit 24.

  Next, the system control unit 28 refers to the search result list L, and acquires more spot information than the maximum list display number that can be displayed in the list display area 100b of the search result display screen 100 shown in FIGS. Whether or not (step S105). If the system control unit 28 determines that more spot information than the maximum list display number has not been acquired (step S105: NO), the system control unit 28 controls the display unit 24 to display the next page spot display area 131. The distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3 displaying “no spot on the next page” is displayed (step S106), and any of the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b of the search result screen 100 is selected. Yes, it is determined whether or not the user has instructed destination setting or route search (step S107). When a destination setting or route search instruction is made by the user's operation of the operation unit 25 (step S107: YES), a route from the reference position to the spot position indicated by the selected state spot information is searched. Then, the guidance guidance along the route is started (step S109), and the series of processing ends. If the user does not instruct the destination setting or the route search (step S107: NO), the process of step S107 is repeated until the destination setting or the route search is instructed.

  If the system control unit 28 determines in step S105 that more spot information than the maximum list display number has not been acquired, the system control unit 28 refers to the search result list L stored in the storage unit 26 and searches for the search result list. Extract spot information for all spots in L. With reference to the distance information 205 in the extracted spot information, the position coordinate 203 of the spot having the longest distance from the reference position is extracted. And the map data of the scale centering on a reference position including the position coordinate of the spot with the longest distance from the said reference position is extracted from the map data memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 26. FIG. A map in which a spot icon is superimposed on the position coordinates of the spot of the extracted map data is generated and displayed on the map display area 100a. Further, along with the generation of the map, the name information 201 and distance information 205 of all spots are extracted from the search result list L shown in FIG. 2, and the information including characters, numbers, and symbols is indicated by the distance information 205. The distance from the reference position is sorted in ascending order and displayed in the list display area 100b in a list format. The distance map search result display screen 100 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 24 by displaying the generated map and the extracted spot information in the map display area 100a and the list display area 100b, respectively.

  The system control unit 28 causes the display unit 24 to display the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3 as a default.

  On the other hand, if the system control unit 28 determines in step S105 that more spot information than the maximum list display number has been acquired (step S105: YES), the system control unit 28 proceeds to the display control process shown in FIG. 9 (step S108). .

  Next, the display control process will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the system control unit 28 refers to the search result list L stored in the storage unit 26, and extracts spot information of the maximum number of list display items in the order of the search result list L (step S110). In the present embodiment, as described above, since the maximum list display number is “5”, the NO. 1-NO. 5 spot information is extracted. Then, the position coordinate 203 of the spot having the longest distance from the reference position (in this case, the spot No. 5) is extracted from the distance information 205 in the extracted spot information. And the map data of the scale centering on a reference position including the position coordinate of the spot with the longest distance from the said reference position is extracted from the map data memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 26. FIG. Then, a map in which each spot icon is superimposed on the position coordinates of the spots corresponding to the maximum list display number in the extracted map data is generated and displayed on the map display area 100a. As the map is generated, spot name information 201 and distance information 205 corresponding to the maximum number of lists displayed are extracted from the search result list L, and the information including letters, numbers, and symbols is indicated by the distance information 205. The list is displayed in the list display area 100b in the form of a list in ascending order of the distance from the reference position. Further, the system control unit 28 extracts the distance information 205 in the next page spot information from the search result list L shown in FIG. Then, the distance information 205 in the extracted next page spot information is displayed in the next page spot display area 131. In this way, the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 24 (step S111).

  Next, the system control unit 28 determines whether or not the Dis button 150 on the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3 has been selected by the user's operation of the operation unit 25 (step S112). If the system control unit 28 determines that the Dis button 150 has not been selected (step S112: NO), any of the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b of the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the user is in the selected state and the destination setting or route search instruction is given by the user (step S117). When the destination setting or route search instruction is made by the user's operation of the operation unit 25 (step S117: YES), the process proceeds to step S109 (FIG. 8), and the process of step S109 is performed to perform a series of steps. The process ends.

  When the system control unit 28 determines that the Dis button 150 has been selected (step S112: YES), the system control unit 28 extracts only the spot name information 201 for the maximum number of displayed lists in the search result list L, and consists of characters. Information is displayed in the list display area 100b in a list format. Then, the above-described “selected state spot information” in the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b is confirmed (step S113). This confirmation can be confirmed based on the display range of each spot information in the list display area 100b (for example, the display range in which the background color is blue), the operation instruction of the operation unit 25, or the like. Then, the distance information 205 of the “selected state spot information” displayed in the list display area 100b is extracted from the search result list L and displayed in the distance display area 151 shown in FIG. 4 (step S114). In this way, the distance mode search result screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. Further, the system control unit 28 determines whether or not an operation instruction for changing the “selected state spot information” is received from the operation unit 25 in a state where the distance mode search result screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed ( If it is determined that it has been accepted (step S115: YES), the distance information 205 of the changed “selected state spot information” is extracted from the search result list L, and the extracted distance information 205 is shown in FIG. 4 is displayed in the distance display area 151 of the distance mode search result screen shown by 4 and updated from what has been displayed so far (step S116). In this way, the system control unit 28 controls the display unit 24 to display the distance information 205 for the “selected state spot information” changed based on the operation instruction from the operation unit 25 in the distance display area 151. The display of the distance information 205 is changed.

  On the other hand, when the system control unit 28 determines that the operation instruction for changing the “selected state spot information” is not received from the operation unit 25 in the state where the distance mode search result screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed ( After updating the display of the distance display area 151 of the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 4 in step S115: NO) and step S116, the process proceeds to step S117, and the determination process of step S117 is performed.

  When it is determined that the destination setting or the route search instruction is not made by the operation of the user operation unit 25 (step S117: NO), the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the display button 140 has been selected (step S118). If it is determined that the display button 140 has been selected (step S118: YES), a display mode setting screen is displayed (step S119). On the other hand, if it is determined that the display button 140 has not been selected (step S118: NO), it is determined whether or not the “next” button on the operation unit 25 has been operated by the user (step S120).

  In a state where the display mode setting screen is displayed on the display unit 24, it is determined whether “map mode” or “bar mode” is selected by the operation of the operation unit 25 by the user (step S121). If it is determined that “map mode” is selected (step S121: map), the process proceeds to the map mode process shown in FIG. 10 (step S123). On the other hand, when “bar mode” is selected (step S121: bar), the process proceeds to the bar mode process shown in FIG. 11 (step S122).

  Next, map mode processing will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. As described above, the search result screen displayed on the display unit 24 by executing this map mode process is the map mode search result screen shown in FIG. 5 or FIG.

  When “map mode” is selected from the distance mode search result screen shown in FIG. 4 through the display mode setting screen, the system control unit 28 determines the position in the spot information on the next page from the search result list L shown in FIG. The coordinates 203 are extracted. Then, based on the extracted position coordinates 203, whether the “next page spot” exists within the display map range of the map displayed in the map display area 100a of the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not (step S301). If it is determined that the position coordinates of the “next page spot” are within the display map range (step S301: YES), the map displayed in the map display area 100a of the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. A map in which the next page spot icon 132 is superimposed on the position coordinates of the next page spot is generated and displayed in the map display area 100a. Further, the maximum number of spots displayed from the search result list L shown in FIG. The name information 201 and the distance information 205 are extracted, and the information including characters, numbers, and symbols is displayed in the list display area 100b in the form of a list in ascending order of the distance from the reference position indicated by the distance information 205. At this time, the system control unit 28 deletes the display of the distance display area 151 and the next page spot display area 131 of the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 4 from the display screen, and displays the map mode search result shown in FIG. The screen 100 is displayed (spot S302).

  On the other hand, if the system control unit 28 determines that the next page spot does not exist within the display map range (step S301: NO), the “next page spot” is based on the position coordinates 203 of the “next page spot”. It is determined in which direction the position coordinates of "" are relative to the reference position. Then, using the map displayed in the map display area 100a of the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 4, the arrow indicating the determined direction and the next page spot icon 132 cannot be displayed on the map. A map on which an annotation message consisting of the above text is superimposed is generated and displayed in the map display area 100a. Further, the spot name information 201 and the distance information 205 for the maximum number of list display items are extracted from the search result list L shown in FIG. 2, and the information including letters, numbers, and symbols is extracted from the reference position indicated by the distance information 205. Are displayed in the list display area 100b in the list format in ascending order of the distance (step S303).

  At this time, the system control unit 28 deletes the display of the distance display area 151 and the next page spot display area 131 of the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 4 from the display screen, and displays the map mode search result shown in FIG. The screen 100 is displayed (spot S303).

  Next, the bar mode process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. As described above, the search result screen displayed on the display unit 24 by executing the bar mode process is the bar mode search result screen shown in FIG.

  When “bar mode” is selected from the above-described distance mode search result screen shown in FIG. 4 via the display mode setting screen, the system control unit 28 determines the distance in the next page spot information from the search result list L shown in FIG. Information 205 is extracted (step S401). Then, based on the distance information 205, a bar for expressing the next page spot information in the map display area 100a of the bar mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 7 is determined (step S402). For example, in the search result list L shown in FIG. 2, the next page spot information is “NO.6” spot information, and the distance information 205 is “500 m”. As described above, when the display width of the display screen is 4 cm, the 2 cm bar is determined as the “500 m” bar according to the standard in which the distance expressed as 4 cm is the longest bar and the distance is 1 km. Then, bar data indicating the 2 cm bar is acquired from the storage unit 26 (step S403). Next, the system control unit 28 has the longest distance from the reference position among the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b of the distance mode search result screen shown in FIG. 4 from the search result list L shown in FIG. The distance information 205 (“250 m” in the example of FIG. 2) of the position spot (“XXX Kamiyacho store in FIG. 4)” is extracted (step S404). And the bar which should express the spot information of the longest distance to the map display area 100a of the bar mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 7 is determined (step S405). As in the case of the next page spot information, a 1 cm bar is determined as the “250 m” bar. Then, bar data indicating the 1 cm bar is acquired from the storage unit 26 (step S406).

  Next, the system control unit 28 controls the display unit 24 to perform drawing processing on the bar data indicating each bar acquired from the storage unit 26, and the next page of the bar mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. The bar 134 and the farthest bar 135 are expressed (step S407). In the drawing process in the display unit 24, the display mode of the next page bar 134 and the farthest bar 135 is processed differently. In the bar mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 7, the bar of the next page bar 134 is processed in black and the farthest bar 135 is processed in diagonal.

  2 is extracted from the search result list L shown in FIG. 2 for the maximum number of lists displayed, and the information including characters, numbers, and symbols is extracted from the reference position indicated by the distance information 205. Are displayed in the list display area 100b in a list format in ascending order of distance. At this time, the system control unit 28 deletes the display of the distance display area 151 and the next page spot display area 131 of the distance mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 4 from the display screen, and displays the bar mode search result shown in FIG. The screen 100 is displayed (spot S408).

  Then, returning to the flowchart of FIG. 9, the process after step S117 is performed in a state where the map mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 5 or 6 and the bar mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 7 are displayed. At this time, when performing the processing after step S117 from the map mode search result screen 100, for example, as a result of the determination at step 117, the process proceeds to step S118 (step S117: NO), and the display button is further displayed by the user. When it is determined that 140 has been selected (step S118: YES), “distance mode” or “bar mode” can be selected on the display mode setting screen displayed in step S119. If it is determined in step S121 that the “distance mode” has been selected, the processes in steps S110 to S116 described above are performed. This is the same when the processing after step S117 is performed in a state where the bar mode search result screen 100 is displayed, and “distance mode” or “map mode” can be selected on the display mode setting screen displayed in step S119. It becomes that.

  On the other hand, when the system control unit 28 determines that the “next” button on the operation unit 25 has been operated by the user (step S120: YES), the system control unit 28 displays the list display area 100b at the time of the operation according to the operation. The displayed spot information is updated to display spot information to be displayed next to the displayed spot information. For example, when spot information “NO.1” to “NO.5” of the search result list L shown in FIG. 2 is displayed in the list display area 100b of the bar mode search result screen 100 shown in FIG. The unit 28 extracts name information 201, position coordinates 203, and distance information 205 of “NO.6” to “NO.8” in the search result list L (step S124). And the system control part 28 acquires the spot icon for expressing the position of the spot of the spot information displayed on the list display area 100b on the map displayed on the map display area 100a from the storage part 26. Further, based on the extracted distance information 205, a scale map including the position of the spot having the longest distance from the reference position is acquired from the storage unit 26 (step S125). Then, the display unit 24 is controlled so that a spot icon is superimposed on the extracted position coordinates 203 of the extracted map and displayed on the map display area 100a. Furthermore, based on the extracted name information 201 and distance information 205, the information including characters, numbers, and symbols is displayed in the list display area 100b in a list form in the order of the shortest distance from the reference position indicated by the distance information 205. (Step S126). In this way, the spot information to be displayed next is updated. And it transfers to above-mentioned step S117 and performs the process after the said step S117.

  On the other hand, when the system control unit 28 determines that the “next” button on the operation unit 25 has not been operated by the user (step S120: NO), the system control unit 28 proceeds to the above-described step 117, and the steps after the step S117. Process.

  In the above description, a spot icon representing the position of the spot represented in the map display area 100a of the search result screen 100 shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 is indicated by spot information displayed in at least the list display area 100b. It includes spots, in other words, the spot icon expressed in the map display area 100a includes spots indicated by the spot information in the list display area 100b and may be more than that, but is not limited thereto. There is nothing.

  For example, the spot icon expressed in the map display area 100a of the search result screen 100 shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 is expressed in the map display area 100a as only the spot indicated by the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b. The display of the icons and the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b may be controlled so as to always correspond one to one. At this time, for example, the system control unit 28 controls the display of the spot icon according to the number of spots set in advance and the number of spot information displayed in the list display area 100b. For example, the system control unit 28 displays the scale map including the position coordinates of the spot having the longest distance from the reference position among the spots indicated by the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b. Even when the position of the page spot is included, control is performed so as not to display the icon of the next page spot. Further, for example, when the search result screen 100 shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 is displayed, the user operates a “scale” button (not shown) of the operation unit 25 and is displayed in the map display region 100a. The display scale of the map is changed. In other words, in accordance with the operation, the map of the corresponding scale is extracted from the storage unit 26 and displayed, so that the five displayed in the map display area 100b until then are displayed. When the number of spot icons is changed to three, the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b is also changed from five to three. Note that the display brightness of the spot information corresponding to the spot icon that is no longer expressed by changing the display scale may be grayed out. This is not limited to the change in the display scale of the map displayed in the map display area 100a, and the display map range displayed in the map display area 100a is determined by, for example, the operation of the operation unit 25 by the user or the user. The present invention can also be applied to a case where scrolling is changed by a touch operation on the display screen.

  Next, processing of the system control unit 28 will be briefly described.

  The system control unit 28 determines whether an operation command for changing the display scale of the map displayed in the map display area 100a of the search result screen 100 has been received from the operation unit 25. When it is determined that the operation command has been received, the scale map data indicated by the operation command is extracted from the storage unit 26. When the system control unit 28 receives an operation command to change the scale, the system control unit 28 displays the position coordinates of the spot represented by the spot icon on the map in the map display area 100a at that time as the search result list L. Confirm by referring to. Then, it is determined whether or not all of the confirmed position coordinates of the spot are included in the scale map data indicated by the operation command. If it is determined that the position coordinates of all the spots are included, a map in which a spot icon is superimposed on the position coordinates of the spots included in the map data extracted from the storage unit 26 is generated to generate a map information area 100a is displayed. On the other hand, when it is determined that the position coordinates of all the spots are not included, the spots that are not included are identified by referring to the search result list L. Then, the system control unit 28 performs a process of deleting the spot information of the identified spot from the list display area 100b. At this time, the system control unit 28 determines that the maximum list display number of spot information to be displayed in the list display area 100b is 5 in advance, and the five spot information is displayed in the list display area 100b. Only the spot information of the remaining spots excluding the spot information of the identified spot is extracted from the search result list L, and the display of the list display area 100b is updated in a list format. Further, the system control unit 28 generates a map in which the spot icon is superimposed on the position coordinates of the spot included in the reduced scale map data extracted from the storage unit 26, and displays the map on the map display region 100a.

  Thus, even if the number of spot icons indicating the position of the spot is changed by changing the map display scale of the map display area 100a, the system control unit 28 has a one-to-one correspondence with the spot icon. Thus, the display of the spot information displayed in the list display area 100b is updated.

  In the above description, the “periphery search application” is executed on the mobile phone MP and the present invention is implemented by the control of the system control unit 28 of the mobile phone MP. However, the present invention is not limited to this. . For example, in a system in which a mobile phone MP and a server device are connected via a network, the present invention can be applied even when the mobile phone MP and the server device execute a “periphery search application” in cooperation with each other. Is possible.

  In this case, the server device includes a storage unit equivalent to the storage unit 26 shown in FIG. 1 and a communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from the mobile phone MP. Further, the server side cooperates with the system control unit 28 of the mobile phone MP. A control unit is provided.

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone MP, the storage unit 26 in the configuration shown in FIG. 1 functions as a storage unit that stores data transmitted from the server device, and further includes a communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from the server device. Other configurations are the same as those in FIG.

  In the system including the server device and the mobile phone MP having such a configuration, when the “periphery search application” is executed by the operation of the operation unit 25 by the user, the system control unit 28 of the mobile phone MP To control and connect to the communication unit of the server device via the network.

  When the communication connection is completed, the server-side control unit of the server device transmits data for displaying the reference position setting screen and the search condition setting screen described above on the display unit 24 of the mobile phone MP via the network.

  The system control unit 28 of the mobile phone MP causes the storage unit 26 to store the data received by the communication unit. Then, the reference position setting screen and the search condition setting screen are displayed using the stored data. When the reference position and the search condition are input by the user, the data indicating the input reference position and the data indicating the search condition are transmitted to the server device via the network.

  The server-side control unit of the server device has a program for starting an application in accordance with data transmitted from the mobile phone MP. When the data from the mobile phone MP is received, the server-side control The section starts the program and executes the application.

  The server-side control unit of the server device extracts map data around the reference position from the storage unit based on the data indicating the reference position transmitted from the mobile phone MP, and thereafter, from step S102 of FIG. 8 described above to step S102. Steps S106 and S110 and 111 in FIG. 9 are performed. Here, the server side control unit displays the search result screen 100 shown in FIG. 3 described above on the display unit 24 of the mobile phone MP, map data constituting the search result screen 100, and spot information in the search result list L. And the like are transmitted to the mobile phone MP via the network. The system control unit 28 of the mobile phone MP stores various data received by the communication unit of the mobile phone MP in the storage unit 26, controls the display unit 24, and uses the various data stored in the storage unit 26. The search result screen 100a shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. Thereafter, the determination in step S107 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 8, the determination whether the Dis button in step S112 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 9 is selected, the determination whether the “display” button 140 is selected in step S118, step S120 The system control unit 28 of the mobile phone MP determines whether or not the “next” button of the mobile phone MP has been operated and whether or not any one of the “distance mode”, “map mode”, and “bar mode” has been selected in step S121. When performed, the communication unit transmits information indicating that the operation or selection has been performed to the server device via the network.

  The server-side control unit of the server apparatus receives the information, and processes according to the information, for example, the map mode process shown in FIG. 10, the bar mode process shown in FIG. 11, steps S113 and S114 shown in FIG. The processing of S116, S119, and S124 to S126 is performed, and data corresponding to the processing is transmitted to the mobile phone MP.

  For example, when the system control unit 28 of the mobile phone MP determines in step S118 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 9 and receives information from the mobile phone MP that the “display” button 140 has been operated, the server side control The unit transmits data for displaying the display mode setting screen on the display unit 24 of the mobile phone MP to the mobile phone MP via the network.

  In the mobile phone MP, when the data is received by the communication unit, the data is stored in the storage unit 26, and the display mode setting screen is displayed using the stored data. When it is determined in step S121 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 9 that any one of “distance mode”, “map mode”, and “bar mode” is selected, information indicating the selected mode is transmitted to the server device. .

  The server-side control unit performs the processing from step S105 to step S116 in the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the flowchart shown in FIG. 10, and the processing shown in FIG. Then, various data for displaying the search result screen 100 shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 on the display unit 24 of the mobile phone MP is transmitted via the network.

  In the mobile phone MP, the received various data is stored in the storage unit 26, and the search result screen 100 shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 is displayed using the stored various data.

  As described above, the present invention can be applied even to a system in which the mobile phone MP and the server device are connected via a network. The system control unit 28 and the server-side control unit of the mobile phone MP Each of which has a program necessary for executing the “peripheral search application”, and the function of the present invention is sufficiently realized by the cooperation of the processing of the system control unit 28 and the server side control unit by starting the program. It becomes possible to do.

  A program corresponding to the processing by the system control unit 28 (server-side control unit) described above is recorded in an information recording medium such as a flexible disk or a hard disk, and these programs are stored in the facility search device, the display control device, and the facility. By reading and executing with a computer included in the information display device, the computer is utilized as the system control unit 28 (server-side control unit) in the mobile phone MP (including the system including the server device) in the present embodiment. You can also.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the cellular phone MP (including a system including a server device) is applied to a facility search device, a display control device, and a facility information display device. For example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or the like is used. Other devices may be applied as a facility search device, a display control device, and a facility information display device.

21 Communication unit 22 Audio input unit 23 Audio output unit 24 Display unit (an example of display means)
25 Operation unit (an example of search condition setting means, reference position setting means, selection means)
26 storage unit 28 system control unit (an example of display control unit, update unit, update information display control unit)
29 System Bus 30 Current Position Detection Unit MP Mobile Phone (Example of Facility Search Device)

Claims (15)

The display means is controlled to set a display screen composed of the first display area and the second display area, and the facility information searched according to the search condition set by the user is displayed in the first display area and the first display area. A display control device for displaying in two display areas,
A map including all or part of the searched facilities is displayed in the first display area, and facility instruction information indicating the facilities included in the map displayed in the first display area is displayed in the second display. Comprising display control means for displaying in the area,
The display control means performs a display update operation by the user to display other facility instruction information not displayed in the second display area following the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area. Updating the display screen based on the notification, and displaying at least one piece of information related to the other facility instruction information in the display screen before the display update operation by the user is performed. A display control device. The display control device according to claim 1,
The display control means presets the number of facility instruction information to be displayed in the second display area, and when the number of facilities included in the map displayed in the first display area is larger than the number of facilities, A display control apparatus that displays the set number of the facility instruction information indicating the facilities in order of decreasing distance between the position of the facility and the reference position on the map among the facilities included in the map. The display control device according to claim 2,
The display control means indicates the other facility indicating the facility at the shortest distance from the reference position on the map among the other facility instruction information excluded from the facility instruction information to be displayed in the second display area. A display control apparatus for displaying information related to the facility instruction information in the display screen. The display control device according to claim 2,
The display control means is selected by the user in the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area, out of other facility instruction information excluded from the target of the facility instruction information to be displayed in the second display area. A display control apparatus, wherein information related to other facility instruction information indicating a facility of the same type as the facility corresponding to the facility instruction information is displayed in the display screen. A search condition setting means used for setting a search condition for a facility to be searched;
Display means for displaying a display screen including a first display area and a second display area;
A map that displays facility instruction information indicating a facility searched according to the set search condition in the second display area and includes a position of the facility corresponding to the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area Display control means for displaying in the first display area;
Updating means for updating the display screen based on a display update operation for displaying other facility instruction information to be displayed following the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area; ,
Update information display control means for displaying, in the display screen, updated facility information relating to facilities corresponding to facility instruction information to be newly displayed in the second display area by updating the display screen;
A facility retrieval apparatus comprising: In the facility search device according to claim 5,
Reference position setting means used for setting a reference position on the map is further provided,
The facility search apparatus, wherein the display control means displays the facility instruction information in the second display area in order of increasing distance from the reference position. In the facility search device according to claim 5 or 6,
The updated facility information is a facility corresponding to the facility instruction information newly displayed in the second display area by updating the display screen, and the facility having the shortest distance from the reference position, and the reference position The facility search device characterized by being information indicating the distance to the facility. In the facility search device according to any one of claims 5 to 7,
A selection means used for selecting any of the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area as the selected facility instruction information;
When a plurality of facility instruction information corresponding to the same type of facility are displayed in the second display area, the display control means determines whether any of the facility instruction information corresponding to the same type of facility is the selected facility instruction. When selected as information, the selected facility instruction information and the same type facility instruction information corresponding to the same type of facility as the facility corresponding to the selected facility instruction information are different from the facility corresponding to the selected facility instruction information. A facility search apparatus, characterized by being displayed so as to be distinguished from different-type facility instruction information corresponding to a type of facility. The facility search apparatus according to claim 8,
The display control means represents the position of the facility corresponding to the selected facility instruction information on the map displayed in the first display area by an icon with a first color, and the same type facility instruction information The location of the facility corresponding to the facility is represented by an icon with a second color, and the location of the facility corresponding to the facility instruction information displayed in the facility display area for different types is represented by an icon with a third color. A facility search apparatus characterized by: In the facility search device according to any one of claims 5 to 7,
A selection means used for selecting any of the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area as the selected facility instruction information;
The update information display control means is the same as the facility corresponding to the selected facility instruction information among the facilities corresponding to the facility instruction information newly displayed in the second display area by updating the display screen. When there is a facility of a type, the facility search device displays updated facility information related to the facility of the same type on the display screen. The display means is controlled to set a display screen composed of the first display area and the second display area, and the facility information searched according to the search condition set by the user is displayed in the first display area and the first display area. A display control method for displaying in two display areas,
A first display control step of displaying a map including all or a part of the searched facilities in the first display area;
A second display control step of displaying facility instruction information indicating facilities included in the map displayed in the first display region in the second display region;
Information related to at least one other facility instruction information out of other facility instruction information not displayed in the second display region to be displayed following the facility instruction information displayed in the second display region, A third display control step for displaying within the display screen in which the facility instruction information is displayed in a second display area;
A fourth display for updating the display screen based on a display update operation performed by the user for displaying the other facility instruction information following the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area. Control process;
A display control method comprising: A search condition acquisition step for acquiring a search condition of a facility to be searched;
The facility instruction information indicating the facility searched according to the acquired search condition is displayed in the second display area in the display screen, and the position of the facility corresponding to the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area is displayed. A display control step of displaying a map including the first display area in the display screen;
An update step of updating the display screen based on a display update operation for displaying other facility instruction information to be displayed following the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area; ,
An update information display control step for displaying updated facility information related to facilities corresponding to facility instruction information to be newly displayed in the second display area by updating the display screen, in the display screen;
The facility search method characterized by including. A search condition setting means used for setting a search condition for a facility to be searched;
Display means for displaying a display screen including a first display area and a second display area;
A computer included in the facility search device comprising:
A map that displays facility instruction information indicating a facility searched according to the set search condition in the second display area and includes a position of the facility corresponding to the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area Display control means for displaying in the first display area,
Updating means for updating the display screen based on a display update operation for displaying other facility instruction information to be displayed following the facility instruction information displayed in the second display area;
Update information display control means for displaying, in the display screen, updated facility information relating to the facility corresponding to the facility instruction information to be newly displayed in the second display area by updating the display screen,
A facility search program characterized by functioning as Facility information relating to a facility obtained by executing a search process based on a search condition input by a user, the facility information including location information indicating the location of the facility and name information indicating the name of the facility is displayed. A facility information display device,
A map display area for displaying a symbol indicating the position of the facility on the map based on the position information, and another display area different from the map display area, and the name of the facility based on the name information Display means for displaying a display screen including a name display area for displaying characters indicating
Display control means for displaying a symbol indicating the location of the facility displayed in the map display area and a character indicating the name of the facility displayed in the name display area so as to correspond one-to-one as facility information regarding the same facility When,
A facility information display device comprising: The facility information display device according to claim 14,
The display control means changes the display scale of the map according to an instruction to change the display scale of the map displayed in the map display area, and the location of the facility updated with the change of the display scale The facility information display apparatus updates the display of the character indicating the name of the facility in the name display area so as to correspond one-to-one with the symbol indicating.