JP4937209B2 - Display map proposal apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for proposing a map desired by a user. In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling the display position of a map based on a place name on the map.

  With services on the Internet, it is possible to search for a desired facility based on the name, address, zip code, etc. of the main facility, and the search result is displayed on the map image by an icon or the like. In recent years, there is an expectation for a service called local search (regional information search) that searches for information on facilities in the specified area. The result is displayed on the map image by an icon or the like.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a system for searching for a desired store based on the name and address of the store. Patent Document 2 discloses a system for searching for a desired home page by inputting an area code for designating a region and a category code for designating a region other than the region.
Japanese Patent No. 2874647 Japanese Patent No. 3247360

  By the way, in such a service that searches for facilities and the like, a map around the searched facilities is displayed, but depending on the user, a map around the facilities related to the searched facilities etc. There are many things I want to see. Conventionally, in such a case, it is necessary to perform a new search, and there is a problem that the usability is poor.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of such conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a display map proposing device and a method thereof that can easily display a map around a related facility or the like. There is to do.

  The present invention provides the following solutions.

  (1) A display map proposal device connected to a user terminal so as to be communicable and providing a map to the user terminal, and receiving a selection data for selecting text information written on the map from the user terminal A receiving unit, a class indicating an attribute on the map of the text information, a suggestion content determining unit for acquiring a plurality of similar information included in the same class as the specified class, and a plurality of the acquired similar information A suggestion content transmitting means for transmitting the described map to the user terminal; a display request receiving means for receiving display selection data indicating that one similar information is selected from the plurality of similar information from the user terminal; Request map determination means for determining a map including one piece of similar information selected by the display selection data, and determination by the request map determination means Display map proposed device characterized by and a request map transmitting means for transmitting the map to the user terminal.

  According to the display map proposing device described in (1), the suggestion content determination unit obtains a plurality of pieces of similar information included in the same class as the text information selected by the user to a user terminal connected to be communicable. And the suggestion content transmission means transmits the map which described this some similar information to a user terminal. Therefore, a map in which a plurality of similar information related to the text information selected by the user is displayed on the user terminal.

  When the display request receiving means receives display selection data indicating that one similar information is selected from the user terminal, the request map determining means determines a map for the one similar information and transmits the requested map. The means transmits this map to the user terminal. Therefore, a map including similar information selected by the user is displayed on the user terminal. Therefore, the user does not need to search again for similar information on a related map, and can easily display a map of related similar information.

  (2) In the display map proposing device described in (1), each positional relationship of the plurality of similar information based on the position on the map for each of the plurality of similar information acquired by the suggestion content determination unit And a suggestion content transmitting means for transmitting to the user terminal a map representing a plurality of similar information based on the positional relationship. .

  (2) According to the display map proposing device described in (2), a map in which a plurality of pieces of similar information related to text information selected by the user is written on the user terminal after reflecting the positional relationship of the similar information within the same class. Is displayed. Therefore, the positional relationship on the map in a plurality of similar information can be visually recognized, and the convenience can be further improved.

  (3) In the display map proposing device described in (1) or (2), when there are a plurality of the classes to which the text information received by the place name selection receiving unit belongs, a class selection reception for receiving a class selection from the user terminal The display map suggesting device further comprising: means for obtaining the plurality of pieces of similar information included in the same class as the class accepted by the class selection accepting means.

  According to the display map proposing device described in (3), when the text information selected by the user belongs to a plurality of classes, selection of living from the user terminal is accepted. Thereby, a more detailed classification can be performed and the convenience can be further enhanced.

  (4) The display map proposing device according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the requested map determining means determines a map having a different magnification according to the specified class. .

  According to the display map proposing device described in (4), since a map with a magnification according to the class to which the text information selected by the user belongs can be displayed on the user terminal, the convenience can be further improved.

  (5) A method for providing a map to a communicably connected user terminal, the first step of receiving selection data for selecting text information displayed on the map from the user terminal, and the text information A second step of identifying a class indicating an attribute on the map, acquiring a plurality of similar information included in the same class as the specified class, and transmitting a map representing the plurality of acquired similar information to the user terminal A third step, a fourth step of receiving display selection data indicating that one of the plurality of similar information is selected from the user terminal, and one similar information selected by the display selection data. A method comprising: a fifth step of determining a map to include, and a sixth step of transmitting the determined map to the user terminal.

  According to the method described in (5), it is possible to provide the same effect as the display map suggestion device described in (1).

  (6) In the method described in (5), a seventh method of calculating the positional relationship of each of the plurality of similar information based on the position on the map for each of the plurality of similar information acquired in the second step. The method further comprises a step, wherein the third step transmits to the user terminal a map in which a plurality of similar information is written based on the positional relationship.

  According to the method described in (6), it is possible to provide the same effect as the display map proposing device described in (2).

  (7) The method according to (5) or (6) further includes an eighth step of accepting selection of a class from the user terminal when there are a plurality of the classes to which the text information received in the first step belongs. In the second step, a plurality of pieces of similar information included in the same class as the class received by the class selection receiving unit are acquired.

  According to the method as described in (7), the effect similar to the display map proposal apparatus as described in (3) can be provided.

  (8) The method according to any one of (5) to (7), wherein the fifth step determines a map with a different magnification according to the specified class.

  According to the method described in (8), it is possible to provide the same effect as the display map proposing device described in (4).

  According to the present invention, a map around similar information related to text information selected by a user can be easily displayed.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following, the description will mainly be given on the assumption that the user terminal is a mobile phone, but other terminals (PHS, PDA) can be used as long as they have a display device that can be connected to a service provider and can display a Web page. Or a personal computer).

[Overall configuration of system including display map proposal device]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a system configuration which is a preferred embodiment of the present invention. A display map proposing device 10 according to the present embodiment is connected to a mobile communication terminal 1 via a communication network 5 including the Internet. The display map proposal device 10 includes means for providing the mobile communication terminal 1 with a map created with vector data. In the present embodiment, the “place name” includes, for example, not only a country name, a prefecture name, a region name, etc., but also a university name, a famous name, a station name, a route name, and the like. In other words, the “place name” in the present embodiment can include all text information that can be written on the map.

  Specifically, the display map proposing device 10 includes a suggestion content DB 21, a map DB 23, a place name selection receiving unit 11, a suggestion content determining unit 12, a suggestion content transmitting unit 13, a display request receiving unit 14, and a requested map determining unit. 15 and request map transmission means 16.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the suggestion content DB 21 defines the position of the place name (text information) and the like written on the map, and also defines the content and the class thereof. A class refers to an attribute (for example, a country, a prefecture, a university, or a route) on the map for the place name. Referring to FIG. 2, for example, “Shinbashi” is written at the position of latitude “X1” and longitude “Y1” on the map, and it is defined that the content is “Shinbashi Station on Line XX”. ing. The class is defined as “A”, for example, a station such as Yamanote Line, Tokaido Main Line, Keihin Tohoku Line. The reason why the position on the map is defined is that the same notation may be made on the map, and in such a case, it is determined which is the case. Here, since the position on the map may differ depending on the magnification of the map, it is desirable to provide a plurality of the suggestion content DBs 21 according to the magnification of the map.

  The map DB 23 stores various maps. Here, the map stored in the map DB 23 is a vector so that the user of the mobile communication terminal 1 can select a place name written on the map and manage the position of the place names that can be selected. Created with data.

  The place name selection receiving means 11 receives a place name selection by the user. The suggestion content determination unit 12 specifies a class corresponding to the user's selection received by the place name selection reception unit 11, acquires the content of this class from the suggestion content DB 21, and determines it as the suggestion content. Specifically, the place name included in the same class as the identified class is determined as the suggestion content (similar information). For example, when the class is the Yamanote Line, the class content corresponds to the station of the Yamanote Line, and when the class is a prefecture, the name of the prefecture is applicable.

  The suggestion content transmitting means 13 transmits the map data displaying the suggestion contents determined by the suggestion content determining means 12 to the mobile communication terminal 1. Thereby, a suggestion (suggestion 100 in FIG. 4) is displayed on the map displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal 1.

  When the user of the mobile communication terminal 1 selects a suggestion content to be displayed after the suggestion is displayed, the display request receiving unit 14 receives such a user selection. The request map determination unit 15 acquires map data corresponding to the user selection received by the display request reception unit 14 from the map DB 23. The request map transmission means 16 transmits the acquired map data to the mobile communication terminal 1.

[Basic operation of the system including the display map proposal device]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing details of the flow of processing in the above system.

  First, when the mobile communication terminal 1 selects a place name (text information) on a map created with vector data (step S1), selection data indicating the selected place name is transmitted to the display map proposing device 10. When this selection data is received by the place name selection receiving means 11, the suggestion content determination means 12 of the display map proposal device 10 specifies the class based on the selection data (step S2), and the contents corresponding to the specified class. (Step S3), and the content of the suggestion (similar information) is determined (step S4). Then, the suggestion content transmitting means 13 transmits the map data displaying the determined suggestion content to the mobile communication terminal 1.

  When this data is received, the mobile communication terminal 1 displays a suggestion on the map, and selects a request for an area that the user desires to display (step S5). This selection data is transmitted to the display map proposal device 10.

  When the selection data is received, the requested map determination unit 15 acquires a map corresponding to the selection data (step S6), and the requested map transmission unit 16 transmits the map data of the map to the mobile communication terminal 1. Then, the mobile communication terminal 1 displays a map corresponding to the transmitted map data (step S7).

[Display example on mobile communication terminal]
The above process will be specifically described with reference to a display example of the mobile communication terminal 1 in FIG.

  The map in this embodiment is created with vector data, and the notation on the map can be selected by the user. When the user selects a notation on the map, a suggestion corresponding to the notation is displayed (steps S1 to S4), and (1) in FIG. 4 is when the suggestion is displayed. A display example is shown.

  Referring to (1) of FIG. 4, when a user selects a new bridge on the map (step S1), selection data indicating that the new bridge has been selected is transmitted to the display map proposing device 10. Here, the notation on the map defines the position on the map, and the place name selected by the user is specifically specified by this position. Here, in (1) of FIG. 4, a new bridge having latitude “X1” and longitude “X2” is selected. Therefore, the class corresponding to the selected data is specified as “A” by the suggestion content determination means 12 from this position data (step S2).

  In FIG. 4 (1), class A indicates a station on the Yamanote line, and the suggestion content determination means 12 is located around the selected Shimbashi (station) among the stations on the class A Yamanote line. The station is acquired (step S3) and determined as the content of the suggestion (step S4).

  When the data about the content of the suggestion is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 1, the suggestion 100 is displayed on the map displayed on the mobile communication terminal 1. This suggestion 100 corresponds to a class A Yamanote line station. That is, the suggestion contents 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105 correspond to the station names on the Yamanote Line, and particularly indicate several stations around Shinbashi selected in step S1.

  Then, when the user selects the suggestion contents 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105 in the suggestion 100, a map corresponding to the selected suggestion contents is displayed (steps S5 to S7), FIG. 4 (2) shows a display example when a new bridge of the suggestion contents 103 is selected.

  When the new bridge of the suggestion content 103 in the suggestion 100 displayed in (1) of FIG. 4 is selected (step S5), this selection data is transmitted to the display map proposing device 10. When this selection data is received, the requested map determination means 15 acquires a map corresponding to the selection data, that is, map data around the Shimbashi station from the map DB 23 (step S6). This map data is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 1 by the request map transmitting means 16, and a map centered on the Shimbashi station 110 is displayed on the mobile communication terminal 1 as shown in (2) of FIG. S7).

  The map data acquired by the requested map determination means 15 is the map data related to the map displayed around the selected suggestion content 103 (Shinbashi Station), and is thus selected. In order to display the content of the suggestion as a center, it is only necessary to manage the position on the map for each content of the suggestion. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the position on the map for each suggestion content is managed by latitude and longitude.

[Suggestion description method]
By the way, in this embodiment, the user can select not only the station but also the region (prefecture etc.) indicated on the map. When a suggestion about the region name is displayed, It may not be desirable to simply display the area surrounding the selected area. For example, when Nagano Prefecture (class / prefecture) is selected, several prefectures around Nagano Prefecture are determined as the contents of the suggestion. In this case, if you want to select a map according to its location, such as the prefectures below Nagano Prefecture among the prefectures around Nagano Prefecture, not only simply display the prefectures around Nagano Prefecture, It is preferable that the display reflects the positional relationship.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the content of the suggestion is displayed after reflecting the positional relationship as shown in FIG.

  In (1) of FIG. 5, when the Minato Ward (Class 23 Ward) displayed on the map is selected, the content around Minato Ward is determined as the content of the suggestion among the content corresponding to the Minato Ward class. Is done. For example, suggestion contents 201 (Shinagawa Ward), 202 (Minato Ward), 203 (Meguro Ward), 204 (Shibuya Ward), 205 (Chuo Ward), and 206 (Chiyoda Ward) are determined as the suggestion contents. Each of these suggestion contents manages the position on the map, and the positional relationship between them can be easily calculated.

  As a result, using the location of the suggestion content on the map, for example, Meguro Ward on the left side of Minato Ward and Shinagawa Ward below Minato Ward to reflect the positional relationship within the same class. 200 can be displayed.

  This can be realized by providing the suggestion content determination means 12 with a function (position relation calculation means) for calculating the positional relationship within the same class from the position on the map ((2) in FIG. 5). Means having a function may be provided separately from the suggestion content determination means 12.

[Select Class]
Here, depending on the place name described on the map, there may be a plurality of classes. For example, Shimbashi Station has classes such as the Tokaido Main Line and Keihin Tohoku Line in addition to the Yamanote Line. In the present embodiment, when a place name having a plurality of classes is selected as described above, the selection of the class is accepted. The class selection will be described with reference to FIG.

  In (1) of FIG. 6, a new bridge having a plurality of classes is selected from the place names written on the map. Therefore, class selection contents 301, 302, 303, and 304 are displayed in the suggestion 300 on the map. The user of the mobile communication terminal 1 can specify the class by selecting the class selection contents 301, 302, 303, and 304.

  In addition, in order to receive the selection of the class in this way, it is possible to provide the suggestion content determination unit 12 with a function of receiving the selection of the class from the mobile communication terminal 1 (class selection reception unit) (FIG. 6). (2)). That is, the suggestion content determination means 12 specifies the class (step S2), and when there are a plurality of specified classes, transmits the class content to the mobile communication terminal 1, and selects the class from the mobile communication terminal 1. It is possible to specify one class by receiving. Note that means having a function of accepting selection of a class from the mobile communication terminal 1 may be provided separately from the suggestion content determination means 12.

[Selection of Suggestion Contents]
FIG. 7 shows a more preferable example in order to improve convenience for selecting the content of the suggestion. As shown in FIG. 7, a cursor 405 is displayed in the suggestion 400. By operating the cursor 405 in the mobile communication terminal 1, the contents of the suggestions displayed in the suggestion 400 are scrolled (see (1) and (2) in FIG. 7). As a result, the user can more freely select the content of the suggestions in the suggestions.

[Relationship between class and map magnification]
In the present embodiment, when map data corresponding to the selected content of the suggestion is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 1, the map magnification may not be appropriate depending on the type of class. Therefore, in the present embodiment, map data suitable for the class type is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 1.

  FIG. 8 (1) is a map with a medium magnification when the magnification cursor 600 is referenced. When Minato Ward (Class / 23 Ward) is selected on this map, a suggestion 400 is displayed. (2) of FIG. 8 is a map when the suggestion content “Minato-ku” is selected. In (2) of FIG. 8, when the magnification cursor 600 is referred to, the magnification which was in the middle before selecting the content of the suggestion is changed to small.

  Similarly, when a new bridge (class / Yamanote line) is selected in the map of (1) of FIG. 8, a suggestion 500 is displayed. (3) of FIG. 8 is a map when the content of the suggestion “Shinbashi Station” is selected. In (3) of FIG. 8, when the magnification cursor 600 is referred to, the magnification that was in the state before selecting the content of the suggestion has been changed to a large amount.

  As described above, the display map proposing device 10 (required map determining means 15) in the present embodiment acquires map data at a magnification according to the class to which the suggestion content belongs. As a result, a map having a size suitable for the user's selection can be provided, and convenience can be further improved.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. For example, in the present embodiment, a station name or a region name written on a map has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the administrator can arbitrarily set the country name, school name, famous place name, and the like. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

It is a figure which shows the system containing the display map proposal apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows suggestion content DB. It is a figure which shows the basic operation | movement of the said system. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in a portable communication terminal. It is a figure which shows the notation method of suggestion content. It is a figure which shows the selection method of a class. It is a figure which shows selection of suggestion content. It is a figure which shows the relationship between a class and the magnification of a map.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Display map proposal apparatus 11 Place name selection reception means 12 Suggestion content determination means 13 Suggestion content transmission means 14 Display request reception means 15 Request map determination means 16 Request map transmission means 21 Suggestion content DB
23 Map DB

Claims (8)

A display map proposing device that is connected to a user terminal in a communicable manner and provides a map to the user terminal,
A place name selection receiving means for receiving selection data for selecting text information written on a map from the user terminal;
A suggestion content determining means for identifying a class indicating an attribute on the map of the text information and acquiring a plurality of similar information included in the same class as the identified class;
A suggestion content transmitting means for transmitting to the user terminal a map representing the plurality of similar information obtained;
Display request receiving means for receiving display selection data indicating that one of the plurality of similar information is selected from the user terminal;
Request map determining means for determining a map including one piece of similar information selected by the display selection data;
Request map transmission means for transmitting the map determined by the request map determination means to the user terminal;
A display map proposing device comprising: The display map proposing device according to claim 1,
A positional relationship calculating unit that calculates a positional relationship of each of the plurality of similar information based on a position on the map for each of the plurality of similar information acquired by the suggestion content determining unit;
The suggestion content transmitting means transmits a map in which a plurality of the similar information is described based on the positional relationship to the user terminal. In the display map suggestion device according to claim 1 or 2,
When there is a plurality of the classes to which the text information received by the place name selection receiving means belongs, further comprising a class selection receiving means for receiving a class selection from the user terminal,
The suggestion content determining means acquires a plurality of similar information included in the same class as the class received by the class selection receiving means. The display map proposing device according to claim 1,
The requested map determining means determines a map with a different magnification according to the specified class. For text information written on a map, a suggestion content DB for storing a class indicating the position of the text information on the map and an attribute on the map, a map DB for storing various maps, and a place name selection receiving means A display map proposing device comprising: a suggestion content determining unit, a suggestion content transmitting unit, a display request receiving unit, a request map determining unit, and a request map transmitting unit. A method of providing a map,
A first step of receiving selection data for selecting text information written on a map from the user terminal by the place name selection receiving means ;
A class indicating an attribute on the map of the text information selected by the selection data received in the first step by the suggestion content determination means is specified, and similar information included in the same class as the specified class is specified in the suggestion A second step of acquiring a plurality from the content DB ;
A third step of transmitting, to the user terminal, a map representing the plurality of similar information acquired by the suggestion content transmitting means ;
A fourth step of receiving display selection data indicating that one of the plurality of similar information is selected from the user terminal by the display request receiving means ;
A fifth step of determining a map including one piece of similar information selected by the display selection data by the requested map determining means ;
A sixth step of acquiring the determined map from the map DB and transmitting it to the user terminal by the requested map transmission means ;
A method comprising the steps of: The method of claim 5, wherein
The display map proposing device further includes a positional relationship calculating means,
By the positional relationship calculating means further includes a seventh step of calculating the respective positional relationship of the plurality of the similarity information based on a position on the map for each of the plurality of the similarity information obtained in the second step,
The method according to claim 3 , wherein the third step by the suggestion content transmitting means transmits a map in which a plurality of similar information is described based on the positional relationship to the user terminal. The method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein
The display map proposing device further includes class selection accepting means,
By the class selection accepting means, when the class in which the text information received by the first step belongs is multiple, further comprising an eighth step of accepting a selection of classes from the user terminal,
The method according to claim 2 , wherein the second step by the suggestion content determination means acquires a plurality of similar information included in the same class as the class received in the eighth step . The method according to claims 5-7,
The method according to claim 5 , wherein the fifth step by the request map determining means determines a map with a different magnification according to the specified class.

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