JP6353199B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that handles an application for performing communication.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, applications for performing real-time communication such as Internet phone calls and exchange of instant messages by text have been developed (see Non-Patent Document 1).

“LINE”, [online], LINE Corporation, [Search June 7, 2013], Internet [URL; http://line.naver.jp/en/]

  In the conventional application, the place name included in the information cannot be extracted from the transmitted / received information.

The information processing apparatus according to the first disclosure has received one of one or more communication applications and a communication application storage unit that stores one or more communication applications that are applications for communicating with other users. A reception unit that receives input information that is text or voice, or text or voice input to one or more communication applications, and location name information acquisition that acquires location name information indicating the location name from the input information And an output unit that outputs the point name information acquired by the point name information acquisition unit.

  With this configuration, the place name included in the information can be extracted from the transmitted / received information.

The information processing apparatus of the present second disclosure, for the first disclosure, the receiving unit may include one or more other user inputs for any communication application, communication application of the same communication application Is an information processing apparatus that accepts input information that is a character or voice received.

  With this configuration, the place name included in the information can be extracted from the transmitted / received information.

The information processing apparatus of the present third disclosure, for the first or second disclosure, a map information storage unit in which the map information indicating a map is stored, and acquires the current position information indicating a current position current A route from the current position indicated by the position information acquisition unit and the current position information to the point corresponding to the name of the point indicated by the point name information acquired by the point name information acquisition unit is searched using map information, and the route is indicated. A route search unit that acquires route information; and the output unit is an information processing device that outputs the route information acquired by the route search unit.

  With such a configuration, a route whose destination is the extracted place name can be searched.

The information processing apparatus of the present fourth disclosure for the third disclosed, the output section, a route information route search unit has acquired, an information processing apparatus to be transmitted to the communication partner by the communication application.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to search for a route having the extracted place name as a destination and transmit information indicating the route to the communication partner.

The information processing apparatus of the present fifth disclosure, information for the first or second disclosure, the output unit, the location name information location name information acquisition unit has acquired, to the communication partner by communication application It is a processing device.

  With such a configuration, the extracted place name can be transmitted to the communication partner.

The present sixth disclosure of the information processing apparatus, for the first or second disclosure, the location name information acquisition unit, from the input information to obtain more than one location name information, the output unit, the point It is an information processing apparatus which outputs the 2 or more point name information which the name information acquisition part acquired.

  With such a configuration, two or more place names included in the information can be extracted from the transmitted / received information.

The information processing apparatus of the present seventh disclosure for the sixth disclosure, receiving unit, the point selection is an instruction for selecting one or more location name information from two or more location name information being output The instruction is received, and the output unit is an information processing apparatus that outputs one or more spot name information selected by the spot selection instruction.

  With such a configuration, a place name selected from two or more extracted place names can be extracted.

The information processing apparatus of the present eighth disclosure, for the first to the seventh one of disclosure, communication application is an application for a telephone, the input information, the information processing apparatus is a voice is there.

  With such a configuration, the place name included in the voice can be extracted from the voice transmitted and received by the telephone application.

The present ninth disclosure of the information processing apparatus, for the eighth disclosure, the location name information acquisition unit, a voice which is input information accepting unit accepts voice recognition, location names from the results of the speech recognition An information processing apparatus that acquires information.

  With such a configuration, a place name included in the voice can be extracted from the voice transmitted and received by the telephone application by voice recognition.

The information processing apparatus of the present tenth disclosure, for the first to the fifth one of the disclosure, the communication application is an application for a mail, the input information, the information processing apparatus is a character is there.

  With such a configuration, a place name included in the character can be extracted from the character transmitted and received by the mail application.

The information processing apparatus of the present eleventh disclosure, for the first to the fifth one of the disclosure, the communication application is an application for SNS, input information, the information processing apparatus is a character It is.

  With such a configuration, a place name included in the character can be extracted from the character transmitted and received by the SNS application.

The information processing apparatus of the present twelfth disclosure for the tenth or eleventh disclosure, the location name information acquisition unit, of the character that is input information accepting unit accepts a user selected This is an information processing apparatus that acquires point name information from characters.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to extract a place name included in a character selected by the user from among transmitted and received characters.

  According to the information processing apparatus or the like according to the present invention, a place name included in the information can be extracted from the transmitted / received information.

Block diagram of information processing apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 Conceptual diagram showing an example of sending and receiving the same information A flowchart for explaining the overall operation of the information processing apparatus 1 The flowchart explaining the acquisition process of the same spot name information Figure showing a display example of the message The figure which shows the example of a display of the menu The figure which shows the output example of the same spot name information The figure which shows the output example of the route information The figure which shows the output example of the same spot name information Overview of the computer system in the above embodiment Block diagram of a computer system in the above embodiment

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an information processing apparatus and the like according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again. In addition, the format, content, and the like of each information described in this embodiment are merely examples, and the format, content, and the like are not limited as long as the meaning of each information can be indicated.

(Embodiment 1)
In the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus 1 that extracts information indicating the name of a spot from information transmitted and received between applications for communication and performs output using the information will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information processing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment. The information processing apparatus 1 includes a communication application storage unit 11, a map information storage unit 12, a current position information acquisition unit 13, a reception unit 14, a spot name information acquisition unit 15, a route search unit 16, and an output unit 17.

  Further, the information processing apparatus 1 normally transmits / receives information to / from another apparatus 2 via a communication application as shown in FIG. Details of the communication application will be described later. In FIG. 2, the information processing apparatus 1 and another apparatus 2 are normally connected via a network 3. The network 3 is a wireless or wired communication line, such as the Internet, an intranet, a LAN (Local Area Network), or a public telephone line network.

  The communication application storage unit 11 stores one or more communication applications. A “communication application” is an application for communicating with other users. The “other user” is a user who uses another information processing apparatus 1. An “application” is software called an application program or application software. Further, “application” is hereinafter referred to as “application” as appropriate.

  The communication application is not particularly limited as long as it can communicate between the same communication applications. The communication application includes, for example, an application for a telephone (hereinafter referred to as an appropriate telephone application), an application for an email (hereinafter referred to as an appropriate mail application), and an application for an SNS (Social Networking Service) (hereinafter referred to as an appropriate SNS application). Etc. The mail application is preferably an application that can send and receive so-called instant messages.

  In addition, information transmitted and received by the communication application is usually text or voice.

  The map information storage unit 12 stores map information indicating a map. The kind of the said map is not ask | required. Further, the map information is usually in KIWI format used in car navigation. The map information may be so-called raster data or so-called vector data, for example.

  The map information usually has one or more pieces of point information indicating points. The point is usually a point on the map. Moreover, the kind of the said point does not ask | require. The point is, for example, a tourist attraction, a park, a theme park, a landmark, a station, or the like. The point information includes at least position information indicating the position of the point. The position is usually longitude and latitude. The position may include, for example, altitude (height). The point information includes, for example, an identifier for identifying the point information, name information indicating the name of the point (hereinafter referred to as a place name as appropriate) (hereinafter referred to as point name information as appropriate), color information indicating the color of the point, You may have the kind information which shows a kind. The “type” may be called, for example, “genre” or “category”. Further, the type information is not limited as long as it is information that can classify one or more pieces of point information into one or more groups. The type information is, for example, “sightseeing spot”, “theme park”, “landmark”, or the like.

  In addition, the map information usually has one or more road information indicating roads. The road is usually a road on the map. Moreover, the kind of the said road is not ask | required. The type of the road is, for example, an expressway, a general road, a national road, or a prefectural road. The road information includes, for example, a road identifier for identifying the road, speed limit information indicating the speed limit (legal speed) of the road, start position information indicating the start position of the road, and an end position indicating the end position of the road. Information, route position information indicating the position of the route via the road, a connected road identifier for identifying the connected road, distance information indicating the distance from the start point to the end point of the road, and the like. The road identifier is, for example, an arbitrary ID or a road name. The starting point position information, the end point position information, and the transit position information are position information.

  The current position information acquisition unit 13 acquires current position information indicating the current position. The current position information is position information indicating the current position. In addition, the current position information acquisition unit 13 normally acquires current position information periodically. The current position information acquisition unit 13 acquires current position information from a satellite navigation system (such as a GPS receiver) or a device that receives position information from a base station for mobile communication. In this case, the current position information acquisition unit 13 may have these devices or may be realized by these devices. The processing procedure of the current position information acquisition unit 13 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM.

  The reception unit 14 receives input information that is text or voice. The character is usually a character string having one or more characters. The input information is information received by the communication app or information input to the communication app. The communication app is one of one or more communication apps stored in the communication app storage unit 11. In addition, hereinafter, characters that are input information are appropriately referred to as input characters. In addition, the sound that is the input information is hereinafter referred to as input sound as appropriate.

  For example, when the information processing apparatus 1 is a so-called receiving side, the receiving unit 14 normally receives input information received by a communication application. For example, when the information processing apparatus 1 is a so-called transmission side, the reception unit 14 normally receives input information input to a communication application. Moreover, it is suitable for the reception part 14 to receive the input information which the communication application received normally. That is, it is preferable that the information processing apparatus 1 is normally a so-called receiving side.

  For example, when the communication application is a mail application or an SNS application, the input information is usually text. For example, when the communication application is a telephone application, the input information is usually voice.

  In addition, since the method and procedure etc. which acquire the character and audio | voice which the application (here communication application) received, and the character and audio | voice input into the application are well-known, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Moreover, the reception part 14 may receive a point selection instruction | indication, for example. The point selection instruction is an instruction to select one or more point name information from two or more point name information. The two or more spot name information is usually spot name information output by an output unit 17 described later.

  Further, the point name information selected by the point selection instruction is normally used as point name information indicating the name of the destination by the route search unit 16 described later. In addition, the point name information that is not selected by the point selection instruction may be used, for example, by the route search unit 16 described later as point name information indicating the name of the waypoint.

  In addition, the reception unit 14 may receive a character selection instruction, for example. The character selection instruction is usually an instruction to select one or more characters from the characters. In addition, the one or more selected characters are usually preferably character strings. Moreover, the said character is a character which the output part 17 mentioned later usually outputs.

  Further, the reception unit 14 may receive a route search instruction, for example. The route search instruction is an instruction to search for a route.

  In addition, the reception unit 14 may receive, for example, a power-on instruction or a power-off instruction. When the receiving unit 14 receives these instructions, the information processing apparatus 1 normally performs processing according to the received instructions.

  Acceptance refers to acquisition of information input from an input device such as a touch panel or a keyboard, acquisition of information stored in a recording medium such as an optical disk, magnetic disk, or semiconductor memory, via a wired or wireless communication line. It is a concept that includes reception of information transmitted in the same manner.

  Moreover, the input means such as information and instructions in the reception unit 14 may be anything such as a menu screen or a keyboard. The accepting unit 14 can be realized by control software for a menu screen, a device driver for input means such as a keyboard, and the like.

  The spot name information acquisition unit 15 acquires spot name information included in the input information from the input information. The point name information is information indicating the name of the point (hereinafter referred to as a place name as appropriate). Moreover, the spot name information acquisition part 15 acquires one spot name information normally. Moreover, the point name information acquisition part 15 may acquire 2 or more point name information, for example.

  Moreover, the spot name information acquisition part 15 acquires spot name information normally from an object character. The target character is an input character or a character acquired from input speech. That is, for example, when the input information received by the reception unit 14 is a character, the spot name information acquisition unit 15 acquires the input character as a target character. For example, when the input information received by the reception unit 14 is a voice, the spot name information acquisition unit 15 normally performs voice recognition on the input voice. And the point name information acquisition part 15 acquires the character which is the result of the said voice recognition as an object character. Since voice recognition is a known technique, detailed description thereof is omitted.

In addition, the spot name information acquisition unit 15 acquires spot name information from the target character by any of the following methods, for example.
(A) Method of using place name list (B) Method of using morphological analysis (C) Method of inquiring outside

  Regarding the method (A): This method is a method for acquiring point name information from the target character by using a place name list. The place name list is a set of one or more point name information. In addition, the location name list is normally held by the location name information acquisition unit 15. Further, the place name list may be, for example, one or more point name information included in the map information stored in the map information storage unit 12.

The specific procedure of the method (A) is, for example, as follows.
(1-1) Sort one or more point name information in the place name list in descending order of length.
(1-2) It is determined whether or not one or more pieces of point name information included in the sorted place name list are included in the target character in order from the top of the sorted place name list. If it is included, the point name information is acquired.
(1-3) When the point name information is included in the target character in (1-2), the point name information is deleted from the target character.

Moreover, the specific procedure of the method (A) may be as follows, for example.
(2-1) One or more characters that are nouns (hereinafter, as appropriate, noun characters) are acquired from the target character.
(2-2) For one or more noun characters acquired in (2-1), it is determined whether or not the noun characters are included in the place name list. If included, the noun character is acquired as point name information.

  In addition, the method, procedure, etc. which acquire the noun character in said (2-1) are not ask | required. The acquisition of the noun character is performed by, for example, morphological analysis. Moreover, since morphological analysis is a well-known technique, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The determination in (2-2) may be, for example, determining whether a noun character matches any one or more point name information included in the place name list. In this case, the spot name information included in the place name list and the spot name information matching the noun character may be acquired.

  Regarding the method (B): This method is a method of acquiring point name information from the target character by using morphological analysis.

Specific procedures of the method (B) are as follows, for example.
(1) Morphological analysis is performed on the target character to obtain one or more morphemes.
(2) Among the one or more morphemes acquired in (1), morphemes classified as “place name” or the name of the place (morpheme whose type is “place name”) are obtained as the place name information.

  Method (C): This method is a method for acquiring point name information included in the target character from an external device or the like. The “external device” is a device other than the information processing device 1. The “external device” is a device that acquires, for example, spot name information included in received characters and transmits the acquired spot name information to a device that has transmitted the characters. In addition, the method or procedure by which the “external device” acquires the point name information from the characters is, for example, the method or procedure (A) or (B) described above.

The specific procedure of the method (C) is, for example, as follows.
(1-1) The target character is transmitted to an external device.
(1-2) One or more point name information is received from an external device in response to the transmission in (1-1).

Moreover, the specific procedure of the method (C) may be as follows, for example.
(2-1) One or more characters that are nouns (hereinafter, as appropriate, noun characters) are acquired from the target character.
(2-2) For one or more noun characters acquired in (2-1), an external device is inquired as to whether or not the noun character is point name information. When it is point name information, the noun character is acquired as point name information.

  Note that the “external device” in (2-2) determines, for example, whether or not the received character is point name information, and sends information indicating the result of the determination to the device that transmitted the character. It is a device that transmits. Also, the method or procedure for determining whether or not the character received by the “external device” is the location name information is, for example, the method (A) or procedure described above.

  The target character may be a character selected by a user selection instruction, for example. That is, the spot name information acquisition unit 15 may acquire the spot name information from the target character using, for example, the character selected by the user among the target characters acquired by the spot name information acquisition unit 15.

The route search unit 16 searches for a route and acquires route information indicating the route. The route is usually a route from the starting point to the destination. The departure place is usually the current position indicated by the current position information. In addition, the destination is usually a point corresponding to the name of the point indicated by the point name information. Moreover, the said point name information is the point name information which the point name information acquisition part 15 acquired normally. The spot name information may be spot name information selected by a spot selection instruction, for example. Further, the route information only needs to be able to indicate the route, and the content and format are not limited. The route information is, for example, one of the following.
(A) Set of position information (B) Set of point name information (C) Set of road information (D) Image

  Regarding (A): (A) usually has at least position information indicating the current position and position information indicating the position of the destination. Moreover, (A) may have one or more position information which shows the position of one or more waypoints, for example. That is, (A) is a set of two or more pieces of position information.

  About (B): (B) usually has at least point name information indicating the name of the destination. Moreover, (B) may have 1 or more point name information which shows the name of 1 or more waypoints, for example. Moreover, (B) may have point name information which shows the name of the point corresponding to the present position, for example. That is, (B) is a set of one or more pieces of position information.

  About (C): (C) is a set of one or more pieces of road information indicating a traveling road. The one or more pieces of road information indicate one or more sections of the route.

  About (D): (D) is an image showing a map and a route on the map. The data format of the image does not matter. The data format is, for example, raster data or vector data.

  Specifically, the route search unit 16 normally applies the current position information and the point name information to the map information stored in the map information storage unit 12. “Applying the current position information to the map information” means that the position on the map indicated by the current position information is set as the departure place. Further, “applying point name information to map information” means that a point on the map corresponding to the point name indicated by the point name information is set as the destination. In addition, “applying the spot name information to the map information” means that the spot on the map indicated by the spot information having the same spot name information as the spot name information is set as the destination. The said spot information is the spot information which map information has. Then, the route search unit 16 searches for a route from the departure place to the destination. Then, the route search unit 16 acquires route information indicating the route.

  Note that the route search usually uses a solution (algorithm) of the shortest route problem. “Solving the shortest path problem” is, for example, the Dijkstra method or the A * algorithm. Since these solutions are well-known, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. Further, since the method and procedure for acquiring the route information are well known, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  In addition, the route search unit 16 normally searches for the route when the reception unit 14 receives a route search instruction.

  For example, when one spot name information is selected from two or more spot name information according to the spot selection instruction received by the receiving unit 14, the route search unit 16 may, for example, select one or more spots that are not selected. Name information may also be applied to map information. “Applying one or more point name information to map information” means that a point on the map corresponding to the point name indicated by the one or more point name information is used as a transit point. Then, the route search unit 16 searches for a route from the departure point to the destination via the waypoint. Then, the route search unit 16 acquires route information indicating the route.

  The output unit 17 outputs point name information or route information. The said spot name information is the spot name information which the spot name information acquisition part 15 acquired. The route information is route information acquired by the route search unit 16. Also, output refers to display on a display, projection using a projector, printing with a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, accumulation in a recording medium, processing to other processing devices or other programs, etc. It is a concept that includes delivery of results. In addition, regarding transmission, accumulation, and delivery of processing results, an output target is finally presented to the user.

  That is, for example, when the spot name information acquisition unit 15 acquires spot name information, the output unit 17 displays the spot name information on, for example, a display. The display on the display includes highlight display such as so-called highlight display, underline display, and bold display. In this case, the output unit 17 transmits the spot name information to a communication partner using a communication application, for example. The “communication partner” is the other device 2 in FIG. The display on the display or the like and the transmission to the communication partner are the same when the route search unit 16 acquires route information. Moreover, the output part 17 may output both the said point name information and the said route information, for example, and may output only any one.

  Further, for example, when the spot name information acquisition unit 15 acquires two or more spot name information, the output unit 17 may output the two or more spot name information. For example, when one or more spot name information is selected by the spot selection instruction, the output unit 17 may output the one or more spot name information. Moreover, the output part 17 may output the object character which the point name information acquisition part 15 acquired, for example.

  For example, when transmitting the location name information to the communication partner, the output unit 17 transmits, for example, an instruction to start an application for performing a route search with the location corresponding to the location name indicated by the location name information as the destination. May be. The app is usually a navigation app (hereinafter referred to as a “navigation app” as appropriate). Moreover, the said instruction | indication has the information which starts a navigation application, and the said point name information, for example.

  For example, when transmitting route information to a communication partner, the output unit 17 may transmit an instruction to start an application that displays the route information, for example. For example, when the route information is other than an image, the application is an application (hereinafter, appropriately, a map application) that displays a position, a point, a road, or the like indicated by each piece of information included in the route information on a map. The application is, for example, an application that displays an image indicating the route (hereinafter referred to as an image viewer as appropriate) when the route information is an image. The instruction includes, for example, information indicating that a map application or an image viewer is activated, and the route information.

  Further, the information indicating that the application is activated may be, for example, an identifier of the application.

  Further, the output unit 17 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The output unit 17 can be realized by driver software of an output device or driver software of an output device and an output device.

  The communication application storage unit 11 and the map information storage unit 12 are preferably non-volatile recording media, but can also be realized by volatile recording media. Further, the process in which the predetermined information is stored in the communication application storage unit 11 or the like does not matter. For example, the predetermined information may be stored in the communication application storage unit 11 or the like via a recording medium, a communication line, an input device, or the like.

  Moreover, the point name information acquisition part 15 and the route search part 16 can be normally implement | achieved from MPU, memory, etc. In addition, the processing procedure of the point name information acquisition unit 15 and the like is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. In addition, the point name information acquisition part 15 etc. may be implement | achieved by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  Next, the overall operation of the information processing apparatus 1 will be described using a flowchart. Note that the i-th information in the predetermined information is described as “information [i]”. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the information processing apparatus 1.

  (Step S301) The information processing apparatus 1 determines whether the receiving unit 14 has received a power-on instruction. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S302, and if not, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S302) The information processing apparatus 1 performs power-on processing.

  (Step S303) The current position information acquisition unit 13 starts acquiring current position information. Thereafter, the current position information acquisition unit 13 normally continues to acquire the current position information periodically until the information processing apparatus 1 is turned off.

  (Step S304) The point name information acquisition unit 15 determines whether the reception unit 14 has received input information. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S305; otherwise, the process returns to step S304.

  (Step S305) The point name information acquisition unit 15 determines whether or not the input information is characters. If it is a character, the process proceeds to step S306; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S307.

  (Step S306) The point name information acquisition unit 15 acquires the input character received in step S305 as a target character.

  (Step S307) The point name information acquisition unit 15 performs voice recognition on the input voice received in Step S305, and acquires a character corresponding to the input voice as a target character.

  (Step S308) The spot name information acquisition unit 15 acquires spot name information from the target character. Details of this processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S309) The route search unit 16 determines whether or not the reception unit 14 has received a route search instruction. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S310, and if not, the process proceeds to step S312.

  (Step S310) The route search unit 16 uses the map information stored in the map information storage unit 12, the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 13, and the point name information acquired in step S308. The route from the current position to the point corresponding to the point name indicated by the point name information is searched. Then, the route search unit 16 acquires route information indicating the route.

  (Step S311) The output unit 17 outputs the route information acquired in step S310.

  (Step S312) The output unit 17 outputs the spot name information acquired in step S308.

  (Step S313) The information processing apparatus 1 determines whether the receiving unit 14 has received a power-off instruction. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S314; otherwise, the process returns to step S304.

  (Step S314) The information processing apparatus 1 performs power-off processing.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process may be terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the point name information acquisition process in step S308 of the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 4, it is assumed that the spot name information acquisition unit 15 holds a place name list having m pieces of spot name information. The place name list is sorted in descending order of the length of the point name information.

  (Step S401) The spot name information acquisition unit 15 determines whether the spot name information acquisition method is a method using a place name list, a method using morphological analysis, or a method of inquiring the outside. For example, information indicating a method for acquiring the location name information is stored in a predetermined storage area and is determined using the information. If the method uses a place name list, the process proceeds to step S402. If the method uses morphological analysis, the process proceeds to step S407. If the method uses an external inquiry, the process proceeds to step S413.

  (Step S402) The point name information acquisition part 15 sets 1 to the counter i.

  (Step S403) The point name information acquisition unit 15 determines whether or not the point name information [i] included in the place name list is included in the target character string. If included, the process proceeds to step S404; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S405.

  (Step S404) The spot name information acquisition unit 15 acquires spot name information [i].

  (Step S405) The point name information acquisition unit 15 determines whether i is m. If m, the process returns to the upper process, and if not, the process proceeds to step S406.

  (Step S406) The point name information acquisition unit 15 increments i by 1. Then, the process returns to step S403.

  (Step S407) The point name information acquisition unit 15 performs morphological analysis on the target character string. As a result, the spot name information acquisition unit 15 acquires n morphemes.

  (Step S408) The point name information acquisition part 15 sets 1 to the counter i.

  (Step S409) The point name information acquisition unit 15 determines whether or not the type of the morpheme [i] acquired in step S407 is “place name”. When it is a place name, it progresses to step S410, and when that is not right, it progresses to step S411.

  (Step S410) The point name information acquisition part 15 acquires morpheme [i].

  (Step S411) The point name information acquisition unit 15 determines whether i is n. When it is n, it returns to a high-order process, and when that is not right, it progresses to step S412.

  (Step S412) The point name information acquisition unit 15 increments i by 1. Then, the process returns to step S409.

  (Step S413) The point name information acquisition unit 15 transmits the target character string to an external device.

  (Step S414) The spot name information acquisition unit 15 determines whether or not spot name information has been received from an external device. If it has been received, the process returns to the upper process, and if not, the process returns to step S414.

(Concrete example)
Next, a specific example of the operation of the information processing apparatus 1 will be described. In this specific example, the information processing apparatus 1 is a so-called smartphone. In addition, it is assumed that the mail application is stored in the communication application storage unit 11.

  First, it is assumed that the user is operating a smartphone and exchanging messages with another user (hereinafter referred to as a communication partner) via a mail application. The screen showing the situation at this time is, for example, FIG. In FIG. 5, the balloon on the left is a message transmitted from the communication partner (message received from the communication partner). In FIG. 5, the balloon on the right side is a message transmitted to the communication partner (message received by the communication partner). Also, in FIG. 5, the order of each message is from top to bottom. That is, in FIG. 5, each message is newer as it is lower.

  Moreover, the reception part 14 receives the said message whenever a mail application receives a message. Moreover, the reception part 14 receives the said message whenever a mail application transmits a message (every time a message is input into a mail application). Moreover, the reception part 14 may receive only the message which the mail application received, for example. Moreover, the reception part 14 may receive only the message input into the mail application, for example. The message is an input character.

  Next, it is assumed that the user operates the smartphone and displays a menu for extracting place names as shown in FIG. Then, it is assumed that the user selects “Yes” in the menu of FIG. Then, the reception unit 14 receives a place name acquisition instruction. The place name acquisition instruction is an instruction to acquire point name information. In this way, the reception unit 14 may receive a place name acquisition instruction.

  Next, the spot name information acquisition part 15 acquires spot name information from an input character. Here, it is assumed that the spot name information acquisition unit 15 holds a place name list having one or more spot name information indicating a place name, a station name, a shop name, and the like. In addition, the place name list is assumed to have point name information “XX station”. Then, the spot name information acquisition unit 15 determines whether or not each of the four messages in FIG. 5 received by the receiving unit 14 includes one or more spot name information included in the place name list. And the point name information acquisition part 15 acquires point name information "XX station" from the 3rd message from the top of FIG.

  Next, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the output unit 17 displays a menu for searching for a route together with the spot name information “XX station” acquired by the spot name information acquiring unit 15. Then, it is assumed that the user selects “Yes” in the menu of FIG. Then, the reception unit 14 receives a route search instruction.

  Next, the route search unit 16 stores the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 13 and the point name information “XX station” acquired by the point name information acquisition unit 15 in the map information storage unit 12. This is applied to the map information being searched, and the route from the current position indicated by the current position information to “XX station” is searched. It is assumed that the current position information acquisition unit 13 acquires the current position information periodically after the smartphone is turned on. Then, the route search unit 16 acquires route information indicating the searched route.

  Next, the output unit 17 displays the route information acquired by the route search unit 16 on the screen together with the map information. The situation at this time is, for example, FIG.

  Moreover, the point name information acquisition part 15 may acquire point name information from an object character, for example, without the reception part 14 receiving a point acquisition instruction | indication. In this case, the location name information acquisition unit 15 normally acquires the target character using the input information and acquires the location name information from the target character every time the reception unit 14 receives the input information.

  Moreover, the output part 17 may output the point name information which the point name information acquisition part 15 acquired, for example, as shown in FIG. In FIG. 9, the point name information “XX station” acquired in the above is underlined. In this case, for example, the reception unit 14 receives a route search instruction when the user taps the underlined portion.

  For example, when the communication application is a telephone application, the reception unit 14 normally receives voice during a call. In this case, for example, the output unit 17 may display a menu for extracting the place name on the screen after the call ends. And when the reception part 14 receives a place name acquisition instruction, the spot name information acquisition part 15 acquires point name information using the input audio | voice which the reception part 14 received.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the place name included in the information can be extracted from the transmitted / received information. In addition, the extracted place name can be displayed or transmitted to a communication partner. It is also possible to search for a route with the extracted place name as the destination. In addition, for example, when a meeting place or the like is notified to a friend who is a so-called directional user, not only the name of the place but also a route to the place can be notified together.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication units existing in one apparatus may be physically realized by one medium.

  In each of the above embodiments, each process or each function may be realized by centralized processing by a single device or a single system, or distributed by a plurality of devices or a plurality of systems. It may be realized by being processed.

  In each of the above embodiments, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

  Moreover, the software which implement | achieves the information processing apparatus in each said embodiment is the following programs, for example. That is, this program receives a computer that can access a communication application storage unit in which one or more communication applications, which are applications for communicating with other users, are stored by any of the one or more communication applications. Alternatively, a receiving unit that receives input information that is text or voice input to any of the one or more communication applications, and a point name information acquisition unit that acquires point name information indicating the name of the point from the input information, It is a program for functioning as an output part which outputs the spot name information which the said spot name information acquisition part acquired.

  In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware.

  The program may be executed by being downloaded from a server or the like, or a program recorded on a predetermined recording medium (for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like) is read out. May be executed. Further, this program may be used as a program constituting a program product.

  Moreover, the computer which performs the said program may be single, and plural may be sufficient as it. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  FIG. 10 is an overview of the computer system 9 that executes the above-described program to realize the information processing apparatus and the like of the above-described embodiment. The above-described embodiments can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed thereon.

  10, the computer system 9 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM drive 9011 and an FD drive 9012, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a monitor 904.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram of the computer system 9. In FIG. 11, in addition to a CD-ROM drive 9011 and an FD drive 9012, a computer 901 is connected to an MPU 9013, a ROM 9014 for storing a program such as a boot-up program, and an MPU 9013, and temporarily sends an instruction of an application program. And a hard disk 9016 for storing application programs, system programs, and data, a CD-ROM drive 9011, an FD drive 9012, an MPU 9013, etc. 9017. Although not shown here, the computer 901 may further include a network card that provides connection to a LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 9 to execute the functions of the information processing apparatus and the like of the above-described embodiment is stored in the CD-ROM 9101 or the FD 9102, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 9011 or the FD drive 9012, and further the hard disk 9016. May be forwarded to. Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 9016. The program is loaded into the RAM 9015 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 9101, the FD 9102, or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the information processing apparatus according to the above-described embodiment. The program only needs to include an instruction portion that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 9 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention has an effect that the place name included in the information can be extracted from the transmitted and received information, and is useful as a mobile phone or the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing apparatus 11 Communication application storage part 12 Map information storage part 13 Current position information acquisition part 14 Reception part 15 Point name information acquisition part 16 Route search part 17 Output part

Claims (5)

A communication application storage unit that stores one or more communication applications that are applications for communicating with other users;
Character either has received previous SL 1 or more communication application or an accepting unit for accepting input information is a character that is input to one of the one or more communication application,
From the entering force information, a location name information acquisition unit that acquires location name information indicating a name of the point,
An output unit before Symbol point name information acquisition unit outputs the acquired location name information,
A map information storage unit in which the map information indicating the MAP is stored,
A current position information acquiring section for acquiring current position information indicating the current position,
And a route searching unit for acquiring path information indicating a path from the previous SL current position to the point indicated by the location name information,
The accepting unit accepts input information that is a character input by another user to any one of the one or more communication apps and received by the same communication app as the communication app,
The communication app is an email application,
Before Symbol output unit allows selecting the location name information by the input information we have, and are emphasized, and displays the input information,
Prior Symbol reception unit receives the route search instruction by the highlighting portion where the input information has a user selects,
Before SL route search unit in response to reception of the route search instruction, the information processing apparatus that obtains route information indicating the route from the current position to the point indicated by the location name information. The output unit transmits the point name information acquired by the point name information acquisition unit to a communication partner using the communication application,
The location name information acquisition unit determines whether the location name information included in the location name list is included in the target character string, whether the type of morpheme is a location name by performing morphological analysis on the target character string, The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus determines whether the column name information is received by transmitting the column to an external apparatus. Before Symbol output unit, before Symbol path routing information searching unit has acquired, the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein transmitting to the communication partner by the communication application. A map information storage unit that stores map information indicating a map, a communication application storage unit that stores one or more communication applications that are applications for communicating with other users, a reception unit, and point name information An information processing method performed using an acquisition unit, a current position information acquisition unit, a route search unit, and an output unit,
An accepting step in which the accepting unit accepts input information that is a character received by any one of the one or more communication apps or a character input by any of the one or more communication apps;
The spot name information acquisition unit acquires spot name information indicating the name of the spot from the input information; and
The current position information acquisition unit acquires a current position information indicating a current position, a current position information acquisition step,
A route search step in which the route search unit acquires route information indicating a route from the current position to the point indicated by the point name information;
The output unit includes an output step of outputting the point name information acquired by the point name information acquisition unit,
In the reception step, other users input to one of the one or more communication apps, and accepts input information that is characters received by the same communication app as the communication app,
The communication app is an email application,
In the output step, the point name information included in the input information can be selected and highlighted to display the input information;
The reception unit further includes a step of receiving a route search instruction by a user selecting a highlighted portion included in the input information,
In the path search step, in response to reception of the route search instruction, information Hosho management method for obtaining path information indicating a path from the current position to the point indicated by the location name information. A computer accessible to a map information storage unit storing map information indicating a map and a communication application storage unit storing one or more communication applications that are applications for communicating with other users;
A reception unit that receives input information that is a character received by any one of the one or more communication apps or a character input by any of the one or more communication apps;
From the input information, a point name information acquisition unit for acquiring point name information indicating the name of the point,
A program for functioning as an output unit that outputs the location name information acquired by the location name information acquisition unit,
Computer
A current position information acquisition unit for acquiring current position information indicating the current position;
As a route search unit for acquiring route information indicating a route from the current position to the point indicated by the point name information,
The accepting unit accepts input information that is a character input by another user to any one of the one or more communication apps and received by the same communication app as the communication app,
The communication app is an email application,
The output unit allows the point name information included in the input information to be selected and emphasized, and displays the input information.
The reception unit receives a route search instruction by a user selecting a highlighted portion included in the input information,
The route search unit is a program that causes a computer to function as acquiring route information indicating a route from the current position to a point indicated by the point name information in response to reception of the route search instruction.

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