JP6613592B2 - Peripheral information providing program, peripheral information providing method, and peripheral information providing apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a surrounding information providing program, a surrounding information providing method, and a surrounding information providing apparatus for providing surrounding information at a specific position in a displayed map image.

  Various techniques for displaying a map image on a display device and providing various information related to the geographical range of the map image (for example, information on various facilities existing in the range) have been proposed. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-133260 describes a technique for extracting a facility in a map image when a region in the map image is designated and displaying the list.

JP 2008-180786 A

  Since the technique described in Patent Document 1 is a technique for providing facility information in a designated area, it is difficult to appropriately and efficiently obtain peripheral information based on a specific position in a map image. . Therefore, for example, it is difficult to respond to needs such as confirming the peripheral information of a specific position and then changing the position to confirm the peripheral information of the changed position.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to be able to easily and efficiently acquire peripheral information of a plurality of positions in a displayed map image.

  The peripheral information providing program of the present invention made to solve the above problems includes a display unit capable of displaying an image, a communication unit for performing data communication with an external device, and a control capable of executing processing according to the program And a peripheral information providing program that can be executed by the control unit.

  Then, the peripheral information providing program executes a map display process, a position reception process, a reference setting process, a first request process, a first acquisition process, and a first facility as processes to be executed by the control unit. It has a display process, a movement acceptance process, a reference movement process, a second request process, a second acquisition process, and a second facility display process.

The map display process is a process of displaying a map image, which is an image showing a map within a specific geographical range, on the display unit. The position receiving process is a process of receiving a position specifying operation for specifying an arbitrary position in the map image displayed on the display unit. In the reference setting process, when a position specifying operation is received by the position receiving process, a position specified by the position specifying operation is set as a reference position, and a reference position image indicating the reference position at or near the reference position Is a process for displaying. In the first request process, when a reference position is set by the reference setting process, a search request for requesting a search for at least one type of facility existing within a specific range based on the reference position is sent via the communication unit. Is transmitted to the external device. The first acquisition process is a process of acquiring a search result of at least one kind of facility by the external device for the first request process from the external device via the communication unit. In the first facility display processing, when at least one facility information indicating a facility is acquired as a search result by the first acquisition processing, the acquired facility information in the map image displayed on the display unit is acquired. Is a process of superimposing and displaying a facility image indicating the facility at the location of the facility indicated by or near the facility. The movement acceptance process is a direct movement operation that is a direct operation on the reference position image for moving the display position of the reference position image in the map image after the facility image is displayed by the first facility display process. Is a process of accepting. The reference movement process is a process of moving the reference position to a position corresponding to the display position of the reference position image after the movement by the reference movement operation when the reference movement operation is received by the movement reception process. The second request process is a process of transmitting a search request for the reference position after the movement to the external device via the communication unit when the reference position is moved by the reference movement process. The second acquisition process is a process of acquiring the search result of the at least one kind of facility by the external device for the second request process from the external device via the communication unit. The second facility display process deletes the facility image currently displayed by the first facility display process, and when at least one facility information indicating the facility is acquired as a search result by the second acquisition process, This is a process of superimposing and displaying a facility image indicating the facility at or near the location of the facility indicated by the acquired facility information in the map image displayed on the display unit.

  According to the peripheral information providing program configured in this way, by specifying a reference position for the map image displayed on the display unit, it is possible to search for facilities existing around the reference position, The search result can be confirmed with the facility image. In addition, the current reference position can be easily moved by a direct operation (reference movement operation) on the reference position image. When the reference position is moved by the reference movement operation, the reference position after the movement is moved. The surrounding facilities are re-searched. Then, instead of the facility image corresponding to the reference position before movement, the facility image corresponding to the reference position after movement is displayed.

  That is, the user can easily know the facilities existing around a specific position in the map image, and easily move the reference position by a direct reference movement operation on the reference position image as necessary. Accordingly, it is possible to easily know the peripheral facility corresponding to the reference position after movement. Therefore, the user can easily and efficiently acquire the peripheral information at a plurality of positions in the displayed map image.

  In addition to the peripheral information providing program described above, the present invention provides a method for providing peripheral information realized by the print control program, an information processing apparatus having a function realized by the peripheral information providing program, It can be realized in various forms such as various systems including the information processing apparatus as a constituent element, and a recording medium on which the peripheral information providing program is recorded.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the map image printing system of embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the basic procedure of a facility search. It is explanatory drawing which shows a weighting calculation table. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example (at the time of search marker movement and the time of movement condition setting) of the procedure of a facility search. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a search procedure (reflection of a moving condition setting result) and an example of the transition to a map edit screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the procedure of a facility search (at the time of unspecified search marker installation). It is a flowchart of a main process. It is a part of flowchart of the map range designation | designated process of S50 in the main process of FIG. It is a part of flowchart (continuation of FIG. 8) of the map range designation | designated process of S50 in the main process of FIG. It is a flowchart of the movement condition setting process of S130 and S270 in the map range designation | designated process of FIGS. 8-9. 10 is a flowchart of recommended place determination processing in S200 in the map range designation processing of FIGS.

Embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(1) Description of Map Image Printing System As shown in FIG. 1, the map image printing system according to the present embodiment includes a terminal 10, an MFP (abbreviation of multifunction peripheral device) 100, and an AP (abbreviation of access point) 150. And a router 151 and a server 160.

In the map image printing system of this embodiment, the terminal 10 can acquire map data from the server 160 and display a map image.
In addition, in the terminal 10, by specifying an arbitrary position in the displayed map image and specifying the type of the facility to be searched, a facility corresponding to the specified search target that exists around the specified position The server 160 can be requested to search (hereinafter also referred to as “corresponding facility”).

  Then, a search result (that is, the corresponding facility) by the server 160 for the search request is acquired from the server 160, and an image indicating the corresponding facility in the vicinity of the location of the corresponding facility in the map image for each acquired corresponding facility. The recommended place marker can be displayed. Then, by arbitrarily selecting one or a plurality of recommended location markers displayed, the selected recommended location marker can be designated as a print target.

  In this specification, “facility” is not limited to a specific building or facility, but is a specific area (for example, a park, a lake, a natural scenic area, etc.) where a boundary can be specified within a certain range. Is a broad concept.

  Further, in the terminal 10, the range to be printed is specified from the entire range of the map that can be displayed (specifically, by tapping a map editing button 33 (see FIG. 2, etc.) described later) A map image of a specific area including the range can be designated as a print target. At this time, if there is a recommended place marker designated as the print target in the area designated as the print target, the recommended place marker is included in the map image to be printed.

  Various edits can be performed on the designated map image to be printed. Specifically, various objects (hereinafter abbreviated as “OBJ”) can be drawn in the map image. Then, image data of a map image (hereinafter, also referred to as “map edited image”) in which the OBJ is drawn is transmitted to MFP 100, so that MFP 100 can print the map edited image. At that time, if the recommended location marker is included in the map image, the recommended location marker is also printed.

  The terminal 10 is an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal. The terminal 10 includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a storage unit 14, an operation key 15, an LCD 16, a touch panel 17, a memory card interface unit (hereinafter referred to as “memory card I / F”) 18, a voice input / output unit 19, and a first radio. A communication unit 20 and a second wireless communication unit 21 are provided. These units are connected to each other via a bus line 22.

The CPU 11 controls each unit connected via the bus line 22 in accordance with programs and data stored in the ROM 12 and the storage unit 14. The memory | storage part 14 is a non-volatile memory which can electrically rewrite the memory content. The storage unit 14 stores various software and data. In the present embodiment, at least an OS (abbreviation for operating system) 26 and a map application 27 are stored in the storage unit 14.

  The map application 27 is application software that can acquire map data from the server 160 and display the map on the LCD 16 at an arbitrary scale. Functions such as the above-described search of various search target facilities, display of the search results, editing of various OBJ drawings for map images including the search results, transmission of edited map image data to the MFP 100, and the like This is realized by the application 27.

  In the following description, the CPU 11 that executes programs such as the OS 26 and the map application 27 may be simply described by a program name. For example, the description “application is” may mean “the CPU 11 that executes the application”.

  The RAM 13 is a volatile memory for temporarily storing various data when the CPU 11 executes various programs. The operation keys 15 are mechanical keys for the user of the terminal 10 to input various information and instructions to the terminal 10. The LCD 16 is a liquid crystal display device capable of displaying various screens. The touch panel 17 is a well-known input device that can accept an input operation on the terminal 10 by touching or approaching an indicator such as a finger or a stick, and is provided so as to overlap the LCD 16.

  The memory card I / F 18 is an interface unit in which a rewritable nonvolatile memory card (not shown) is mounted, and controls writing and reading of data with respect to the memory card. The voice input / output unit 19 is a voice input / output device including a microphone, a speaker, and the like. The first wireless communication unit 20 is an interface unit for performing voice calls and data communication via the mobile communication network 120.

  The second wireless communication unit 21 is an interface unit for performing communication based on the wireless LAN standard (hereinafter referred to as “wireless LAN communication”). In the present embodiment, the wireless LAN communication performed by the second wireless communication unit 21 is wireless LAN communication compliant with the IEEE 802.11b / g / n standard. The terminal 10 performs wireless communication (hereinafter referred to as “Wi-Fi communication”) based on the Wi-Fi (registered trademark, the same applies hereinafter) standard with the AP 150 via the second wireless communication unit 21. Can do.

  The AP 150 is a relay device that relays Wi-Fi communication. The AP 150 is connected to the Internet 110 via the router 151. Therefore, the terminal 10 can be connected to the Internet 110 via the AP 150 and the router 151, and can perform data communication with the server 160 connected to the Internet 110. Note that the terminal 10 can also connect to the Internet 110 from the first wireless communication unit 20 via the mobile communication network 120 and perform data communication with the server 160.

  The MFP 100 has various functions such as a print function, a scan function, a copy function, and a facsimile function. The MFP 100 includes various components such as a wireless communication unit 101 and a printer unit 103 for realizing the various functions described above. The printer unit 103 is a constituent member for realizing a printing function. When print data is received by the wireless communication unit 101 from the outside, the printer unit 103 can perform print output based on the print data.

  The wireless communication unit 101 of the MFP 100 has the same configuration and the same function as the second wireless communication unit 21 of the terminal 10. Therefore, the terminal 10 and the MFP 100 can perform Wi-Fi communication with each other via the AP 150. Further, the terminal 10 and the MFP 100 can also perform direct communication based on the Wi-Fi Direct (registered trademark, the same applies hereinafter) standard, that is, wireless communication not via the AP 150, via a wireless communication unit included in each of the terminal 10 and the MFP 100.

  Note that the terminal 10 and the MFP 100 may be configured to allow data communication by other data communication methods. For example, data communication via a wired LAN may be possible. In that case, the terminal 10 may be connected to the Internet via a wired LAN.

  The server 160 stores various types of data and programs. The data stored in the server 160 includes at least map data that can be provided to a terminal in which the map application 27 is installed.

  Specifically, the server 160 includes at least a map API and a search API as an API (abbreviation of application programming interface). The map application 27 can acquire and display map data using a map API provided in the server 160. Further, the map application 27 can search the various search target facilities described above and obtain the search results by using the search API provided in the server 160.

  It should be noted that various types of information data are transmitted from the terminal 10 to the server 160, various types of data are transmitted from the terminal 10 to the MFP 100, and transmitted from the server 160 or the MFP 100 in the terminal 10 realized by the map application 27. The reception of various information data is performed via the first wireless communication unit 20 and the second wireless communication unit 21 in the terminal 10.

(2) Overview of the map application 27 The map application 27 will be specifically described. When the map application 27 is activated in the terminal 10, the map application 27 displays a map range designation screen 30 including the map image 5 on the LCD 16 as illustrated in FIG. The map range designation screen 30 includes a map image 5, a search box 31, a map type switching button 32, a map editing button 33, and a search toolbar 34.

  The geographic range of the map image 5 displayed on the map range designation screen 30 immediately after the map application 27 is activated can be determined as appropriate. For example, you may display the map image 5 (for example, the map of the whole Japan) of the specific range set beforehand. Further, for example, when the terminal 10 has a function of acquiring current position information, a certain range of map images 5 including the current position of the terminal 10 may be displayed. The map image 5 is acquired from the server 160 by performing data communication with the server 160. Specifically, by requesting the map data of the geographical range to be acquired from the map API of the server 160, the map data of the geographical range can be acquired from the server 160, and the map is based on the acquired map data. The image 5 can be displayed.

  When the map application 27 is activated and the map range designation screen 30 is displayed, the user performs a specific screen movement operation (for example, a flick operation, a swipe operation, etc. on the touch panel 17) to display the map displayed on the LCD 16. The geographical range of the image 5 can be moved freely from east to west, north and south. In addition, the user performs a specific reduction operation (for example, a pinch-in operation on the touch panel 17), thereby reducing the scale of the map image 5 displayed on the LCD 16 so that a wider range is displayed on the screen. Can do. Further, the user can increase the scale of the map image 5 displayed on the LCD 16 by performing a specific enlargement operation (for example, a pinch-out operation on the touch panel 17).

  When the user taps the map edit button 33 displayed on the map range designation screen 30 on the touch panel 17, the map application 27 sets the operation mode to the edit mode, and the map that is currently displayed on the LCD 16. A specific range including the geographical range of the image 5 is set as an editing target. Then, a map edited image that is an image in the range to be edited is displayed on the LCD 16.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2A, the search toolbar 34 displayed on the map range designation screen 30 includes a plurality of icons. Specifically, the search toolbar 34 includes four search markers 35 to 38 and a setting button 39.

As four search markers, FIG. 2A illustrates a station search marker 35, a restaurant search marker 36, a tavern search marker 37, and an unspecified search marker 38.
The station search marker 35 is a search marker for designating a search for a station. By placing the station search marker 35 at an arbitrary reference position in the map image 5, it is possible to request a search for a station existing around the reference position.

  The restaurant search marker 36 is a search marker for designating a restaurant search. By placing the restaurant search marker 36 at an arbitrary reference position in the map image 5, it is possible to request a search for restaurants that exist around the reference position. The restaurant referred to here does not include stores classified as taverns described later. That is, in this embodiment, a pub and a restaurant other than the pub are distinguished.

  The pub search marker 37 is a search marker for designating a pub search. By placing the pub search marker 37 at an arbitrary reference position in the map image 5, it is possible to request a search for izakayas existing around the reference position.

  The unspecified search marker 38 is a search marker for requesting a search without specifying a specific search target facility. By placing the unspecified search marker 38 at an arbitrary reference position in the map image 5, it is possible to request a search for various facilities existing around the reference position. The type of facility searched by the unspecified search marker 38 can be determined as appropriate. For example, all three types of facilities such as a station, a restaurant, and a tavern may be searched, or a total of four or more types of facilities including these three types may be searched.

  Each search marker 35 to 38 is assigned facility attribute designation information corresponding to the search marker. That is, facility attribute designation information indicating a station is assigned to the station search marker 35, facility attribute designation information indicating a restaurant is assigned to the restaurant search marker 36, and a tavern search marker 37 is indicative of a tavern. Facility attribute designation information is assigned.

  The non-designated search marker 38 is assigned facility attribute designation information indicating non-designation or facility attribute designation information indicating a plurality of types of search target facilities to be searched by the non-designated search marker 38.

  The facility attribute designation information assigned to each search marker is transmitted to the server 160 when the search marker is placed in the map image 5 and a search request is made to the server 160.

  The setting button 39 is a button for performing various settings for the map range designation screen 30. When the setting button 39 is tapped, a setting menu screen (not shown) is displayed, from which a specific setting item to be changed can be selected. Among the setting items that can be set, there is a moving condition from the reference position for use in the processing for the search results of the various facilities described above. By setting the movement condition from the reference position, the search result can be narrowed down and displayed as will be described later.

The search box 31 is an input field for accepting input of a search word. The user can input a desired search word into the search box 31 and request the server 160 to search, thereby obtaining the search result of the facility related to the search word from the server 160 and displaying it in the map image 5. .

  The map type switching button 32 is a button for switching the type of the map image 5. When the map type switching button 32 is tapped, a screen listing a plurality of map types such as a normal map, an aerial map, and an elevation map is displayed, and the user can select a map type to be displayed from among them. it can. FIG. 2 illustrates a map image 5 when a normal map is selected as the map type.

  To specify the reference position of the search target and the search target facility (that is, the type of the search target facility, etc.), set a search marker indicating the search target facility to be searched at the position to be specified as the reference position in the map image 5. Can be performed. Specifically, a search marker indicating a search target facility to be searched is dragged from the search toolbar 34. Then, by dropping the dragged search marker at a position to be specified as the reference position in the map image 5, the search target facility and the reference position can be specified.

  For example, when it is desired to search for a restaurant located around a specific reference position in the map image 5, the restaurant is moved from the search toolbar 34 to an arbitrary reference position in the map image 5 as illustrated in FIG. The search marker 36 may be dragged and dropped. When the restaurant search marker 36 is installed in the map image 5 in this way, the map application 27 transmits a search request to the server 160 and executes a search using the search API of the server 160.

  Note that “installing” a search marker for an arbitrary position in the map image 5 designates the arbitrary position as a reference position, and searches for the reference position in the map image 5 or in the vicinity of the reference position. This means that the marker is displayed in a superimposed manner. That is, in the present embodiment, the display of the search marker on the map image 5 and the display of the recommended location marker described later are performed by superimposing the search marker and the recommended location marker.

  When the map application 27 transmits a search request to the server 160, the facility attribute designation information assigned to the restaurant search marker 36 as part of the search request or separately from the search request, and the map image 5 The reference position information indicating the actual geographical position of the reference position where the restaurant search marker 36 is installed (that is, dropped) is transmitted.

  Thereby, in the server 160, based on the facility attribute designation information and the reference position information acquired from the map application 27 of the terminal 10, the facility indicated by the facility attribute designation information around the reference position (example in FIG. 2B) Then, the restaurant is searched with a specific search algorithm. Then, the server 160 transmits the search result to the map application 27.

  The search result transmitted from the server 160 shows information about whether or not the corresponding restaurant is searched, and the restaurant for each searched restaurant when the corresponding restaurant is searched. Applicable facility information is included.

  The relevant facility information includes the name of the retrieved facility, facility attribute information, rating information, and the like. When the search target facility is a restaurant, the corresponding facility information as a search result includes the name of the searched restaurant, the facility attribute information of the searched restaurant, the rating information of the searched restaurant, etc. included.

The facility attribute information is the same information as the above-described facility attribute designation information, and is information indicating what kind of facility the searched corresponding facility is. For example, in the case of a restaurant, facility attribute information indicating a restaurant is included. The map application 27 can check the facility attribute of the searched facility by acquiring the facility attribute information as a search result from the server 160. Thereby, the map application 27 can confirm whether the search result which has the facility attribute of the restaurant of search object was obtained, when a search request | requirement is performed based on the restaurant search marker 36, for example.

  The rating information is information given to each facility in the server 160, and is provided via the search API. The rating information is information indicating an evaluation value derived for each facility based on a specific evaluation method. That is, it is information indicating how the facility is evaluated. In the server 160, for example, when many people frequently use a facility and many people have a good impression, the evaluation value of the facility is set to a high value. On the other hand, when there are few users and low evaluations are observed for a certain facility, the evaluation value of the facility is set to a low value. The evaluation value setting method in the server 160 is not particularly limited.

  When the map application 27 acquires search results of a plurality of facilities (that is, a plurality of corresponding facility information) from the server 160, the map application 27 determines which of the plurality of facilities is to be displayed on the map image 5 according to the weighting calculation table. .

  FIG. 3 is an example of a weighting calculation table. The map application 27 generates a weighting table in the RAM 13 of the terminal 10. When at least one piece of relevant facility information is acquired as a search result from the server 160, the map application 27 displays all the obtained relevant facility information as display candidates for the weighting calculation table as illustrated in FIG. Enumerate. Specifically, the names of the facilities are listed for each acquired facility information.

  FIG. 3 shows an example in which search results acquired from the server 160 when the unspecified search marker 38 is placed as a search marker are listed. Therefore, when the restaurant search marker 36 is placed as a search marker, for example, the search result of the facility belonging to the restaurant is basically transmitted from the server 160. The facilities to which it belongs are listed. For example, when a pub search marker 37 is placed as a search marker, facilities belonging to the izakaya are listed in the weighting calculation table, and when a station search marker 35 is placed as a search marker, the weighting calculation table contains The facilities belonging to the station will be listed.

  When the map application 27 lists the names of the facilities as display candidates in the weighting calculation table, the map application 27 specifies, for each of the listed facilities, a weight based on the type of facility, a weight based on the rating information, and a weight based on the movement condition. . The weight based on the type of facility is set in advance for each type of facility in the map application 27. For example, “3” is set as a weight for restaurants, “2” is set as a weight for taverns, “1” is set as a weight for stations, and “1” is set for libraries. “4” is set as the weight, and “5” is set as the weight for the hot spring facility. That is, in this example, the station has the lowest weight and the hot spring facility has the highest weight. Note that the weight for each type of facility shown in FIG. 3 is merely an example, and what weight is set for what type of facility can be determined as appropriate.

  The weight based on the rating information can be specified based on the rating information included in the corresponding facility information acquired from the server 160. In this embodiment, the evaluation value for each facility is set between 0 and 5, with 0 being the lowest and 5 being the highest. Therefore, in this embodiment, the evaluation value indicated by the rating information is used as the weight based on the rating information.

  The weight based on the movement condition is specified when the movement condition is set by the user. The moving condition is moving means and moving time from the reference position where the search marker is installed. That is, it is a condition indicating that it can be reached within a movement time set using the movement means set from the reference position. When the movement condition is set, the map application 27 determines whether or not each facility acquired as a search result from the server 160 can move from the reference position to the facility so as to satisfy the movement condition. Although this determination method can be determined as appropriate, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  If the movement can be performed from the reference position so as to satisfy the movement condition, the weight based on the movement condition is set to “1”. If the movement cannot be performed from the reference position so as to satisfy the movement condition, the weight based on the movement condition is set. Is set to “0”.

  Each weight obtained in the above manner is specified for each facility listed as a display candidate in the weighting calculation table. Then, the map application 27 calculates the total weight value by adding the above three weights for each listed facility, and writes the calculation result in the weight calculation table. Then, the map application 27 compares the weight total values for each facility, determines a recommendation rank in descending order of the weight total value, and writes the recommendation rank in the weight calculation table. Thereby, the recommendation ranking is specified for each listed facility.

  For example, it is assumed that the restaurant 160 is searched as one of the search results in the server 160 and the corresponding facility information of the restaurant B is acquired as the search result of the restaurant B. In addition, in the corresponding facility information of restaurant B, in addition to the name of restaurant B, the facility attribute information indicating that the facility attribute of restaurant B is “restaurant” and the evaluation value of restaurant B is “3. Assume that rating information indicating “5” is included. Furthermore, a moving condition is set by the user, and the user can move from the reference position to the restaurant B so as to satisfy the moving condition.

  In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 3, in the weighting calculation table, “3” is specified as the weight based on the type of facility for restaurant B, and “3.5” is specified as the weight based on the rating information. Then, “1” is specified as the weight based on the movement condition. Therefore, the total weight value of the restaurant B is 7.5, and in the example of FIG. 3, the second highest value among the plurality of searched facilities. Therefore, “2” is set as the recommendation order for the restaurant B.

  In addition, the upper limit of the number of facilities (that is, the number of facilities to be displayed as search results in the map image 5) for setting the recommendation order can be designated in advance. FIG. 3 illustrates a case where the upper limit of the number of recommended rankings is set to 5. As shown in FIG. 3, when the upper limit of the number of recommended rankings is set to 5, recommendation rankings are set for the top five facilities having the highest weighted total values, but the weighted total value is 6 No recommendation ranking is set for facilities below the second. Therefore, in this case, the facility whose weight total value is the sixth or less is not displayed as a search result in the map image 5.

  As a recommendation order setting method, a threshold value is set for the weight value, and facilities (display candidates) whose specific weight value is equal to or less than the threshold value are not subject to recommendation order setting (that is, display of search results). Not applicable). For example, when the facility has a weight of “0” based on the moving condition, that is, a facility that cannot move from the reference position to the facility so as to satisfy the moving condition (for example, the set moving means cannot reach within the set time) The facility may be excluded from the display target without setting a recommendation order in the first place.

When the restaurant search marker 36 is installed in the map image 5 as illustrated in FIG. 2B, the map application 27 makes a search request to the server 160 and acquires the search result from the server 160. And if the relevant facility information of at least one relevant facility is acquired as a search result, the recommendation ranking is given by the computation using the above-described weighting computation table with each relevant facility as a display candidate. Then, in the descending order of recommendation, the facilities to be displayed in the map image are determined within the range of the upper limit value, and for each confirmed facility, the facility is indicated at or near the location of the facility in the map image 5 Display the location marker.

  FIG.2 (c) has shown the example of a display of the search result when the restaurant search marker 36 is placed like FIG.2 (b). In FIG. 2C, among the search results of restaurants around the restaurant search marker 36, five restaurants of restaurant A, restaurant B, restaurant C, restaurant D, and restaurant E are recommended. An example confirmed as a place is shown. Specifically, for each restaurant, the recommended restaurant marker 40, which is one of the recommended location markers, and the name of the restaurant are displayed at or near the location.

  In the state where the restaurant search result is displayed as shown in FIG. 2C, when the search target facility is to be changed, any of the search markers 35 to 38 in the search toolbar 34 is to be changed. Just tap the search marker. For example, to change the search target to an izakaya without changing the reference position, the izakaya search marker 37 displayed on the search toolbar 34 may be tapped. When the izakaya search marker 37 is tapped in the state of FIG. 2C, the search target is changed to the izakaya, and a search for izakayas existing around the reference position is performed again. And the search result of a pub is displayed so that it may illustrate in FIG.2 (d).

  The process from the pub search request to the display of the search result when the izakaya search marker 37 is tapped in the state of FIG. 2 (c) has been described with reference to FIG. 2 (b) and FIG. 2 (c). The processing when the restaurant search marker 36 is installed is completely the same. In FIG. 2D, the search marker is changed from the restaurant search marker 36 to the pub search marker 37, and among the search results of the pubs around the pub search marker 37, 3 of pub A, pub B, and pub C It shows an example where two taverns have been confirmed as recommended places. Specifically, for each izakaya, a recommended pub marker 50 that is one of the recommended place markers and the name of the izakaya are displayed at or near the location.

  When the map image 5 is reduced by a pinch-in operation in the state of FIG. 2C, the map image 5 is reduced and a wider range is displayed as illustrated in FIG. 4A. Accordingly, when a restaurant as a search result exists in an area that is not displayed on the scale of FIG. 2C, the recommended restaurant marker 40 of the restaurant is also displayed. That is, when it is desired to check the search result in a wide range including a position far from the reference position, the map image 5 is reduced and displayed up to an area far from the reference position, thereby making it easy to grasp the entire search result. Conversely, when it is desired to confirm the search result within a range closer to the reference position, the map image 5 may be enlarged to display a region close to the reference position larger.

  4 to 6, the facility names displayed in the vicinity of each recommended place marker are not shown. 4 to 6, when there are a plurality of recommended place markers of the same type, only one of them is given a reference numeral.

After the search result is displayed by setting the search marker, by moving the position of the search marker, the search can be performed again based on the position of the search marker after the movement.
For example, in the state of FIG. 4A, the restaurant search marker 36 can be moved by an operation such as a drag and drop operation. For example, when the restaurant search marker 36 is dragged and dropped to a position near the upper left corner in the displayed map image 5, the restaurant search marker 36 moves to the dropped position. Then, the reference position is changed to the position after the movement. Furthermore, when the restaurant search marker 36 is moved as described above, FIG.
), The display area of the entire map image 5 is also moved so that the new reference position after the movement is substantially at the center of the LCD 16.

  Furthermore, when the restaurant search marker 36 is moved, the restaurant search is executed again based on the new reference position after the movement, and the re-search result is displayed as illustrated in FIG. 4B. The The re-search of the restaurant performed when the restaurant search marker 36 is moved is a process when the restaurant search marker 36 is newly installed as described with reference to FIGS. 2B and 2C. Is done in exactly the same way.

  Then, when the map image 5 is enlarged by a pinch-out operation in the state of FIG. 4B, the map image 5 is enlarged as shown in FIG. 4C, and a narrower range around the reference position. Is displayed. Accordingly, the recommended restaurant marker 40 that was displayed in the area that was displayed at the scale of FIG. 4B but was not displayed at the scale of FIG. 4C is displayed in FIG. 4C. Disappear.

  In the state of FIG. 4C, it is possible to narrow down to 5 or less by setting the movement condition from among a plurality of recommended restaurant markers 40 (six in FIG. 4C). . Specifically, when a setting button 39 displayed on the search toolbar 34 is tapped, a setting menu screen (not shown) is displayed, and a moving condition setting which is one of a plurality of setting items listed therein is set. When selected, a movement condition setting screen 60 as illustrated in FIG. 4D is displayed.

  On the movement condition setting screen 60, a movement means setting box 61, a movement time setting box 62, an OK button 63, and a cancel button 64 are displayed. In the moving means setting box 61, the moving means from the reference position can be set. Examples of the setting means that can be set include a bicycle, a car, a walk, and a train. In the movement time setting box, the movement time from the reference position can be set.

  When the cancel button 64 is tapped, the screen returns to the original screen (for example, the screen of FIG. 4C). When the OK button 63 is tapped, the moving means set in the moving means setting box 61 and the moving time set in the moving time setting box 62 are fixed as moving conditions. Then, according to the determined moving condition, the facility to be displayed as the recommended place in the search result is determined again.

  FIG. 5A shows the map image 5 after resetting (and after re-deciding the display target) when the movement condition is set (new setting or setting change) from the state of FIG. 4C. An example is shown. As apparent from the comparison with FIG. 4C, FIG. 5A shows that only three recommended restaurant markers 40 close to the reference position are obtained by reducing three recommended restaurant markers 40 by setting the search condition. An example is shown.

  When it is desired to print a map including any recommended restaurant marker 40 in the state of FIG. 5A, the recommended restaurant marker 40 to be printed may be tapped. When the recommended restaurant marker 40 is tapped, a selection frame 70 is displayed so as to surround the tapped recommended restaurant marker 40 as illustrated in FIG. This means that the recommended restaurant marker 40 surrounded by the selection frame 70 is set as a print target. When the map edit button 33 is tapped in this state, the map application 27 sets the operation mode to the edit mode, and displays a map edit screen 80 as shown in FIG. On this map editing screen 80, a map editing image 81 including a recommended restaurant marker 40 set as a printing target is displayed.

Even during the edit mode, the user can change the scale of the map edit image or change the geographical range of the map edit image displayed on the LCD 16 to the east, west, north, and south by the same operation as when the map range designation screen 30 is displayed. It can be moved. In addition, the user can draw various OBJs on the map edit image 81 during the edit mode.

  As illustrated in FIG. 5C, the map editing screen 80 includes a text mode button 83, a graphic mode button 84, a drawing mode button 85, a batch delete button 86, an entire range display button 87, A preview button 82 is displayed.

  The text mode button 83 is a button for setting the edit mode to the text mode. The text mode is an edit mode in which the text OBJ can be drawn in the map edit image 81. By tapping the text mode button 83 and setting the edit mode to the text mode, an arbitrary text OBJ can be drawn at an arbitrary location in the map edit image 81.

  The graphic mode button 84 is a button for setting the editing mode to the graphic mode. The graphic mode is an edit mode in which a graphic OBJ can be drawn in the map edited image 81. By tapping the graphic mode button 84 and setting the editing mode to the graphic mode, an arbitrary graphic OBJ can be drawn at an arbitrary location in the map editing image 81.

  The drawing mode button 85 is a button for setting the editing mode to the drawing mode. The drawing mode is an editing mode in which a drawing OBJ can be drawn in the map editing image 81. The drawing OBJ is specifically an image of a line that can be freely drawn in the map editing image 81 by an indicator. By tapping the drawing mode button 85 and setting the editing mode to the drawing mode, an arbitrary drawing OBJ can be drawn at an arbitrary location in the map editing image 81.

  The batch delete button 86 is a button for deleting all of the OBJs already drawn in the map edit image 81 by the user. The entire range display button 87 is a button for returning the display state of the map edit image 81 to the entire range display state.

  The preview button 82 is a button for causing the LCD 16 to display a preview screen (not shown) including an image image of a print output result when the map edit image 81 to be edited is printed by the MFP 100. When an OBJ is drawn on the map image 5, an image image including all the drawn OBJs is generated and displayed. When a specific print instruction operation is performed on the preview screen, print data of the map editing image 81 including all drawn OBJs is generated and transmitted to the MFP 100. As a result, the MFP 100 performs printing based on the print data, and the same image as the image displayed on the preview screen is printed out.

  Up to here, the flow of processing when the restaurant search marker 36 is mainly installed on the map image 5 among the various search markers has been described with reference to FIGS. 2, 4, and 5. When a search marker other than the above is installed, the search and the display of the search result are performed in the same manner as when the restaurant search marker 36 is installed. In particular, when the unspecified search marker 38 is installed, various facilities around the reference position (facility assigned to the unspecified search marker 38 are set with the position where the unspecified search marker 38 is installed as a reference position. The facility corresponding to the attribute designation information) is searched, and the search result is displayed in a batch.

FIG. 6A shows an example of a screen immediately after the unspecified search marker 38 is installed at an arbitrary position in the map image 5. FIG. 6B shows an example in which search results for the installation of the unspecified search marker 38 are displayed. FIG. 6B shows an example in which five recommended restaurant markers 40, five recommended tavern markers 50, and two recommended station markers 66 are displayed as search results.

(3) Main processing by map application 27 The various types described above including facility search are realized by the CPU 11 executing main processing as processing based on the map application 27. FIG. 7 shows an example of the main process. When the map application 27 is activated, the CPU 11 of the terminal 10 reads the program of the map application 27 from the storage unit 14 (that is, the main process program of FIG. 7) and executes it.

  When starting the main process of FIG. 7, the CPU 11 of the terminal 10 displays a map range designation screen 30 (see FIG. 2A, etc.) on the LCD 16 in S10. Specifically, in S10, various other images other than the map image 5 and the search toolbar 34 other than the map image 5 among the various images constituting the map range designation screen 30 are displayed. In S20, the server 160 requests and acquires map data to be displayed as the map image 5. The acquisition of the map data is performed using the map API provided in the server 160 as described above.

  In S30, the map image 5 based on the map data acquired in S20 is displayed in the map range designation screen 30. In S <b> 40, the search toolbar 34 is displayed in the map range designation screen 30.

  In S50, a map range designation process is executed. In the map range designation process of S50, various processes such as requesting the various searches described above to the server 160 and performing various processes such as displaying the search results acquired from the server 160 on the map image 5 are performed. Is done. The map range designation process in S50 is basically executed until the map edit button 33 is tapped, and when the map edit button 33 is tapped, the process proceeds to S60.

  In S60, a map editing process is executed. Specifically, a specific range including the geographical range of the map image 5 displayed on the LCD 16 when the map editing button 33 is tapped is set as an editing target. Then, a map editing screen 80 including a map editing image 81 (see FIG. 5C) that is an image of the range to be edited is displayed on the LCD 16. Then, as described with reference to FIG. 5C, drawing of various OBJs on the map editing screen 80 is accepted.

  When the preview button 82 displayed on the map editing screen 80 is tapped, the process proceeds to S70 and print output processing is executed. In the print output process in S70, the above-described preview screen is displayed, a specific print instruction operation is accepted, and the like. When a print instruction operation is performed, print data of the map edit image 81 including all drawn OBJs is generated, transmitted to the MFP 100, and printed out.

Next, details of the map range designation process of S50 in the main process of FIG. 7 will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the main process of FIG. 7, when the process proceeds to the map range designation process of S50, as shown in FIG. 8, it is first determined in S110 whether the map edit button 33 has been tapped. If the map editing button 33 is tapped (S110: YES), this map range specifying process is terminated, and the process proceeds to S60.

  If the map editing button 33 has not been tapped (S110: NO), it is determined in S120 whether or not a movement condition setting request has been made through the operation of the setting button 39. When a movement condition setting request is made (S120: YES), a movement condition setting process is executed in S130. Details of the movement condition setting processing in S130 are as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 10, in the movement condition setting process, the movement condition setting screen 60 (see FIG. 4D) is displayed in S410. In S420, a setting input of moving means and moving time for the moving condition setting screen 60 is accepted. In S430, it is determined whether or not the input of the movement condition is confirmed, that is, whether or not the OK button 63 is tapped.

  If the OK button has not been tapped (S430: NO), it is determined in S450 whether or not the cancel button 64 has been tapped. If the cancel button 64 has not been tapped (S450: NO), the process returns to S420. If the cancel button 64 is tapped (S450: YES), this movement condition setting process is terminated, and the process returns to S110. When the cancel button 64 is tapped, all the various setting inputs made after displaying the movement condition setting screen 60 in S410 are invalidated.

  If the OK button 63 is tapped (S430: YES), the currently input moving means and moving time are formally set as moving conditions in S440. After setting the movement condition, the process returns to S110.

  If the movement condition setting request is not made in S120 (S120: NO), it is determined in S140 whether or not a search marker is placed on the map image 5. If no search marker is installed (S120: NO), the process returns to S110. If any one of the plurality of search markers 35 to 38 included in the search toolbar 34 is placed on the map image 5 (S140: YES), the search marker is superimposed at that position in S145. Display and set the position as the reference position. In S150, it is determined whether a search marker change request has been made. That is, it is determined whether or not a search marker different from the search marker already set on the map image 5 is tapped on the search toolbar 34. When the search marker change request is not made (S150: NO), the process proceeds to S170. When a search marker change request is made, that is, when a search marker different from the currently displayed search marker is tapped on the search toolbar 34 (S150: YES), the process proceeds to S160.

In S160, the search marker currently displayed on the map image 5 is changed to the changed search marker (the search marker tapped on the search toolbar 34).
In S170, the position information of the search marker displayed on the map image 5, that is, the reference position information indicating the actual geographical position of the reference position where the search marker is installed is acquired. In S180, the server 160 is requested to search around the reference position. Specifically, the search is requested by transmitting the reference position information acquired in S170 and the facility attribute designation information assigned to the search marker to the server 160.

As a result, the server 160 searches for facilities to be searched that exist around the reference position where the search marker is displayed, and the search result is transmitted to the terminal 10.
In S190, the search result transmitted from the server 160 is acquired. In S195, it is determined whether or not even one piece of relevant facility information has been acquired as a search result in S190, that is, whether or not even one search target facility has been obtained as a search result. If no corresponding facility information can be acquired, that is, if the search result of the facility to be searched is 0 (S195: NO), the process proceeds to S240. If even one facility to be searched is obtained as a search result (S195: YES), the process proceeds to S200.

  In S200, recommended place determination processing is executed. Details of the recommended place determination process are as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, in the recommended place determination process, in S510, for each acquired corresponding facility information (that is, for each searched facility), the facility attribute is determined from the facility attribute information included in the corresponding facility information. To get.

  In S520, it is determined whether or not facility attribute designation information is assigned to the search marker installed on the map image 5. When the facility attribute designation information is not assigned to the search marker (S520: NO), in S530, all the acquired corresponding facility information is set as a display candidate. That is, all the facilities acquired as search results are listed as display candidates in the weighting calculation table shown in FIG. After the processing of S530, the process proceeds to S560.

  In S520, when the facility attribute designation information is assigned to the search marker (S520: YES), in S540, the acquired facility information whose facility attribute does not match the facility attribute of the search marker ( Specifically, those that do not have the facility attribute of the search marker) are excluded. In S550, the corresponding facility information not excluded in S540, that is, the corresponding facility information having the same facility attribute as the facility attribute of the search marker is set as a display candidate, and the setting is set in the weighting calculation table shown in FIG. List the displayed candidates. After the process of S550, the process proceeds to S560.

  In S560, each display candidate is weighted according to the facility attribute. Specifically, in the weighting calculation table, a weight based on the type of facility is set for each facility that is a display candidate. In S570, each display candidate is weighted according to the rating information. Specifically, in the weighting calculation table, a weight based on the rating information is set for each display candidate facility.

  In S580, it is determined whether a movement condition is set. When the movement condition is not set (S580: NO), the process proceeds to S600. When the movement condition is set (S580: YES), the process proceeds to S590. In S590, each display candidate is weighted according to the movement condition. Specifically, in the weighting calculation table, a weight based on the movement condition is set for each display candidate facility.

  In S600, the facility for displaying the recommended place marker is determined based on the weighting result. Specifically, as described with reference to FIG. 3, a recommendation ranking is assigned to each display candidate by calculation using a weighting calculation table, and within the range of the upper limit value in descending order of recommendation ranking, Determine the facilities to be displayed in the image.

  After performing the recommended place determination process in this way, the process proceeds to S210 (FIG. 8). In S210, for each facility determined in S600, a recommended place marker indicating the facility is displayed at or near the location of the facility in the map image 5.

  In S220, it is determined whether any of the recommended place markers displayed on the map image 5 has been tapped. If the recommended place marker is not tapped (S220: NO), the process proceeds to S240. When the recommended place marker is tapped (S220: YES), the tapped recommended place marker is set as a print target in S230, and the selection frame 70 (see FIG. 5B) is set for the recommended place marker. Display. Although illustration is omitted, when the recommended place marker set as a printing target is tapped again, the setting of the tapped recommended place marker as a printing target is canceled and the selection frame 70 is also deleted.

  In S240, it is determined whether or not a search marker moving operation has been performed. When the search marker is moved (S240: YES), the display position of the search marker is moved in S245 according to the movement operation. When the position of the movement destination is confirmed (for example, when the search marker is dropped at a certain position), the search marker is displayed at the position of the movement destination, and the reference position is changed to the position of the movement destination, and the process goes to S170. Return. If the search marker has not been moved (S240: NO), the process proceeds to S250 in FIG.

  In S250, it is determined whether or not the map editing button 33 has been tapped. When the map editing button 33 is tapped (S250: YES), the map range specifying process is terminated, and the process proceeds to S60 (FIG. 7). If the map editing button 33 has not been tapped (S250: NO), it is determined in S260 whether or not a movement condition setting request has been made through the operation of the setting button 39. When a movement condition setting request is made (S260: YES), a movement condition setting process is executed in S270. Details of the movement condition setting process in S270 are as described with reference to FIG.

  After the moving condition setting process in S270, all recommended place markers currently displayed in the map image 5 are once deleted in S280, and the process returns to S200. Then, based on the new movement condition set in S270, the recommended place determination process in S200 is executed again.

  If no movement condition setting request has been made in S260 (S260: NO), it is determined in S290 whether a change request for the search marker currently displayed on the map image 5 has been made. As described above, the search marker can be changed by tapping any one of the search markers 35 to 38 displayed on the search toolbar 34.

  When the search marker change request is not made (S290: NO), the process returns to S240. When a search marker change request is made (S290: YES), in S300, the search marker displayed on the map image 5 is changed to another search marker requested to be changed. In S310, as in S280, all the recommended place markers currently displayed in the map image 5 are once deleted, and the process returns to S180. Then, the server 160 is requested to search again based on the new search marker (new search target facility) changed in S300.

(4) Effects of Embodiment As described above, in the present embodiment, various processes for a map image can be executed by causing the terminal 10 to execute the map application 27. Specifically, by installing a search marker indicating a specific type of facility at an arbitrary position in the map image 5 displayed on the map range designation screen 30, the position where the search marker is set (reference position) It is possible to search for a specific type of facility existing in the vicinity of. Then, the search result can be displayed on the map image 5. Specifically, for each searched facility, a recommended place marker indicating the facility can be displayed at the position of the facility.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, after setting the search marker and displaying the search result as described above, the search marker displayed on the map image 5 can be moved by a direct operation such as drag and drop. it can. When the search marker is moved, a search is automatically performed with the new position after the movement as a reference position, and the search result for the new reference position after the movement is displayed. That is, all the recommended place markers displayed before the movement are once cleared, and a recommended place marker based on the search result corresponding to the new reference position after the movement is newly displayed.

  That is, the user can easily know a specific type of facility existing around a specific position in the map image 5 and, if necessary, the search marker can be directly moved by a moving operation on the search marker. The position (that is, the reference position) can be easily moved, so that the peripheral facility corresponding to the moved reference position can be easily known. Therefore, the user can sequentially and easily acquire the peripheral information of a plurality of positions in the displayed map image 5.

In the present embodiment, by tapping the map editing button 33 displayed on the map range designation screen 30, a certain geographic range including at least the geographical range of the map image 5 actually displayed on the LCD 16 is displayed. Can be determined as a map editing image 81 for printing (see FIG. 5C). At that time, the map editing image 81 for printing can include a specific recommended place marker.

  Therefore, the user can print out the map image on which the recommended place marker is displayed, and thereby can efficiently know information on the facility indicated by the recommended place marker (at least information on the geographical position). .

  Further, in the present embodiment, search markers corresponding to a plurality of types of facilities are prepared in advance in the search toolbar 34, and the facility can be searched by selecting the type of facility to be searched from among them. . Therefore, the user can easily select and specify the type of facility to be searched, and can efficiently acquire information he wants to know.

  In addition, in the present embodiment, the search marker provided on the search toolbar 34 is dragged and dropped to an arbitrary position in the map image 5 to specify the reference position of the search target and the facility of the search target. Specification of types can be performed simultaneously.

  In the present embodiment, the position of the search marker already displayed can be moved by a simple operation such as drag and drop. That is, the reference position for the search can be easily and intuitively performed.

  In the present embodiment, the type of the search marker already displayed can be easily changed. Specifically, a search in the map image 5 is performed by tapping a search marker different from the search marker currently displayed in the map image 5 from among a plurality of search markers prepared in the search toolbar 34. The marker can be changed to the tapped search marker. Therefore, the user can easily switch the type of facility to be searched as necessary, and can efficiently acquire information on various facilities existing around the same place.

  In the present embodiment, the recommendation order is set for the search result acquired from the server 160 using the weighting calculation table (FIG. 3). Then, based on the set recommendation order, a recommended place marker to be finally displayed on the map image 5 is determined.

  Therefore, even if the relevant facility information of a large number of facilities is included as a search result obtained from the server 160, it is possible to narrow down and display the facilities with high priority to be displayed. In this way, by narrowing down the facilities to be displayed from the search results, it is possible to appropriately provide peripheral facility information while suppressing the amount of geographical information provided by the map image 5 from being impaired. it can.

  In the present embodiment, the priority of the facility to be displayed is calculated by comprehensively considering the type of place, the rating information, and whether or not the moving condition is satisfied. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately display a facility with a high priority to be displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the map application 27 corresponds to an example of the peripheral information providing program of the present invention. The terminal 10 corresponds to an example of a peripheral information providing apparatus according to the present invention. The LCD 16 corresponds to an example of a display unit of the present invention. Each of the wireless communication units 20 and 21 corresponds to an example of a communication unit of the present invention. The CPU 11 corresponds to an example of a control unit of the present invention. The server 160 corresponds to an example of the external device of the present invention.

Further, the process of S10 corresponds to an example of the map display process of the present invention. The process of S140 corresponds to an example of the position reception process and the type reception process of the present invention. The process of S150 corresponds to an example of the reference setting process of the present invention. The process of S180 corresponds to an example of the first request process, the second request process, and the third request process of the present invention. The process of S190 corresponds to an example of the first acquisition process, the second acquisition process, and the third acquisition process of the present invention. The process of S210 corresponds to an example of a first facility display process, a second facility display process, and a third facility display process of the present invention. The process of S240 corresponds to an example of the movement reception process of the present invention. The process of S245 corresponds to an example of the reference movement process of the present invention. The process of S220 corresponds to an example of the facility reception process of the present invention. The process of S230 corresponds to an example of the target setting process of the present invention. The process of S110 corresponds to an example of a designation receiving process of the present invention. The process of S60 corresponds to an example of the determination process of the present invention. The process of S40 corresponds to an example of the list display process of the present invention. The process of S290 corresponds to an example of a change acceptance process of the present invention. The process of S600 corresponds to an example of the facility extraction process of the present invention. The process of S440 corresponds to an example of the parameter calculation process of the present invention.

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As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention can take a various form, without being limited to the said embodiment.

  (1) In the above embodiment, four search markers including the station search marker 35, the restaurant search marker 36, the pub search marker 37, and the unspecified search marker 38 are shown as search markers displayed on the search toolbar 34. However, these are only examples. The type (namely, the type of facility to be searched) and the number of search markers displayed on the search toolbar 34 can be determined as appropriate.

  (2) In the above-described embodiment, the method using the weighting calculation table of FIG. 3 is shown as a method for determining the facility where the recommended place marker should be displayed on the map image 5 from the search results acquired from the server 160. However, this is just an example.

  The priority may be determined using only one or two of the three types of weights shown in FIG. 3, or a different type of weight from the weights shown in FIG. In addition, priority may be determined. Alternatively, the priority may be determined by a completely different method without using the weighting calculation table of FIG.

  As long as it is possible to appropriately determine a high priority facility to be finally displayed as a recommended place from among a plurality of facilities obtained as a search result, the specific determination method can be appropriately determined.

(3) Conversely, all the search results acquired from the server 160 may be displayed on the map image 5 without being ranked and narrowed down as described above.
(4) A plurality of different types of search markers may be installed on the map image 5 so that the search results for each search marker can be displayed simultaneously.

Alternatively, the same search marker may be installed at different positions on the map image 5 so that the search results for the different positions can be displayed simultaneously.
(5) It is merely an example that various input operations for editing a map image are various touch operations on the touch panel 17. For example, when the terminal 10 is a terminal to which a mouse can be connected as an input device, various input operations such as movement of a map display range, enlargement / reduction, pressing of various buttons, and drawing operation can be performed by a mouse operation. It may be.

(6) In addition, the functions of one component in the above embodiment may be distributed as a plurality of components, or the functions of a plurality of components may be integrated into one component. Further, at least a part of the configuration of the above embodiment may be replaced with a known configuration having the same function. Moreover, you may abbreviate | omit a part of structure of the said embodiment. In addition, at least a part of the configuration of the above embodiment may be added to or replaced with the configuration of the other embodiment. In addition, all the aspects included in the technical idea specified only by the wording described in the claim are embodiment of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Terminal, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 13 ... RAM, 14 ... Memory | storage part, 15 ... Operation key, 16 ... LCD, 17 ... Touch panel, 18 ... Memory card I / F, 19 ... Voice input / output part, 20 ... 1st wireless communication part, 21 ... 2nd wireless communication part, 22 ... Bus line, 31 ... Search box, 32 ... Map type switching button 32, 33 ... Map edit button, 34 ... Search toolbar, 35 ... Station search marker 36 ... Restaurant search marker, 37 ... Izakaya search marker, 38 ... Unspecified search marker, 39 ... Setting button, 40 ... Restaurant marker, 50 ... Izakaya marker, 60 ... Moving condition setting screen, 61 ... Moving means setting box 62 ... Movement time setting box, 63 ... OK button, 64 ... Cancel button, 66 ... Station marker, 70 ... Selection frame, 80 ... Map edit screen, 81 ... Map edit image, 8 ... Preview button, 83 ... Text mode button, 84 ... Graphic mode button 85 ... Drawing mode button, 86 ... Batch delete button, 87 ... Full range display button, 100 ... MFP, 101 ... Wireless communication unit, 103 ... Printer unit, 110 ... Internet, 120 ... mobile communication network, 150 ... AP, 151 ... router, 160 ... server.

Claims (12)

A display unit capable of displaying an image;
A communication unit for data communication with an external device;
A control unit capable of executing processing according to a program;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a peripheral information providing program executable by the control unit,
In the control unit,
Map display processing for displaying a map image, which is an image showing a map within a specific geographical range, on the display unit;
A position receiving process for receiving a position specifying operation for specifying an arbitrary position in the map image displayed on the display unit;
When the position specifying operation is received by the position receiving process, the position specified by the position specifying operation is set as a reference position, and a reference position image indicating the reference position is displayed at or near the reference position. Standard setting process,
When the reference position is set by the reference setting process, a search request for requesting a search for at least one type of facility existing within a specific range based on the reference position is sent via the communication unit to the external A first request process to be sent to the device;
A first acquisition process for acquiring a search result of the at least one kind of facility by the external device for the first request process from the external device via the communication unit;
The facility indicated by the acquired facility information in the map image displayed on the display unit when at least one facility information indicating the facility is acquired as the search result by the first acquisition process. A first facility display process for superimposing and displaying a facility image indicating the facility at or near the location of
After the facility image is displayed by the first facility display process, a reference movement operation that is a direct operation on the reference position image for moving the display position of the reference position image in the map image is performed. Accepting movement acceptance process;
A reference movement process for moving the reference position to a position corresponding to a display position of the reference position image after the movement by the reference movement operation when the reference movement operation is received by the movement reception process;
A second request process for transmitting the search request for the reference position after the movement to the external device via the communication unit when the reference position is moved by the reference movement process;
A second acquisition process for acquiring a search result of the at least one type of facility by the external device for the second request process from the external device via the communication unit;
When the facility image currently displayed by the first facility display process is deleted and at least one facility information indicating the facility is acquired as the search result by the second acquisition process, the display unit A second facility display process for superimposing and displaying a facility image indicating the facility at or near the location of the facility indicated by the acquired facility information in the map image displayed on
A facility reception process for receiving a facility selection operation for selecting one of the facility images displayed on the display unit;
A target setting process for setting the facility image selected by the facility selection operation as a print target when the facility selection operation is received by the facility reception process;
A designation receiving process for accepting a print designation operation for printing the map image displayed on the display unit;
A determination process for determining a map edit image to be printed when the print designation operation is accepted by the designation accepting process, wherein the map edit image includes the map image displayed on the display unit. And the facility image set as the print target by the target setting process among the facility images displayed within the certain geographical range, and the target setting process A determination process not including the facility image that has not been set as a print target;
Peripheral information provision program to execute A peripheral information providing program according to claim 1,
As a process to be executed by the control unit,
An edit image display process for displaying the map edit image determined by the determination process on the display unit;
A drawing acceptance process for accepting a drawing operation for drawing an object on the map edit image displayed on the display unit by the edited image display process;
An object drawing process for drawing the object on the map editing image in accordance with the drawing operation received by the drawing receiving process;
A peripheral information providing program characterized by comprising: A peripheral information providing program according to claim 1 or claim 2,
As a process to be executed by the control unit,
A type acceptance process for accepting a type designation operation for designating a facility type that is a type of the facility to be searched;
Have
The peripheral information providing program characterized in that the search request includes request type information indicating the facility type for requesting a search for the facility of the facility type specified by the type specifying operation. A peripheral information providing program according to claim 3,
As a process to be executed by the control unit,
A list display process for displaying on the display unit a type image list in which type images indicating the type of facility are arranged for each of a plurality of different types of facilities;
Have
The type designation operation is an operation of dragging the type image to be searched from the type image list displayed on the display unit by the list display process,
The peripheral information providing program, wherein the position specifying operation is an operation of dropping the type image dragged by the type specifying operation to an arbitrary position in the map image. A peripheral information providing program according to claim 3 or claim 4,
The peripheral information providing program, wherein the reference movement operation is an operation of dragging the reference position image displayed in the map image and dropping it at a destination position. A peripheral information providing program according to any one of claims 3 to 5,
As a process to be executed by the control unit,
A change acceptance process for accepting a type change operation for changing the facility type corresponding to the reference position image displayed in the map image to another facility type;
When the type change operation is accepted by the change acceptance process, the facility of the facility type after the change by the type change operation for the change target position that is the reference position corresponding to the reference position image of the operation target A third request process for transmitting the search request for requesting a search to the external device via the communication unit;
A third acquisition process for acquiring a search result of the external apparatus for the third request process from the external apparatus via the communication unit;
When the facility image corresponding to the currently displayed position to be changed is erased and at least one facility information indicating the facility is acquired as the search result by the third acquisition process, the display unit A third facility display process for superimposing and displaying a facility image indicating the facility at or near the location of the facility indicated by the acquired facility information in the displayed map image;
A peripheral information providing program characterized by comprising: The peripheral information providing program according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
As a process to be executed by the control unit,
A facility extraction process for extracting, as a display target facility, at least one specific from each facility indicated by the plurality of acquired facility information when a plurality of the facility information is acquired by the acquisition process;
Have
In the facility display processing, when a plurality of the facility information is acquired by the corresponding acquisition processing, the facility image of each facility extracted as the display target facility by the facility extraction processing is superimposed and displayed. Peripheral information provision program. The peripheral information providing program according to claim 7,
At least one of the plurality of facility information acquired as the search result from the external device includes type weight information indicating a type weight that is a weight of the type of the corresponding facility,
In the facility extraction process, the display target facility is extracted based on the type weight included in the acquired facility information. A peripheral information providing program according to claim 7 or claim 8,
At least one of the plurality of facility information acquired as the search result from the external device includes evaluation information indicating an evaluation value derived based on a specific evaluation method for the corresponding facility,
In the facility extraction process, the display target facility is extracted based on the evaluation value included in the acquired facility information. A peripheral information providing program according to any one of claims 7 to 9,
As a process to be executed by the control unit,
For each of the plurality of facility information acquired as the search result from the external device, a parameter calculation process for calculating a parameter related to a relative positional relationship between the corresponding facility and the reference position,
Have
In the facility extraction processing, the display target facility is extracted based on the parameter calculated by the parameter calculation processing. A surrounding information providing method for providing surrounding information of a specific position in a map image displayed on a display unit,
A position receiving procedure for receiving a position specifying operation for specifying an arbitrary position in the map image displayed on the display unit;
A reference setting procedure for setting a position specified by the position specifying operation as a reference position and displaying a reference position image indicating the reference position at or near the reference position;
A first request procedure for making a search request for requesting a search for at least one kind of facility existing within a specific range based on the reference position set by the reference setting procedure;
A first acquisition procedure for acquiring a search result for the search request according to the first request procedure;
The facility indicated by the acquired facility information in the map image displayed on the display unit when at least one facility information indicating the facility is acquired as the search result by the first acquisition procedure. A first facility display procedure for superimposing and displaying a facility image indicating the facility at or near the location of
After the facility image is displayed by the first facility display procedure, a reference movement operation that is a direct operation on the reference position image for moving the display position of the reference position image in the map image is performed. Accepting mobile reception procedure,
A reference movement procedure for moving the reference position to a position corresponding to a display position of the reference position image after movement by the reference movement operation;
A second request procedure for making the search request for the reference position after the movement when the reference position is moved by the reference movement procedure;
A second acquisition procedure for acquiring a search result for the search request according to the second request procedure;
When the facility image currently displayed by the first facility display procedure is erased and at least one facility information indicating the facility is acquired as the search result by the second acquisition procedure, the display unit A second facility display procedure for superimposing and displaying a facility image indicating the facility at or near the location of the facility indicated by the acquired facility information in the map image displayed on
A facility reception procedure for receiving a facility selection operation for selecting one of the facility images displayed on the display unit;
A target setting procedure for setting the facility image selected by the facility selection operation as a print target when the facility selection operation is received by the facility reception procedure;
A designation acceptance procedure for accepting a print designation operation for printing the map image displayed on the display unit;
A determination procedure for determining a map edit image to be printed when the print designation operation is accepted by the designation acceptance procedure, wherein the map edit image includes the map image displayed on the display unit. And the facility image set as the print target by the target setting procedure among the facility images displayed within the certain geographical range, and the target setting procedure A determination procedure not including the facility image that has not been set as a print target;
A method for providing surrounding information, comprising: A display unit capable of displaying an image;
A communication unit for data communication with an external device;
A control unit;
A peripheral information providing device comprising:
The controller is
Map display processing for displaying a map image, which is an image showing a map within a specific geographical range, on the display unit;
A position receiving process for receiving a position specifying operation for specifying an arbitrary position in the map image displayed on the display unit;
When the position specifying operation is received by the position receiving process, the position specified by the position specifying operation is set as a reference position, and a reference position image indicating the reference position is displayed at or near the reference position. Standard setting process,
When the reference position is set by the reference setting process, a search request for requesting a search for at least one type of facility existing within a specific range based on the reference position is sent via the communication unit to the external A first request process to be sent to the device;
A first acquisition process for acquiring a search result of the at least one kind of facility by the external device for the first request process from the external device via the communication unit;
The facility indicated by the acquired facility information in the map image displayed on the display unit when at least one facility information indicating the facility is acquired as the search result by the first acquisition process. A first facility display process for superimposing and displaying a facility image indicating the facility at or near the location of
After the facility image is displayed by the first facility display process, a reference movement operation that is a direct operation on the reference position image for moving the display position of the reference position image in the map image is performed. Accepting movement acceptance process;
A reference movement process for moving the reference position to a position corresponding to a display position of the reference position image after the movement by the reference movement operation when the reference movement operation is received by the movement reception process;
A second request process for transmitting the search request for the reference position after the movement to the external device via the communication unit when the reference position is moved by the reference movement process;
A second acquisition process for acquiring a search result of the at least one type of facility by the external device for the second request process from the external device via the communication unit;
When the facility image currently displayed by the first facility display process is deleted and at least one facility information indicating the facility is acquired as the search result by the second acquisition process, the display unit A second facility display process for superimposing and displaying a facility image indicating the facility at or near the location of the facility indicated by the acquired facility information in the map image displayed on
A facility reception process for receiving a facility selection operation for selecting one of the facility images displayed on the display unit;
A target setting process for setting the facility image selected by the facility selection operation as a print target when the facility selection operation is received by the facility reception process;
A designation receiving process for accepting a print designation operation for printing the map image displayed on the display unit;
A determination process for determining a map edit image to be printed when the print designation operation is accepted by the designation accepting process, wherein the map edit image includes the map image displayed on the display unit. And the facility image set as the print target by the target setting process among the facility images displayed within the certain geographical range, and the target setting process A determination process not including the facility image that has not been set as a print target;
The peripheral information providing apparatus characterized by executing