JP2011238150A - Retrieval result display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a retrieval result display device capable of easily and quickly retrieving an intended facility even in case of getting a large number of retrieval results in, for example, an initial letter pinyin retrieval for a facility having a Chinese name.SOLUTION: In retrieving an intended facility from a data base by entering, for example, an initial letter of a facility name in pinyin and getting many facilities as a retrieval result, a retrieval result display device displays a character type tab corresponding to the character type used for displaying a retrieval result. The device is capable of a list display only in an arbitrary character type by selecting the tab. In that case, the device displays the tab corresponding to the character type used in the list display in a manner that makes the tab clearly identifiable from other tab. Also, when instructed to display the retrieval result in a plurality of the character types, the device requests an instruction for a display order specifying which character type is to be used first for displaying the retrieval result. Then, the device changes display positions of the tabs in accordance with the instructed display order.

Description

  The present invention, for example, in a navigation device, inputs a facility name to set a destination as a specific facility, performs a search, displays a large number of searched facilities, and selects an arbitrary facility from among them. More particularly, the present invention relates to a search result display apparatus suitable for displaying a result of searching for a facility name from a Chinese map database by a pinyin input method.

  For example, in navigation devices, various methods are used to set a destination. As one of the methods, a destination is set as a specific facility, and when the facility is set, a method of inputting a telephone number and an address are narrowed down. A specific facility is selected by selecting one of a method, a method of narrowing down according to the genre and area of the facility, a method of inputting and specifying a facility name, and the like.

  Among these various search methods, the method of inputting and specifying the facility name is widely used as an easy-to-familiar search method because the search is performed by inputting words that are normally conscious to the user. For example, facility names in English at this time consist of numbers, alphabets, and a mixture of them in English-speaking names, hiragana, katakana, kanji, preliminaries, as a combination of alphanumeric characters and Japanese in a facility name in Japan, China The facility name is composed of alphanumeric characters, Chinese, and a mixture thereof.

  There are various input methods for facility names composed of such characters. For example, in the case of Japanese, for the Japanese part other than alphanumeric characters, the Japanese syllabary is entered directly, or the Roman alphabet is used. Then, the Japanese syllabary is input as hiragana or katakana and converted into kanji by kana-kanji conversion. On the other hand, in the case of inputting a facility name in Chinese, the alphanumeric part can be directly input as in other countries, but the Pinyin input method is often used for the Chinese part.

  That is, Chinese has not only Chinese character notation but also Pinyin notation in which the pronunciation of the Chinese character is written in alphabet. This Pinyin notation is customarily used in China and has the disadvantage that an input character string becomes long because one Chinese character is represented by at least two alphabets. For example, if “An'an Road” is expressed in Pinyin notation in Chinese character notation, it becomes “ananlu”, and if it is Kanji, what can be expressed in 3 characters becomes 6 character alphabet in Pinyin notation.

  Therefore, in order to shorten a character string in Pinyin notation, there is an initial Pinyin notation in which only the initial character is Pinyin notation. For example, “a” is expressed as “a” when the initial “Pinyin” is expressed, “l” when “road” is expressed as the initial Pinyin, and “aal” when “Anyang” is expressed as the initial Pinyin. In actual facility search, for example, “tian an men” is taken with the initials of “tam”, and “wan li chang chang” is “wlcc”. By inputting, each corresponding Chinese is displayed, or many corresponding candidate Chinese are displayed, and a facility name can be input by selecting a desired character from them.

  When inputting the facility name in Chinese using the above initial pinyin method, for example, “wlcc” is input for “Great Wall” and the corresponding Chinese is displayed or a plurality of corresponding candidate Chinese are displayed. In addition to the method to select, by entering only "wl" for the first set of characters "mari", list all Chinese facility names including the Chinese corresponding to the initial pinyin of "wl" A desired facility name is selected from the displayed information.

  In addition, when a part of the reading is input like Pinyin input, an ambiguous search is performed for the character, and when searching various related words, a large number of obtained search results are grouped and displayed as a list, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which a search result in a group is displayed as a list as a search result within a group for a group designated by a user, and a desired one is selected from the list.

  In addition, when setting destination points, when narrowing down candidate facilities by name search and further narrowing down based on the attributes of the facilities, there are many attributes that have candidate facilities, and all the attribute items are displayed on one screen of the display. When it is not possible to display all attributes by repeating the process of reducing the number of attribute items to be displayed by integrating multiple attributes until the number of attribute items to be displayed is the number that can be displayed in a list on one screen. A technique for displaying an item on one screen of a display is disclosed in Patent Document 2.

  In addition, when the facility information including the input character string is searched for and the facility selected from the search result is registered as the destination, a plurality of narrowing conditions grouped into the first and second groups are displayed. The facility information stored and extracted by the search unit is classified and displayed according to the narrowing conditions included in one selected from the first and second groups, and the number of data when the narrowing search is performed according to each narrowing condition is simultaneously displayed. This technique is disclosed in Patent Document 3.

JP 2009-140287 A JP 2008-250565 A JP 2007-226626 A

  As described above, for example, when setting the destination in the navigation device, when the facility name is Chinese, the initial pin input method is adopted, and when the number of initial characters to be input is small, the corresponding facility name is There will be many. At that time, a plurality of corresponding candidates are displayed on the display screen displaying the search result, and the user performs the operation until the desired facility name is displayed by scrolling the screen.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, for example, as a result of performing facility search by inputting the initial pinyin “a, b”, a total of 4344 corresponding facility names are searched. In the normal data list creation method, as shown in the figure, the name with only alphanumeric characters is displayed first, followed by the name with alphanumeric characters followed by Chinese characters, Subsequently, names in Chinese only are displayed in a predetermined order such as the pronunciation order.

  As a result, in the example shown in FIG. 7, a total of 137 facilities are arranged in the order of, for example, “AB”, “AB1”,. After that, facility names that contain Chinese characters in alphanumeric characters will be lined up. In the example shown, “ABC Chabo”, “ABC Coffee”… “ABZ Cafe” are arranged in order from 138 to 648. Show. After that, the names of the facilities consisting only of Chinese are lined up. In the example shown in the figure, "Azin Clinic", "Azuka Oil Store" ... "Shopokaku" and the last 4343 are shown. .

  When this facility search result is displayed on the screen of the navigation device, for example, a display as shown in FIG. 8 is made. In the display example shown in FIG. 8, when searching for a destination by facility name, the initial pinyin “a, b” is input, and as a result of the search, a total of 4344 searches are made nationwide. The screen below is roughly divided into two, and the name of the facility as a search result is displayed in order on one side, and the distance between each facility and the current position is displayed.

  Further, the name of the facility where the cursor for selecting the facility name by the user is different from other facility names so that it can be distinguished from each other, or is displayed with a thick frame as shown. Further, an example is shown in which the position of the facility with the currently selected facility name is displayed on the other side of the screen divided into two.

  Accordingly, in the example of FIG. 8A, five examples from the first “AB” to “A88-REST” in the search result list of FIG. 7 are displayed as an example of the first screen of the search results. Thereafter, it can be displayed by scrolling the screen. Further, it is displayed that the facility “AB” where the cursor is first located is 171 km from the current position, and a map in the vicinity thereof is displayed on another screen.

  From the display state shown in FIG. 8A, when the facility name intended by the user is “Ao Daihan”, a scroll operation is performed until the facility name is displayed. As shown in FIG. 7 and the display range in FIG. 7, a facility name that includes only alphanumeric characters and a facility name that includes Chinese characters in alphanumeric characters is entered, so that “ABBTea” and “ABBBrest” “ABC tea shop” and “ABC restaurant” are displayed, and the 140th “ABC clothing store” is displayed.

  After that, the facility that the user has not yet intended is not displayed, and scrolling is continued. When displayed as shown in FIG. 6C, the 651st “Ao Daihan” is found, and the cursor is placed on this. It can be installed at the destination by moving and pressing the enter key. In this method, as shown in FIG. 7, when the number of facilities in the search result is large, the desired facilities are displayed by scrolling in order from the beginning to the end of the data or from the end to the beginning. It only has to be displayed and takes a lot of time, which is not preferable.

  In addition to the above-described facility search by Chinese Pinyin input, the above problems may occur when various types of searches are performed by inputting specific characters in the simple input search of other languages. Even when search results are obtained, a list is created for the search results from a predetermined type of character string such as alphanumeric characters to another type of character string such as a specific language, and the list is displayed in that order. Obviously, similar problems occur when scrolling and the user selects the desired one.

  Therefore, the present invention, for example, when trying to set the destination of the navigation apparatus from the facility name, when performing an initial Pinyin search for the Chinese facility name, a desired facility name can be obtained by obtaining a large number of search results. As in the case where it is difficult to select, the search result obtained by entering a specific character results in a large number of search results, and it takes a long time to select the intended character from among them. The main purpose is to resolve.

  In order to solve the above problems, a search result display device according to the present invention includes a search character input unit for inputting a search character, and a search unit for performing a search from a database based on the character input by the search character input unit. When there are a plurality of results searched by the search means, a search result list creation means for creating a list of search results, and at least a part of the list created by the search result list creation means is displayed on the monitor screen Search result list display means, display character type setting means for setting a character type for displaying search results in the search result list display means, and character type tab display means for displaying a tab corresponding to the character type of the search results In the character type tab display means, the tab corresponding to the setting in the display character type setting means is displayed so as to be distinguishable from other tabs. And, in the search result list display means, and displaying the character type only results set in the display character type setting means.

  In another search result display device according to the present invention, in the search result display device, when a plurality of character types are set by the display character type setting unit, the search result list display unit displays the search result. Character type display order setting means for setting the type order is provided, and the character type tab display means displays the character type tabs in the character type order set by the character type display order setting means.

  In another search result display device according to the present invention, in the search result display device, the search character input by the search character input means is a Pinyin character, and the search means performs a search from a Chinese database. The display character type setting means sets alphanumeric characters, Chinese, and a mixed character type of alphanumeric characters and Chinese. The character type tab display means sets the display character type setting means. A tab corresponding to the setting is displayed.

  Another search result display device according to the present invention is the search result display device, wherein the search means performs a search from facility data based on characters input by the search character input means, and the search result list. The display means displays a list of facility names as search results.

  Another search result display device according to the present invention is the search result display device, wherein the search result display device is selected from a list of facility names displayed in the vicinity of the list displayed by the search result list display means. The facility is provided with an indicated facility name position map display means for displaying a point where the facility exists on a map.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, for example, when an initial Pinyin search is performed for a Chinese facility name, even if a large number of search results are displayed, only the first alphanumeric character as the first character type is displayed. A tab for each character type, such as alphanumeric + Chinese as a mixture of type and second character type, Chinese only as second character type, etc. is displayed, and the appropriate character type tab can be selected according to user preference It is possible to arbitrarily set the display range of the search result. When a plurality of character type tabs are selected, the character type for displaying the search result first can be arbitrarily set. Therefore, it becomes possible to easily and quickly select a search result such as an intended facility name.

It is a functional block diagram of the Example of this invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart when performing Chinese facility search by a pinyin input in the Example. It is a figure which shows the example of a display on the screen of the monitor in the Example. It is a figure which shows the example of the facility name list | wrist obtained as a Chinese facility search result. It is a figure which shows the display range setting by the tab selection in the Example of this invention, and the display order setting example by a tab display order setting. It is a figure which shows the selection aspect of a search order at the time of the all character type display in the Example. It is a figure which shows the example of a search result facility name list when performing the conventional Chinese facility search by a pinyin input. It is a figure which shows the example which displays the list | wrist of a facility name on the screen of a monitor based on the list, and scrolls and selects the intended facility.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, and shows an example in which various functional units are provided so that the present invention can be implemented in various modes. Therefore, the present invention can be carried out in various modes by selecting any one of these functional units. In the illustrated example, in particular, when setting the destination of the navigation device, a specific facility is searched by inputting the facility name and the facility is set as the destination. In this example, the facility is searched by searching for the facility name using the initial pinyin.

  1 includes a map database 1 in which various data such as map data and facility data are recorded. A search unit 2 includes a search character input unit 4 in a search signal input unit 3. Data corresponding to the input search character is searched from the map database 1. Therefore, when there is an instruction to perform facility search from the instruction signal input unit 3 and a Chinese pinyin character is input from the search character input unit, the search unit 2 functions as the facility search unit, and the input pinyin character Search the map database for facilities corresponding to

  The search result list creation unit 9 creates a list based on the data obtained as a result of the search by the search unit 2 as described above. Accordingly, for example, when searching for facilities by pinyin input, a search result facility list as shown in FIG. 7 shown as the conventional example is created here. This list becomes basic data to be displayed on the monitor screen, and any list can be displayed using this list.

  The instruction signal input unit 3 shown in FIG. 1 includes a search result display character type instruction unit 5, and when displaying the search result on the screen as will be described later, the search result is displayed only for a specific character type. An instruction of a character type for displaying a search result, such as whether to display a search result of an arbitrary plurality of character types or to display all the search results, is performed.

  In the character type tab display order instructing unit 6 in the instruction signal input unit 3, as will be described later, when displaying the search results of a plurality of character types, the display order of the search results for each tab according to the display order of the character type tabs. When “” is set, it is possible to determine which character type search result is to be displayed first according to a user instruction.

  In the search result selection instruction section 7, the search results are displayed in a list and viewed by the user, and the cursor is moved to display an arbitrary search result to give an instruction. For example, facility search by pinyin input When performing the operation, an instruction signal for performing an instruction by moving the cursor to an arbitrary facility name in the display of the facility name of the search result is input here. In addition, when it is considered that there is an intended facility outside the currently displayed range, an instruction signal for scrolling the current display to display the next search result can also be input here.

  In the facility search of the navigation apparatus shown in the figure, when the user selects and designates an arbitrary facility name for the facility name displaying the search result, the facility name display part of the search result is attached. In the map display portion, a map where the instructed facility exists can be displayed. The search result confirmation instruction unit 8 instructs the search result selection instruction unit 7 to confirm the facility designated by the user when the search result selection instruction unit 7 thinks that the facility is intended. .

  When the map data reading unit 10 receives an instruction from the search result display unit 12 to be described later to fetch data necessary for display on the monitor screen, the map data reading unit 10 fetches data corresponding to the command from the map database. Further, in the indicated facility name position map display unit 11, when the search result selection instruction unit 7 is instructed to move the cursor to an arbitrary facility name as described above, where the instructed facility is on the map. A map is displayed to show if there is any.

  The search result display unit 12 is a functional unit that performs the main functions of the present invention. In the character type tab display unit 17, for example, a tab of only a first character type such as an alphanumeric character type, an alphanumeric character, and a Chinese character are displayed. A tab of a character type in which a first character type and a second character type are mixed, such as a character type in which words are mixed, and a tab of only a second character type, such as only Chinese, are displayed. The illustrated example is an example of a character type tab display, and tabs can be displayed in the same manner for characters in languages other than Chinese, or for character types specific to characters in each language.

  The search result facility display setting unit 13 sets the display mode to be displayed on the monitor screen based on the list as shown in FIG. 7 created by the search result list creation unit 9. In the unit 14, the display mode corresponding to the character type of the search result can be arbitrarily changed according to the user's preference.

  In the display character type setting unit 15 in the character type corresponding display setting unit 14, as in the example of the present invention of FIG. 4 showing the conventional example of FIG. It is possible to display only one of alphanumeric + Chinese and (3) Chinese only, or (1) and (2) only, (1) and (3) only, (2) It is also possible to display search results only for (3).

  These settings are displayed on the screen of the monitor so as to be identifiable by displaying the character type tab to be displayed differently from the character type tab not to be displayed or by displaying it clearly. Thereby, it can be set not to display a range that the user does not need to display the search result. When the search result is displayed with such a setting, the display order can be forward and backward in the display range.

  In the character type display order setting unit 16 in the character type corresponding display setting unit 14 in FIG. 1, when the inspection result display character type instruction unit 5 instructs to display a plurality of character types, the search result of any character type is displayed. Set whether to display first. In that case, when the character type tab in the list of search results displayed on the monitor screen is set to be displayed in order from the right side, for example, the current display is changed by changing the display order of the character type tab. The user can be shown how the order is.

  When the display character type setting unit 15 is set as described above, it is set by an instruction from the search result display character type instruction unit 5 in the instruction signal input unit 3, and the setting of the character type display order setting unit 16 is the character type. This is performed according to an instruction from the tab display order setting unit 6. As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, various search result displays such as a display range setting by tab selection and a display order setting example by tab display order setting can be performed.

  That is, in the display range setting by tab selection shown in FIG. 5 and the display order setting example by the tab display order setting, for example, when displaying the search result of the character type only in Chinese, as shown in FIG. Of the character type tabs displayed on the screen, only the “Chinese” tab is clearly displayed so as to be distinguishable from the others. If you want to display search results for both alphanumeric characters + Chinese and Chinese characters only, as shown in the same figure (b), tabs for “alphanumeric + Chinese” and “Chinese” Is clearly displayed so as to be distinguishable from the “alphanumeric” tab.

  In addition, when displaying all character types, when setting which character type search results are displayed first, the display order of the character type tab is set in advance to be displayed first from the left side in the figure. As shown in FIG. 5C, by displaying tabs in the order of “Chinese” “alphanumeric + Chinese” “alphanumeric”, search results can be displayed in the same order. I can do it. In addition, in the example of FIG. 6D, an example in which the search result is displayed is shown in the opposite manner to the example of FIG.

  FIG. 6 shows various modes for displaying all the character types and setting the order of displaying the search results at that time, as shown in FIGS. 5 (c) and 5 (d). 5C corresponds to the sixth mode of FIG. 6, and the mode of FIG. 5D corresponds to the first mode of FIG. 6. FIG. 6 shows an example of the display order setting for each character type when displaying the search results of all character types. When two types of character type tabs are selected as shown in FIG. The display order can be similarly set. As described above, in the present invention, when displaying the search results of a plurality of character types, the display order is set according to the preference of the user or according to the estimation of which character type the facility intended by the user exists. And efficient search is possible.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the search result display unit 12 includes a search result list display unit 21, displays a list of search results corresponding to the various aspects, and scrolls the display so that all searches can be performed even on a narrow display screen. The result can be displayed. By operating the search result list display unit 21, the character type tab display unit 12, and the display unit 11 on the designated facility name position map display, a display such as the Pinyin input facility search result display example in FIG. Made.

  The present invention for performing the various functions as described above by the functional units shown in the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 1 is implemented by sequentially operating according to the operational flow shown in the example of the Chinese facility search process in FIG. can do. That is, in the example of the Chinese facility search process shown in FIG. 2, the display setting of the facility name character type on the first search result list display screen is performed (step S1).

  In this operation, in response to an instruction from the search result display character type instructing unit 5 in the instruction signal input unit 3 in FIG. 1, the display character type setting unit 15 in the search result facility display setting unit 13 performs setting corresponding to characters. Similarly, the character type display order setting unit 16 sets the display order for each character type in accordance with an instruction from the character type display order designating unit 6.

  In the example of FIG. 2, the character type tab is set according to the setting. 1. Alphanumeric characters only 2. Alphanumeric + Chinese; The example which displays three types of tabs only for Chinese is shown. In this display setting, for the tabs as described above, A. When only a specific type is selected; The case where a plurality of types are selected and the display order is selected is illustrated.

  In the example of FIG. 2, search pinyin input is then performed (step S2). In other words, the example of FIG. 2 shows an example of Chinese facility search processing, and a predetermined character is input by pinyin input during the search. In this pinyin input, the process of the present invention corresponding to the fact that a large number of search results can be obtained with a small number of input characters is performed, especially when the initial pinyin input that is easy to input is performed.

  Thereafter, a facility search according to the Pinyin input is performed (step S3), and a facility list as a search result is created (step S4). The facility list at this time is as shown in FIG. 4, and this list itself is the same as the conventional facility list. Next, the facility name character type display setting determines whether or not only a specific character type has been selected (step S5). Here, when it is determined that only the specific character type is selected as the display setting of the facility name character type, that is, when “A. Select only the specific type” is set in step S1, the process proceeds to step S6, and the search result is displayed. Display only the selected specific character type.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the desired facility exists in the list (step S7). When it is determined that the facility exists, that is, when the facility name intended by the user is found from the list display, the process proceeds to step S12. The search facility is finalized. On the other hand, when it is determined that the desired facility does not exist in the list, that is, when it is determined that the facility intended by the user does not exist even if the list display on the monitor screen is scrolled to display all, It is determined whether or not search results of other character types are also displayed (step S8).

  When it is determined in step S8 that search results of other character types are also displayed, that is, when it is assumed that there is an intended facility in the character type selected by the user this time, but it is found that it does not actually exist. Furthermore, when it is thought that it may exist in other character types, and it wants to investigate it, the character type to display other than the character type selected this time is selected (step S9), and it returns to step S6, Subsequent processing is repeated after the processing of displaying only the selected specific character type as the search result.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S8 that it is not necessary to display a search result of another character type, in the example of FIG. 2, the process proceeds to step S13 to determine whether or not to add search pinyin. When the determination is made, the process returns to step S2, and the search pinyin is further input. Thereafter, the above operation is repeated. If it is determined in step S13 that no search pinyin is added, that is, if it is assumed that the intended facility will not be searched even if the facility search is performed by the pinyin input thereafter, the process proceeds to step S14 to finish the pinyin facility search. To do.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that only the specific character type is not selected as the display setting for the facility name character type in step S5, that is, in the setting of step S1, the search result of a plurality of character types is set to be displayed. If so, the facility name is displayed in accordance with the character type display order (step S10). At this time, for example, when it is set to display facility names of all character types, the facility names are displayed in a preset display order among various display orders as shown in FIG. Further, for example, even when it is set to display search results of two types of character types, the search results can be displayed in the order of desired character types by arbitrarily setting the display order.

  Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the desired facility exists in the list (step S11). If it exists, the process proceeds to step S12, and the search facility is determined as described above. On the other hand, when it is determined that the desired facility does not exist in the list, the process proceeds to step S13 to determine whether or not to add the search pinyin as described above, and when determined to add, the step S2 as described above. Returning to, input additional search pinyin and repeat the above operation. If it is determined in step S13 that no search pinyin is added, the pinyin facility search is terminated in the same manner as described above.

  By performing the operation as described above, three types of tabs of “alphanumeric characters”, “alphanumeric characters + China”, and “Chinese” are displayed in the display screen of the monitor as in the display example of FIG. When the setting to display only “alphanumeric characters” is made as shown in FIG. 4A, that is, when only the “alphanumeric characters” tab is selected, “(1) only alphanumeric characters” in FIG. Only the first to 137th displays within the range of "" are performed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, when setting is made to display only “alphanumeric + Chinese”, that is, when only the “alphanumeric + Chinese” tab is selected, Only the display from the 138th to the 648th within the range of “(2) Alphanumeric + Chinese” is performed. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 3C, when setting is made to display only “Chinese”, that is, when only the “Chinese” tab is selected, “(3) China” in FIG. Only the display from the 649th to the 4344th in the range of “word only” is performed.

  In the above example, when setting the destination of the navigation device, the facility name is entered and set, and in particular, when the initial pinyin input method is used to search for the facility name in Chinese, the first character An example of “alphanumeric” as the type, “Chinese” as the second character type, “alphanumeric + Chinese” as the mixed type, arbitrary selection of them, and display order setting when multiple selections are made However, the present invention can be applied to other languages in the same search mode. Furthermore, it can be used effectively in a wide range of fields, such as when applied to search in Chinese input on personal computers and portable information terminals in addition to navigation devices, or similarly for various searches in other languages. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Map database 2 Search part 3 Instruction signal input part 4 Search character input part 5 Search result display character type instruction part 6 Character type tab display order instruction part 7 Search result selection instruction part 8 Search result decision instruction part 9 Search result list creation Unit 10 Map data reading unit 11 Instructed facility name position On-map display unit 12 Search result display unit 13 Search result facility display setting unit 14 Character type display setting unit 15 Display character type setting unit 16 Character type display order setting unit 17 Character type Tab display unit 18 First character type only 19 Character type mixed 20 Second character type only 21 Search result list display unit 22 Pinyin input facility search result display example

Claims (5)

A search character input means for inputting a search character;
Search means for performing a search from a database based on the characters input by the search character input means;
A search result list creation means for creating a list of search results when there are a plurality of results searched by the search means;
Search result list display means for displaying at least a part of the list created by the search result list creation means on a monitor screen;
Display character type setting means for setting a character type for displaying a search result in the search result list display means;
Character type tab display means for displaying a tab corresponding to the character type of the search result,
In the character type tab display means, the tab corresponding to the setting in the display character type setting means is displayed so as to be distinguishable from other tabs,
The search result list display means displays a search result of only the character type set by the display character type setting means. When a plurality of character types are set by the display character type setting means, a character type display order setting means for setting the order of character types for displaying search results by the search result list display means,
The search result display device according to claim 1, wherein the character type tab display means displays the character type tabs in the character type order set by the character type display order setting means. The search character input by the search character input means is a Pinyin character,
The search means performs a search from a Chinese database,
In the display character type setting means, alphanumeric characters, Chinese, and mixed character types of alphanumeric characters and Chinese are set,
2. The search result display device according to claim 1, wherein the character type tab display means displays a tab corresponding to the setting in the display character type setting means.   The search means performs a search from facility data based on the characters input by the search character input means, and the search result list display means displays a list of facility names of search results. The described search result display device.   An instructed facility name position map for displaying on the map a point where the facility exists for the facility selected in the displayed facility name list in the vicinity of the list displayed by the search result list display means 5. The search result display device according to claim 4, further comprising an upper display means.

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