Patent ID: 9183437
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An area search device comprising: a search condition obtainment unit configured to obtain information on search objects and a condition for a search scope for searching for the search objects, the information and the condition being inputted by a user; a detection unit configured to detect a first user-specified point on a map displayed on a display that is a point specified by a user; a content search unit configured to search for elements associated with locations on the map, based on the information on the search objects; a determination unit configured to determine a first area that has the first user-specified point at the center, and includes, among the elements searched for by the content search unit, elements that meet the condition for the search scope; an area boundary display unit configured to dynamically display, on the map, the first user-specified point and the first area determined by the determination unit; a content area display unit configured to display, in a content area of the display, list information items indicating elements included in the first area displayed by the area boundary display unit; a content area operation detection unit configured to detect a user operation on the content area, performed as a touch gesture on the list information items displayed; and a display content determination unit configured to further determine an updated number of the list information items to be displayed in the content area and a display size of each of the list information items, based on the user operation detected by the content area operation detection unit, wherein the content area display unit is configured to display, in the content area of the display, the updated number of list information items, the number and the display size of which are determined by the display content determination unit, the search condition obtainment unit is configured to further update the condition for the search scope to search for the search objects so as to include only the elements that correspond to the list information items displayed by the content area display unit, the determination unit is configured to determine a second area having a number of elements corresponding to the updated number of list information items that has the first user-specified point at the center and includes, among the elements searched for by the content search unit, elements that meet the condition for the search scope updated by the search condition obtainment unit, and the area boundary display unit is configured to dynamically display, on the map, the first user-specified point and the second area determined by the determination unit.