Patent ID: RE45220

Claim:
A facility searching device comprising: a database related to map information; a facility database related to various genres of facilities, the database including positional information of each of the genres of facilities; a display unit adapted to display a map for a predetermined area on the basis of the map information; a pointing device for implementing a positional input on a displayed map; a voice input unit adapted to implement voice input; a determination unit adapted to determine whether or not a word inputted by the voice input unit falls under a genre name indicating a genre to which any facility in the facility database belongs; a determination unit adapted to determine whether or not an input of a plurality of positions indicating a certain road on the map has been made as the positional input; and a search unit adapted to respond if it has been determined within a predetermined time that a word inputted by the voice input unit falls under the genre name and that an input of a plurality of positions has been made as the position positional input, to implement a search for facilities which belong to the genre and which exist along the road or within a predetermined distance from the road, wherein the input of a plurality of positions is an operation for moving a point position by the pointing device which pointing on the map, and wherein it is determined that an input of a plurality of positions has been made as the position positional input, if the plurality of positions are within a predetermined distance from the road.