Apparatus for searching for information within a space of interest

Abstract

The invention discloses a device for searching space object SOI. The device includes: a space of interest (SOI) database (DB) including a plurality of spatial objects SOIs and relational objects; a search input unit configured to receive at least one of the plurality of spatial object SOIs and a search term from a user; a relational display unit, Configured to output at least one relationship object with respect to the received at least one spatial object SOI; the relationship selection unit is configured to receive a selection of a part of the output relationship object from the user; the search processing unit is configured to receive based on the selected relationship object, The spatial object SOI and the search term perform a search on the SOI DB; and a search output unit configured to output a search result of the search. The relationship object indicates the relationship between the received spatial object SOI and the spatial object SOI related to the received spatial object SOI among the plurality of spatial object SOIs, the relationship has been predefined on the SOI DB.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application is based on and claims priority to US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61 / 599,189, filed February 15, 2012 in the US Patent and Trademark Office, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to an apparatus for searching for information within a space of interest (hereinafter referred to as "SOI"), and more particularly, to an apparatus for searching for location information, which enables precise Search for several pieces of information, etc. Background technique [0004] Generally, a technique for setting coordinates X / Y at a specific point included in map information and providing data matching the set coordinates is used in a conventional device for searching position information. The specific point refers to a company or store name or a name that can become an object of interest of the user. The set coordinates are li...

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[0009] In addition, the embodiments of the present invention aim to solve the limitation of POI search in which the user's desired spatial range cannot be arbitrarily specified, because the present invention is not based on POIs represented only by simple X / Y coordinate points, but the object of the present invention is an SOI object that includes a spatial concept in the form of a specific area

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