Method and device for searching a point of interest

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and a device for searching an interest point. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining position information provided by mobile equipment, receiving and recording a search request, wherein the position information comprises a direction corresponding to the mobile equipment and the search request comprises at least one screening condition; searching and recording the interest point meeting the search request as a first search result set; calculating directional included angles of search results corresponding to the position of the mobile equipment in the first search result set, removing the search results with the directional included angles of more than an angle threshold value, and recording the rest search results as a second search result set; and outputting and displaying the second search result set. The device comprises a position and information obtaining module, a search module, an angle calculation and screening module and an outputting and displaying module. According to the method and the device, the interest point can be dynamically adjusted according to the change of the orientation of the mobile equipment by utilizing an electronic compass function of the mobile equipment.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a location search method, in particular to a point of interest search method and device that can dynamically adjust search results in an interactive manner according to user direction requirements. Background technique [0002] In recent years, with the popularity of smart phones, various mobile Internet applications are developing at an alarming rate, among which location-based services are a major hotspot. This field not only gave birth to a number of star startups such as Foursqure and Jiepang, but also attracted many Internet giants, such as Google, Facebook, and Tencent. Location-based services have become a standard feature of many smartphone applications. Peripheral point of interest (POI-PointofInterest: geographical information database term, refers to a meaningful geographical location, such as restaurants, movie theaters, coffee shops) recommendation service is a relatively popular service based on geographic locati...

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Problems solved by technology

Click the recommendation button to pop up the recommended content method. When the user clicks the recommendation button, the client will obtain the surrounding recommended content from the server and present it in the form of a list or a single point of interest; shake the mobile phone to pop up the recommended content method. Shake the mobile phone as an instruction to recommend surrounding POIs. The client captures the shaking motion of the user through a gyroscope or a three-dimensional acceleration sensor. When the user shakes the mobile phone, the surrounding recommended content is obtained from the server and presented in the form of a list or a single POI. None of the technical POI search methods can meet the user's direction requirements for recommended POIs

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