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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2020
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiro Ide, Tokyo, JP;
Kouichi Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Tsukasa Kasuya, Tokyo, JP;
Aoi Uzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yukiko Oka, Tokyo, JP;
Masataka Nishida, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a retrieval apparatus () including: a search condition acquisition unit () acquiring a search condition specifying a plurality of starting points; a selection unit () selecting, from among a plurality of preregistered facilities, one or a plurality of facilities to be one or a plurality of meeting places from the plurality of starting points, based on the plurality of starting points and a crowdedness state of a public transportation means; and a notification unit () notifying a facility selected as the meeting place to a user.