US 12,477,508 B2
Retrieval apparatus, retrieval method, and non-transitory storage medium
Tomoaki Tanaka, Tokyo (JP); Norihiro Ide, Tokyo (JP); Kouichi Ono, Tokyo (JP); Tsukasa Kasuya, Tokyo (JP); Aoi Uzuki, Tokyo (JP); Yukiko Oka, Tokyo (JP); and Masataka Nishida, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/031,472
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/039503
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 12, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/085102, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0379869 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 64/006 (2013.01) [H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A retrieval apparatus comprising:
at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
acquire a search condition specifying a plurality of starting points;
based on the plurality of starting points and a crowdedness state of public transportation, select, from among a plurality of preregistered facilities, one or a plurality of facilities as a meeting place from the plurality of starting points; and
notify a user of the facility selected as the meeting place.