Abstract: An optical element includes an optically effective area and an optically ineffective area partly or entirely coated with a coating opaque at wavelengths used. The opaque coating contains a cured product prepared from an epoxy resin and a curing agent containing an alicyclic acid anhydride. The alicyclic acid anhydride is preferably methylhexahydrophthalic anhydride or hexahydrophthalic anhydride.

Abstract: A searching device that includes an input string acquisition unit that acquires an input string input by a user; a predicted candidate string extracting unit that extracts a predicted candidate string that begins with the input string; a deleted character determining unit that acquires a deleted character deleted from the input string, and that determines a deleted character position that is a character position of the deleted character in the input string; and a changing unit that, on the basis of the deleted character and the deleted character position, changes a priority of the predicted candidate string that begins with the input string from which the deleted character has been deleted.

Abstract: Where destination candidates that are selected by a search are arranged in a specified display order, the candidates are divided into two subgroups, based on a median value, and a first destination candidate, a median destination candidate, and a last destination candidate are displayed. Where a desired candidate is included among the three displayed candidates, a user chooses the desired candidate. Where the desired candidate is not displayed, the user selects one of a first subgroup button and a second subgroup button to display the destination candidates in the subgroups before and after the median value, respectively. If two-hundred-fifty-three candidates are displayed in a sequential list in five candidate display spaces, a maximum of fifty operations are required to view all of the candidates. In contrast, the divided display arranges the two-hundred-fifty-three candidates into six levels, so the desired candidate can be selected in a maximum of six operations.

Abstract: A location search device, in which when one of buttons in a character input portion is repeatedly pressed, a plurality of characters assigned in advance to the one button is displayed in an input character display portion in a predetermined cyclic sequence. When one of the buttons is pressed, and then, another of the buttons is pressed, the character displayed in the display portion immediately prior to pressing of the other button is set as an input set character. When the character is input through the character input portion following the input set character, a character string is input. A plurality of compound character strings are created by combining the input set character string with the plurality of characters that is pressed next, and search object character strings that partially match the respective compound character strings are acquired from a character string storage portion, as input candidate character strings.

Abstract: In a search support device, a first search unit searches a storage medium for at least one first string that includes a search string. A second search unit searches the storage medium for at least one second string that includes a corrected string corrected from the search string. A first choice, which is set to specify a specific first string from among the at least one first string to narrow search result, is displayed on a display unit in a first mode. A second choice, which is set to specify a specific second string from among the at least one second string to narrow the search result, is displayed on the display unit in a second mode different from the first mode.

Abstract: An optical element includes an optically effective area and an optically ineffective area partly or entirely coated with a coating opaque at wavelengths used. The opaque coating contains a cured product prepared from an epoxy resin and a curing agent containing an alicyclic acid anhydride. The alicyclic acid anhydride is preferably methylhexahydrophthalic anhydride or hexahydrophthalic anhydride.

Abstract: A location search device including: an input portion that inputs a search term; a storage portion that stores keywords and attributes in association with one another; an attribute acquisition portion that acquires an attribute of an input keyword that is a part of or all of a character string that constitutes an input search term that is the search term input by the input portion, from the storage portion; a search function setting portion that selects a first search function for searching for location information on a location corresponding to the input search term, from among a plurality of search functions, based on the attribute of the input keyword; a search portion that searches for the location information on the location corresponding to the input search term, using the first search function; and a display control portion that performs control such that the location information is displayed.

Abstract: A location search device, in which when one of buttons in a character input portion is repeatedly pressed, a plurality of characters assigned in advance to the one button is displayed in an input character display portion in a predetermined cyclic sequence. When one of the buttons is pressed, and then, another of the buttons is pressed, the character displayed in the display portion immediately prior to pressing of the other button is set as an input set character. When the character is input through the character input portion following the input set character, a character string is input. A plurality of compound character strings are created by combining the input set character string with the plurality of characters that is pressed next, and search object character strings that partially match the respective compound character strings are acquired from a character string storage portion, as input candidate character strings.

Abstract: Search devices, methods, and programs accept an input of a first character string for searching for a search object and store second character strings. The devices, methods, and programs search among the stored second character strings for a second character string who's beginning matches the input first character string. The devices, methods, and programs display the found second character string, excluding from the display any of the found second character string for which a number of subsequent input operations that equals the difference between the number of characters in the found second character string and the number of characters in the input first character string is less than or equal to a number of operations to select the found second character string. When one of the displayed second character strings is selected, the devices, methods, and programs a display a search object that corresponds to the selected second character string.

Abstract: Search devices, methods, and programs store information that pertains to a search object in association with a first character string and a second character string that are used to search for the search object. When a search for the search object is performed, the devices, methods, and programs read from the first storage portion the first character string and the second character string for the search object and store the read first character string and the read second character string. The devices, methods, and programs receive the input of a character string for searching for the search object. When the character string is input by the input portion, the devices, methods, and programs search the second storage portion for and present one of the first character string and the second character string that begin with a character string that matches the input character string.

Abstract: Navigation devices, methods, and programs accept an input of a character, acquire a stored keyword that corresponds to the input character from a storage unit that stores keywords, and display at least one acquired keyword on a display. The devices, methods, and programs accept a selection of one of the displayed keywords, set a search term based on the input character and the selected keyword, and search location information items stored in the storage unit using the set search term. The devices, methods, and programs store a character string representing the set search term as a keyword in the storage unit, acquire deletion information that designates a location information item to be deleted from the storage unit, delete the location information item to be deleted from the storage unit, and delete a stored keyword that is included in a search term for the deleted location information item.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and programs for displaying facility information receive an input letter string representing a search condition, refer to stored facility data, and search for facilities including the input letter string. The systems, methods, and programs acquire facility information of facilities returned by the search, and compress the facility information to be displayed on a search result display screen in a display unit, the compression being based on the input letter string.

Abstract: Where destination candidates that are selected by a search are arranged in a specified display order, the candidates are divided into two subgroups, based on a median value, and a first destination candidate, a median destination candidate, and a last destination candidate are displayed. Where a desired candidate is included among the three displayed candidates, a user chooses the desired candidate. Where the desired candidate is not displayed, the user selects one of a first subgroup button and a second subgroup button to display the destination candidates in the subgroups before and after the median value, respectively. If two-hundred-fifty-three candidates are displayed in a sequential list in five candidate display spaces, a maximum of fifty operations are required to view all of the candidates. In contrast, the divided display arranges the two-hundred-fifty-three candidates into six levels, so the desired candidate can be selected in a maximum of six operations.

Abstract: A navigation device, when a destination candidate is deleted, postpones the deletion by providing a deletion deadline for the destination candidate. This makes it possible to search for the destination candidate even if it is eligible for deletion. If a user sets as the destination a destination candidate whose deletion has been postponed, then the destination candidate is displayed differently to make the user aware that the deletion has been postponed. If a destination candidate for which the deletion deadline has been set is set as the destination, then the navigation device compares the deletion deadline to a date that is m months after the current date, and if the m months later date is later than the deletion deadline, the navigation device extends the deletion deadline by updating it to the m months later date. This postpones the deletion of a destination candidate that the user considers necessary.

Abstract: A device that enables a vehicle to be moved when a disaster occurs includes a forced engine start unit and a constraint unit. When it is detected that the vehicle has stopped after a disaster detection signal is received, the position where the vehicle has stopped is stored. Thereafter, the forced engine start unit enables the engine of the vehicle to be started by a start switch, without using an ignition key. The constraint unit restricts the moving of the vehicle by the forced engine start unit.

Abstract: A controller arranges in order destination candidates that are found and divides them into groups of two hundred destination candidates each. The controller caches in a cache memory the group to which the destination candidates that are currently displayed in search results display spaces belong, as well as the adjacent groups in the upward and downward directions. On a candidate display screen, a Previous Group button and a Next Group button are displayed that respectively display the first destination candidate and the last destination candidate in the group that is currently displayed in list form. If a user touches one of these buttons, the controller switches the list display on the candidate display screen to the adjacent group in one of the upward or downward directions. The controller can thus switch the list display one cached group at a time.

Abstract: A navigation device uses a group display to display destination candidates that are chain stores as a group on a candidate display screen. However, where a destination candidate satisfies a specified extraction condition, such as being within a specified distance from a current position of a vehicle, being closest to a current position of a vehicle, or the like, the destination candidate is selected and displayed by an ordinary display, even though it would otherwise be displayed by a group display. Thus for example, the navigation device displays chain stores as a group, but also individually displays stores that satisfy a specified extraction condition without being grouped.

Abstract: A navigation apparatus referring to map information when a destination is input, performing a guidance according to a guidance route to the set destination, and displaying candidate site information on one or two or more candidate sites capable of stopping by after deviating from the guidance route includes: a deviation point determining unit determining a deviation point of which a route to arrive at the candidate site is a point deviating from the guidance route; a deviation information obtaining unit obtaining deviation information indicating an extent of deviation from the deviation point to the candidate site; and a display unit displaying the deviation information on the candidate site related to the candidate site information.

Abstract: Destination input devices, methods, and programs that store a plurality of destination data items and a plurality of related terms related to the destination data items, a plurality of generic names associated with each of the related terms. The devices, methods, and programs select at least one of the destination data items that are stored in a memory based on an ordinary search of the character that is input as the search key, extract one of the related terms, the generic names, and the destination data items based on a fuzzy search of the character that is input as the search key; and display in list form, search results that correspond to the character that is input, the generic names that are selected by the fuzzy search and the at least one of the destination data items that is selected by the ordinary search.

Abstract: Destination input devices, methods and programs that store a plurality of destination data items associated with a search key, a plurality of related terms that are related to the destination data items, and a plurality the destination data items that are associated with each of the related terms. The devices, methods, and programs select at least one of the destination data items based on an ordinary search of the character that is input as the search key, extract the related term that perfectly matches the characters that were input and selects the destination data items that are associated with the related term based on a fuzzy search of the character that is input as the search key, and display in list form the search results that are produced by the ordinary search and the fuzzy search.