SEARCH SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM FOR MAKING THIS DEVICE PERFORM SEARCH SUPPORT FUNCTION, COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING THIS PROGRAM, INFORMATION TERMINAL, PROGRAM FOR MAKING THIS TERMINAL PERFORM SEARCH SUPPORT FUNCTION, AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING THIS PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a search support device or the like that allows one to understand the surroundings of an information terminal.;SOLUTION: The search support device includes a satellite information acquisition means 23 for acquiring the elevation angle and azimuth angle of a satellite contained in satellite information obtained through the analysis of received satellite waves and the strength of the satellite waves; a first index management means 37 for managing a first index set according to the elevation angle; a second index management means 41 for managing a second index set according to the strength of the satellite waves; and a comparison means 29 for making a comparison, based on the first index matching the elevation angle and the second index matching the wave strength, between how the satellite waves from the determined position of each satellite is actually received and how the satellite waves should ideally be received.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI