Information display apparatus, information display system and information display method

• US 20070241884A1
• Filed: 03/27/2007
• Published: 10/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Misawa, Takeshi, Yamazaki, Akihisa, Mikami, Sumie
• Application Number:
  US11/727,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20070241884A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.120
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources

Abstract

According to an information display apparatus of the present invention, the unique information optically transmitted from the instrument is acquired by the image pickup device. Of the acquired unique information, if there is information conforming to the specific unique information, the information corresponding thereto is extracted and displayed. To be more specific, the instrument is mounted on a specific object and the information on the object is stored so that the information on the object can be displayed as the unique information is acquired from the instrument mounted on the object by the image pickup device.

Claims

1. An information display apparatus comprising:

an acquisition section which continuously acquires unique information optically transmitted from an instrument mounted on an object by one or multiple image pickup devices;

an information storage section which stores information corresponding to the unique information;

an extraction condition setting section which sets specific unique information as an extraction condition;

an extraction section which extracts from the information storage section the information corresponding to the specific unique information conforming to the extraction condition set by the extraction condition setting section out of the unique information acquired by the acquisition section; and

a display control section which controlling the information extracted by the extraction section to be displayed on a display apparatus.

2. The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information storage section stores queue information which is information on a queue corresponding to the unique information transmitted from the instrument mounted on each individual member of the queue as the information corresponding to the information unique to the instrument.

3. The information display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

the extraction condition setting section sets specific unique information transmitted from the instrument mounted on a specific member of the queue or an attachment thereto as the extraction condition; and

the extraction section extracts the queue information corresponding to the extraction condition set by the extraction condition setting section.

4. The information display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the queue information includes at least one of time required to dissolve the queue to the specific member, number of members of the queue to the specific member, a place or a direction which the specific member should head for when the queue to the specific member is dissolved, and a matter which the specific member should complete before the queue to the specific member is dissolved.

5. The information display apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a warning section which gives a predetermined warning to the specific member in the case where the time required to dissolve the queue to the specific member is shorter than a predetermined time.

6. The information display apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a warning section which gives a predetermined warning to the specific member in the case where the time required to dissolve the queue to the specific member is shorter than a predetermined time.

7. The information display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the specific member includes a lead member or a subsequent member of the queue.

8. The information display apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a position identifying section which identifies a current position of the specific member based on an image acquired from an image pickup device of the acquisition section,

wherein the display control section controls the display apparatus to leadingly display the place or direction which the specific member should head for when the queue to the specific member is dissolved according to the current position of the specific member identified by the location identifying section.

9. The information display apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a position identifying section which identifies a current position of the specific member based on an image acquired from an image pickup device of the acquisition section,

wherein the display control section controls the display apparatus to leadingly display the place or direction which the specific member should head for when the queue to the specific member is dissolved according to the current position of the specific member identified by the location identifying section.

10. The information display apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a position identifying section which identifies a current position of the specific member based on an image acquired from an image pickup device of the acquisition section,

wherein the display control section controls the display apparatus to leadingly display the place or direction which the specific member should head for when the queue to the specific member is dissolved according to the current position of the specific member identified by the location identifying section.

11. The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the acquisition section acquires information on the object transmitted from the instrument; and

the display apparatus displays the information on the object acquired by the acquisition section.

12. The information display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

the acquisition section acquires information on the object transmitted from the instrument; and

the display apparatus displays the information on the object acquired by the acquisition section.

13. The information display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein:

the acquisition section acquires information on the object transmitted from the instrument; and

the display apparatus displays the information on the object acquired by the acquisition section.

14. The information display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the information on the object includes physical information such as body temperature, blood pressure and pulse as well as a warning according to fluctuation in the physical information.

15. The information display apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the information on the object includes physical information such as body temperature, blood pressure and pulse as well as a warning according to fluctuation in the physical information.

16. The information display apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the information on the object includes physical information such as body temperature, blood pressure and pulse as well as a warning according to fluctuation in the physical information.

17. The information display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an acquisition source identifying section which identifies the image pickup device having acquired the unique information which is the extraction condition set by the extraction condition setting section out of the multiple image pickup devices provided to the acquisition section,

wherein the display control section controls an image acquired from the image pickup device identified by the acquisition source identifying section to be displayed on the display apparatus.

18. The information display apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising an acquisition source identifying section which identifies the image pickup device having acquired the unique information which is the extraction condition set by the extraction condition setting section out of the multiple image pickup devices provided to the acquisition section,

wherein the display control section controls an image acquired from the image pickup device identified by the acquisition source identifying section to be displayed on the display apparatus.

19. The information display apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising an acquisition source identifying section which identifies the image pickup device having acquired the unique information which is the extraction condition set by the extraction condition setting section out of the multiple image pickup devices provided to the acquisition section,

wherein the display control section controls an image acquired from the image pickup device identified by the acquisition source identifying section to be displayed on the display apparatus.

20. The information display apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising an acquisition source identifying section which identifies the image pickup device having acquired the unique information which is the extraction condition set by the extraction condition setting section out of the multiple image pickup devices provided to the acquisition section,

wherein the display control section controls an image acquired from the image pickup device identified by the acquisition source identifying section to be displayed on the display apparatus.

21. The information display apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the display control section controls the image acquired from the image pickup device identified by the acquisition source identifying section and the information extracted by the extraction section to be superimposed and displayed on the display apparatus.

22. The information display apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the display control section controls the image acquired from the image pickup device identified by the acquisition source identifying section and the information extracted by the extraction section to be superimposed and displayed on the display apparatus.

23. The information display apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the display control section controls the image acquired from the image pickup device identified by the acquisition source identifying section and the information extracted by the extraction section to be superimposed and displayed on the display apparatus.

24. The information display apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the display control section controls the image acquired from the image pickup device identified by the acquisition source identifying section and the information extracted by the extraction section to be superimposed and displayed on the display apparatus.

25. The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control section controls the image acquired from the image pickup device of the acquisition section and the information extracted by the extraction section to be superimposed and displayed on the display apparatus.

26. The information display apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the display control section controls the image acquired from the image pickup device of the acquisition section and the information extracted by the extraction section to be superimposed and displayed on the display apparatus.

27. The information display apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the display control section controls the image acquired from the image pickup device of the acquisition section and the information extracted by the extraction section to be superimposed and displayed on the display apparatus.

28. The information display apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the display control section controls the image acquired from the image pickup device of the acquisition section and the information extracted by the extraction section to be superimposed and displayed on the display apparatus.

29. The information display apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the display control section controls the information extracted by the extraction section to be superimposed in proximity to a position where the specific unique information has been transmitted.

30. The information display apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the display control section controls the information extracted by the extraction section to be superimposed in proximity to a position where the specific unique information has been transmitted.

31. An information display system comprising:

an instrument which optically transmits unique information;

an acquisition section which continuously acquires unique information optically transmitted from the instrument by one or multiple image pickup devices;

an information storage section which stores information corresponding to the unique information;

an extraction condition setting section which sets specific unique information as an extraction condition;

an extraction section which extracts from the information storage section the information corresponding to the specific unique information conforming to the extraction condition set by the extraction condition setting section out of the unique information acquired by the acquisition section; and

a display control section which controls the information extracted by the extraction section to be displayed on a display apparatus.

32. An information display method comprising steps of:

continuously acquiring unique information optically transmitted from an instrument mounted on an object by one or multiple image pickup devices;

storing information corresponding to the unique information in a database;

setting specific unique information as an extraction condition;

extracting the information corresponding to specific unique information conforming to the set-up extraction condition out of the acquired unique information from the database; and

controlling the extracted information to be displayed on a display apparatus.