INFORMATION PRESENTING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PRESENTING TERMINAL

• US 20080112701A1
• Filed: 01/24/2008
• Published: 05/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: FURUHASHI, Yukihito, AKATSUKA, Yuichiro, SHIBASAKI, Takao, SAITO, Akito
• Application Number:
  US12/019,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20080112701A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 396/310
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9032 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30244 Camera pose
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/70 Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras camera calibration G06T7/80
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/255 Detecting or recognising potential candidate objects based on visual cues, e.g. shapes

Abstract

An information presenting device is constituted by a recognizing and identifying unit for recognizing and identifying each marker within a photographing range of a photographing unit from an image photographed by the photographing unit, an information designating unit for designating information in accordance with information on each marker identified by the identifying unit, and a presentation image generating unit for generating a presentation image in which the information designated by the information designating unit is associated with the image photographed by the photographing unit. And the information on the each marker that is to be identified by the identifying unit is supplied in a data file set separately from the information presenting device.

Claims

1. An information presenting device, comprising:

an identifying unit for recognizing and identifying each marker within a photographing range of a photographing unit from an image photographed by the photographing unit;

a designating unit for designating information in accordance with information on the each marker identified by the identifying unit; and

a presentation image generating unit for generating a presentation image in which the information designated by the designating unit is associated with the image photographed by the photographing unit,

wherein the information on the each marker that is to be identified by the identifying unit is supplied in a data file set separately from the device.

2. The information presenting device according to claim 1, wherein the device retaining therein at least one group of basic data with which the marker is recognized and identified and with which information to be displayed is specified.

3. The information presenting device according to claim 2, wherein when the marker is not recognized and identified with the basic data, the data file set is supplied.

4. The information presenting device according to claim 2, wherein the data file set is supplied in accordance with a result of recognizing and identifying the marker with the basic data.

5. The information presenting device according to claim 1, wherein the supplied data file set always includes at least one data file that is also included in other data file sets.

6. The information presenting device according to claim 1, wherein a predetermined data file is always downloaded at startup of the information presenting device by making a connection to a specific site so that the data file is installed into other data file sets of the information presenting device or arranged in such a manner as to be referred to at a time.

7. The information presenting device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a position and orientation calculating unit for calculating a position and orientation of the photographing unit from an image of the each marker in the photographing range,

wherein the presentation image generating unit generates the presentation image in which the information designated by the information designating unit is presented in the position and orientation calculated by the position and orientation calculating unit with respect to the image photographed by the photographing unit.

8. An information presenting terminal, comprising a photographing unit having a predetermined photographing range, an information presenting device, a storing device, and a displaying unit,

wherein the information presenting device comprises:

an identifying unit for recognizing and identifying each marker within a photographing range of a photographing unit from an image photographed by the photographing unit;

a designating unit for designating information in accordance with information on the each marker identified by the identifying unit; and

a presentation image generating unit for generating a presentation image in which the information designated by the designating unit is associated with the image photographed by the photographing unit, and displaying the presentation image on the displaying unit,

wherein reference information on the each marker that is to be identified by the identifying unit is supplied from the storing device in a data file set separately from the information presenting device.

9. The information presenting terminal according to claim 8, wherein the data file set stored in the storing device is downloaded from a specific site to which the information presenting terminal is accessible, in advance or at startup of the information presenting device.

10. The information presenting terminal according to claim 8, wherein the information presenting device includes therein at least one group of basic data with which the marker is recognized and identified and with which information to be displayed is specified.

11. The information presenting terminal according to claim 10, wherein, when the marker is not recognized and identified with the basic data, the data file set is supplied.

12. The information presenting terminal according to claim 10, wherein the data file set is supplied in accordance with a result of recognizing and identifying the marker with the basic data.

13. The information presenting terminal according to claim 8, wherein the supplied data file set always includes at least one data file that is also included in other data file sets.

14. The information presenting terminal according to claim 8, wherein a predetermined data file is always downloaded at startup of the information presenting device by making a connection to a specific site so that the data file is installed into other data file sets of the information presenting device or arranged in such a manner as to be referred to at a time.

15. The information presenting terminal according to claim 8, wherein:

the information presenting device further comprises a position and orientation calculating unit for calculating a position and orientation of the photographing unit from an image of the each marker in the photographing range,

wherein the presentation image generating unit generates the presentation image in which the information designated by the information designating unit is presented at the position and orientation calculated by the position and orientation calculating unit with respect to the image photographed by the photographing unit.