INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM
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1. An information providing method comprising:
- a recognition step of recognizing an image-capture position, in the real world, at which a captured image was captured;
a retrieval step of retrieving information that is associated with the image-capture position, which has been recognized in the recognition step, and the captured image; and
a provision step of providing the information, which has been retrieved in the retrieval step, as overlay information that is to be displayed so as to be superimposed on the captured image.
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An information providing method includes a recognition step of recognizing an image-capture position, in the real world, at which a captured image was captured; a retrieval step of retrieving information that is associated with the image-capture position, which has been recognized in the recognition step, and the captured image; and a provision step of providing the information, which has been retrieved in the retrieval step, as overlay information that is to be displayed so as to be superimposed on the captured image.
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1. An information providing method comprising:
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a recognition step of recognizing an image-capture position, in the real world, at which a captured image was captured; a retrieval step of retrieving information that is associated with the image-capture position, which has been recognized in the recognition step, and the captured image; and a provision step of providing the information, which has been retrieved in the retrieval step, as overlay information that is to be displayed so as to be superimposed on the captured image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An information providing apparatus comprising:
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recognizing means for recognizing an image-capture position, in the real world, at which a captured image was captured; retrieving means for retrieving information that is associated with the image-capture position, which has been recognized by the recognizing means, and the captured image; and providing means for providing the information, which has been retrieved by the retrieving means, as overlay information that is to be displayed so as to be superimposed on the captured image.
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7. A program for causing a computer to perform a control process, the control process comprising the steps of:
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recognizing an image-capture position, in the real world, at which a captured image was captured; retrieving information that is associated with the recognized image-capture position and the captured image; and providing the retrieved information as overlay information that is to be displayed so as to be superimposed on the captured image.
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8. An information display method comprising:
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an image acquisition step of acquiring a captured image that is obtained by performing image capture at an image-capture position in the real world; an information acquisition step of acquiring information concerning the image-capture position; a communication step of transmitting the captured image and the information concerning the image-capture position to an information providing apparatus, and of receiving overlay information that is associated with the captured image and the information concerning the image-capture position from the information providing apparatus; and a display step of displaying the overlay information, which has been received in the communication step, in such a manner that the overlay information is superimposed on the captured image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile terminal comprising:
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image acquiring means for acquiring a captured image that is obtained by performing image capture at an image-capture position in the real world; information acquiring means for acquiring information concerning the image-capture position; communicating means for transmitting the captured image and the information concerning the image-capture position to an information providing apparatus, and for receiving overlay information that is associated with the captured image and the information concerning the image-capture position from the information providing apparatus; and display means for displaying the overlay information, which has been received by the communicating means, in such a manner that the overlay information is superimposed on the captured image.
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13. A program for causing a computer to perform a control process, the control process comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a captured image that is obtained by performing image capture at an image-capture position in the real world; acquiring information concerning the image-capture position; transmitting the captured image and the information concerning the image-capture position to an information providing apparatus, and receiving overlay information that is associated with the captured image and the information concerning the image-capture position from the information providing apparatus; and displaying the received overlay information in such a manner that the overlay information is superimposed on the captured image.
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14. An information providing system comprising:
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an information providing apparatus configured to provide, for a mobile terminal, overlay information that is to be combined with a captured image; and the mobile terminal configured to combine the overlay information with the captured image to obtain a combined image, and configured to display the combined image, the mobile terminal including image acquiring means for acquiring the captured image that is obtained by performing image capture at an image-capture position in the real world, display means for displaying the overlay information in such a manner that the overlay information is superimposed on the captured image, and first communicating means for transmitting the captured image and information concerning the image-capture position to the information providing apparatus, and for receiving the overlay information from the information providing apparatus, the information providing apparatus including recognizing means for recognizing the image-capture position on the basis of the information concerning the image-capture position, which has been received from the mobile terminal, retrieving means for retrieving information that is associated with the image-capture position, which has been recognized by the recognizing means, and the captured image, and second communicating means for transmitting, to the mobile terminal, the information, which has been retrieved by the retrieving means, as the overlay information item that is to be displayed so as to be superimposed on the captured image.
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15. An information providing apparatus comprising:
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a recognizing unit configured to recognize an image-capture position, in the real world, at which a captured image was captured; a retrieving unit configured to retrieve information that is associated with the image-capture position, which has been recognized by the recognizing unit, and the captured image; and a providing unit configured to provide the information, which has been retrieved by the retrieving unit, as overlay information that is to be displayed so as to be superimposed on the captured image.
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16. A mobile terminal comprising:
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an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a captured image that is obtained by performing image capture at an image-capture position in the real world; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire information concerning the image-capture position; a communicating unit configured to transmit the captured image and the information concerning the image-capture position to an information providing apparatus, and configured to receive overlay information that is associated with the captured image and the information concerning the image-capture position from the information providing apparatus; and a display unit configured to display the overlay information, which has been received by the communicating unit, in such a manner that the overlay information is superimposed on the captured image.
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17. An information providing system comprising:
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an information providing apparatus configured to provide, for a mobile terminal, overlay information that is to be combined with a captured image; and the mobile terminal configured to combine the overlay information with the captured image to obtain a combined image, and configured to display the combined image, the mobile terminal including an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the captured image that is obtained by performing image capture at an image-capture position in the real world, a display unit configured to display the overlay information in such a manner that the overlay information is superimposed on the captured image, and a first communicating unit configured to transmit the captured image and information concerning the image-capture position to the information providing apparatus, and configured to receive the overlay information from the information providing apparatus, the information providing apparatus including a recognizing unit configured to recognize the image-capture position on the basis of the information concerning the image-capture position, which has been received from the mobile terminal, a retrieving unit configured to retrieve information that is associated with the image-capture position, which has been recognized by the recognizing unit, and the captured image, and a second communicating configured to transmit, to the mobile terminal, the information, which has been retrieved by the retrieving unit, as the overlay information item that is to be displayed so as to be superimposed on the captured image.
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