CAMERA-FITTED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A camera-fitted information retrieval device comprising:
- a camera for photographing;
a display section;
a position detector detecting a current position; and
an orientation detector detecting orientation of the camera,further including;
means for transmitting to a server a camera image of the camera and additional information including position information detected by the position detector, orientation information detected by the orientation detector, and lens focal length information and photographing magnification information of the camera and then requesting for retrieval of at least one target within a photographing range of the camera image;
means for receiving from the server retrieval results related to a target within the photographing range of the camera detected based on the additional information or a target detected based on information in the camera image; and
a processor processing the received retrieval results and causing a retrieval screen for each of the targets to be displayed on a display screen of the display section,wherein, on the retrieval screen, selection information corresponding to the target is displayed on an individual target basis and the selection information is selected, allowing acquiring detailed information related to the corresponding target.
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Abstract
When instructions for retrieval is given in a portable information device, together with a camera image obtained by a camera, additional information including position information provided by a CPS device, orientation information of the camera provided by a geomagnetic sensor, lens focal length information and photographing magnification information of the camera is transmitted to a retrieval service server. The retrieval service server, based on the additional information, retrieves a target within a photographing range from the current position of the camera, and recognizes the target by image recognition or character recognition of the camera image, and returns these target-related information as a retrieval result to the portable information device. The portable information device, by specifying a desired target based on the retrieval result, can acquire contents of this target from a contents service server.
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1. A camera-fitted information retrieval device comprising:
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a camera for photographing; a display section; a position detector detecting a current position; and an orientation detector detecting orientation of the camera, further including; means for transmitting to a server a camera image of the camera and additional information including position information detected by the position detector, orientation information detected by the orientation detector, and lens focal length information and photographing magnification information of the camera and then requesting for retrieval of at least one target within a photographing range of the camera image; means for receiving from the server retrieval results related to a target within the photographing range of the camera detected based on the additional information or a target detected based on information in the camera image; and a processor processing the received retrieval results and causing a retrieval screen for each of the targets to be displayed on a display screen of the display section, wherein, on the retrieval screen, selection information corresponding to the target is displayed on an individual target basis and the selection information is selected, allowing acquiring detailed information related to the corresponding target. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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