Nec Solution Innovators, Ltd.

Nec Communication Systems, Ltd.

Chikashi Ito

Tetsuya Ito

Iwao Waga

Kenichi Abe

Masahito Iwai

Takahiro Hasegawa

Provided is an article position management apparatus that a receiver receives image data from a camera apparatus and that identifies a position of an article, based on an article marker attached to an article and a reference point marker whose coordinate information in an absolute coordinate system in a field is set in advance, the article marker and the reference point marker being included in the image data, when the camera apparatus is a mobile camera apparatus, and identifies the position of the article, based on the article marker included in the image, when the camera apparatus is a fixed camera apparatus.

Article position managing apparatus, article position management system, article position managing method, and program

The present invention provides a method of setting light emission control of each light emission tool in an area more easily. The method of setting light emission control of each tool in an area of the present invention includes: a light emitting step of transmitting a freely-selected ID signal (S) to a plurality of tools in an area and emit light in response to receipt of corresponding ID signals to cause a tool (E) that has received the signal (S) to emit light; an imaging step of acquiring a light emission image (E) of the area after the signal (S) has been transmitted; a determining step of determining a position of the tool (E) that emitted light in the area based on the image (E); and a storing step of storing the position of the tool (E) in the area and the corresponding signal (S).

Method of setting light emission control of each light emission tool in area and method of controlling light emission

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Tokyo, Japan

Chikashi Ito