Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Hidenobu Kishi

Jonathan J Hull

Berna Erol

Jorge Moraleda

Qifa Ke

Tetsuya Ikeda

Junko Nakano

Jun Watanabe

Yasuo Yamanaka

Kiyotaka Sawada

Nobuyuki Kishi

Toshiharu Hatakeyama

Atsushi Itoh

Takayuki Kunieda

Kunikazu Okajima

Kohichi Sakamoto

Jamey Graham

Peter E Hart

John W Barrus

Sadao Takahashi

Bradley J Rhodes

Stephen R Savitzky

Toshihiro Kanematsu

Takahiro Furukawa

Yuki Wakita

Mana Akaike

Katsuyuki Ohkubo

Toshiki Yamanishi

Qifa Le

An information processing system includes an operator terminal to transmit a captured image, and an image searching system connected with the operator terminal. The image searching system includes a first memory to store a registration image of a registration object and associated attachment information, and first circuitry configured to receive the captured image from the operator terminal, search the attachment information based the captured image, and transmit the attachment information. The operator terminal includes second circuitry to transmit the captured image to the image searching system, receive the attachment information from the image searching system, acquire a specific content from a storage location on a network in accordance with the received attachment information, execute a first application to perform a specific operation using the specific content, and execute a second application to call the first application when the received attachment information includes a text string designating the specific operation.

Information processing system, information processing method, and operator terminal

An information processing system includes: a search system to search, for an image to be found, a database according to a search request and based on similarity thereof to a search key image, the database having the image and linkage information registered in association with each other, and transmit the linkage information to a transmitter of the request when the image is found; an acquisition unit to acquire an image captured by a terminal and the request with the captured image as the search key image; a search unit to perform the requested searching and transmit, to the terminal, the linkage information as a result of the searching; and a notification management unit to transfer permission information to a notification unit when the found image is a particular image, the permission information enabling identification of the terminal and indicating that providing a notification to the terminal is permitted.

Information processing system and information processing method

An information processing system includes an image search system and a customer-side system. The image search system includes a module distributer and a searcher. The module distributer is configured to distribute a search module and module identification information to the customer-side system while associating the search module and module identification information with each other. The search module is used for causing a terminal device to transmit the search request; the module identification information is used for identifying the search module. The searcher is configured to, as a result of causing the search module to run on the terminal device, execute the searching of the databases in accordance with the module identification information. The module distributer distributes, to the customer-side system, the search modules associated with different pieces of module identification information.

An information processing device includes circuitry to generate content based on image data of an original image drawn on a medium. The content is available for use with a terminal device. The circuitry further acquires identification information uniquely identifying the original image. The circuitry further registers the generated content and the acquired identification information, in association with each other. The content and the identification information are registered in association with each other, to an information acquisition destination from which the terminal device is to acquire information based on the identification information.

Information processing device and information processing system

An information processing system is configured to distribute account information for permitting setting for a service of a service providing system, to a content providing system, distribute, to the content providing system, a search module for causing the terminal device to perform a process of transmitting a search request to request a search for link information based on an environment of the terminal device, to a user environment identification device in association with identification information of the terminal device, transmit, to the terminal device, the link information that is retrieved from a databased based on the environment included in the search request that is transmitted from the terminal device in association with the identification information by the terminal device executing the search module, access the service providing system in accordance with the account information, perform setting for the service, and acquire the link information corresponding to the setting.

A terminal device stores therein an application program provided by a second provider and including an image search program. An image search system provided by a first provider stores therein image data and identification information identifying the image search program; registers, in association with the identification information, setting information indicating whether a storage area to be searched is a first storage area exclusive to the second provider or a second storage area not exclusive to the second provider; stores the image data specified as a search target by the second provider in the first or second storage area; receives a search request for the image data transmitted from the terminal device; determines, when the search request includes the identification information, a storage area to be searched among the first and second storage areas; and determines, when not, the second storage area to be the storage area to be searched.

Information processing system, information processing method, and information processing apparatus

A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). The present invention provides systems, methods, and computer program products for modifying documents for shared use, and for collaborative discussion of shared documents. Captured digital images of documents or portions associated with a user are received, along with modifications to the images. Documents are recognized from the captured digital images, and the modifications to the images are applied to the documents. Alternatively, captured digital images of documents are received, and the documents are recognized along with a hotspot in the document. The user is authenticated to a website associated with the hotspot, and is provided access to an associated multimedia repository.

Indexed document modification sharing with mixed media reality

An system comprises: a first storage that stores access destination information, characteristic information, and first identification information in a manner associated with one another; a transmitter that transmits a captured image of a medium; a first-acquiring-unit that extracts the characteristic information and acquires the access destination information and the first identification information associated with the characteristic information, access based on the access destination information being controlled by an authentication device comprising a second storage that stores second identification information allocated to each medium, third identification information corresponding to the first identification information, and collation information indicating an access source in a manner associated with one another; a second-acquiring-unit that acquires fourth identification information allocated to each medium from the captured image; and an access unit that transmits the first identification information, the fourth identification information, and the collation information when accessing an access destination indicated by the access destination information.

Information processing system, access method, and terminal device

A terminal apparatus includes a first execution unit. The first execution unit includes an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image captured by an image capturing unit, a transmitting unit that transmits the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit to an image search system including a storage unit, in which objects and associated information associated with each other are stored, and an image search server that retrieves associated information associated with an object contained in the transmitted captured image and transmit the retrieved associated information to a transmission source of the captured image, a receiving unit that receives the associated information transmitted from the image search system based on the captured image transmitted from the transmitting unit, and a presenting unit that presents associated information corresponding to an externally-fed parameter, among the associated information received by the receiving unit.

Terminal apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

An information processing system comprises a terminal device and an image search system that are connected to each other via a network, the image search system comprises: a storage unit storing an object and linkage information; a first receiver receiving a captured image; and a first transmitter transmitting the linkage information associated with the object to a source from which the captured image is transmitted, and the terminal device comprises: an identification information acquisition unit acquiring identification information that identifies each terminal device; an image capturing unit capturing an image of a subject and output the captured image; a second transmitter transmitting the captured image to the image search system; a second receiver receiving the linkage information; and a third transmitter transmitting, when an access is made via the network on the basis of the linkage information, the identification information to an access destination to which the access is made.

A searching apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores therein indexes for searching for an object included in an image and cooperative information indicating a function of cooperating with the object in association with each other; a receiving unit that receives a captured image; an extracting unit that extracts an object included in the captured image; a calculating unit that calculates a degree of similarity between the object searched for by an index stored in the storage unit and the object extracted from the captured image by the extracting unit; a searching unit that searches for one or more objects based on the degree of similarity from the storage unit; and a presenting unit that presents the cooperative information associated with the index corresponding to the object as a search result of the searching unit to a source of the captured image.

Searching apparatus, searching method, and searching system

A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). The present invention provides a system, method, and computer program product for annotating unindexed documents. Captured digital images of unknown paper documents or portions associated with a user are received with annotations. Features are extracted from the captured digital image and are stored, along with the captured digital image and the annotations.

Document annotation sharing

A search apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store indexes for searching for an object included in an image, link information indicating a function of providing a link for the object, and first supplementary information in association with each other; a receiving unit configured to receive a captured image through a network; a searching unit configured to search for an index for searching for an object included in the received captured image from among the indexes stored in the storage unit based on the object included in the received captured image and second supplementary information for the received captured image, the index being identified based on the first supplementary information and the second supplementary information for the received captured image; and a presenting unit configured to present the link information associated with the index searched for by the searching unit to a source that has transmitted the captured image.

Search apparatus configured to utilize supplemental information to identify an index associated with a captured image, search method, and search system configured to perform the same

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hidenobu Kishi