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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
Takao Shibasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yulchiro Akatsuka, Tama, JP;
Akito Salto, Hino, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system for displaying information in a specific region includes a capturing unit for capturing a desired subject, an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the subject, a position and attitude calculating unit for calculating at least the position and the facing direction of the capturing unit on the basis of the captured image, a determining unit for determining the subject in the image captured by the image capturing unit on the basis of an output of the position and attitude calculating unit, a related information obtaining unit for obtaining at least information related to the determined subject, and a related information superimposition display unit for displaying the obtained information together with the image related to the subject on a display unit.