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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2013
Applicant:

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuta Sasaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Hitoshi Iizaka, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Hidemi Mihara, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Hidehiro Naito, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/18 (2006.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/18 (2013.01); G06K 9/3216 (2013.01); G06Q 20/208 (2013.01); G07G 1/0045 (2013.01); G07G 1/0063 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information detection apparatus includes an image input unit, a symbol detection unit, a service information detection unit and an output unit. The image input unit inputs an image captured by an image capturing apparatus. The symbol detection unit configured to detect a first symbol and a second symbol, which are predetermined, according to the image input by the image input unit. The service information detection unit configured to detect a service information existing at a relative position predetermined for the first symbol and the second symbol in the image when the first symbol and the second symbol are detected by the symbol detection unit according to the image input by the image input unit. The output unit configured to output the service information detected by the service information detection unit.


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