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Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016

Filed:

May. 23, 2011
Applicant:

Shinya Takami, Shinagawa-ku, JP;

Inventor:

Shinya Takami, Shinagawa-ku, JP;

Assignee:

Rakuten, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); H04N 21/454 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information providing device associates in advance and stores a characteristic element which is a candidate to be specified from an image, with content. Further, the information providing device is configured to specify a difference between characteristic elements by comparing a characteristic element specified from a currently acquired image with a characteristic element specified from an image acquired prior to (in the past) the image, and acquire content associated with the characteristic element related to the difference, and display the content on a display.


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