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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:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Nobumitsu Matoba, Tokyo, JP;

Yasutaka Nishimura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06K 2009/3225 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for displaying information relating to a designated marker is provided. An image including the designated marker is acquired. The designated marker is extracted from the acquired image. A type of the designated marker is identified from the extracted marker. The identified type of the designated marker is communicated to a server, and in response, marker information identified from the type of the designated marker is obtained from the server. The marker information relates to the designated marker and identifies at least two other markers. Relative positional information of the device in relation to the extracted marker is determined. A displayed informational image includes the designated marker and at least one other marker of the at least two other markers, which are displayed in accordance with a determined relative position between the designated marker and each marker of the at least one other marker.


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