INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS

摘要

To realize a user-friendly medium and information output thereof by defining a plurality of information in the same region of a dot pattern printed on a surface of a medium, such as a map or the like, and selectively outputting the information through an imaging operation of an imaging unit. A dot pattern that is printed on a medium to be superimposed on a map or the like includes coordinate information and code information. Therefore, information corresponding to the coordinate information and information corresponding to the code information can be selectively and repetitively output.

主权项

1. An information output apparatus for a medium, on which dot patterns based on predetermined rules are printed in concurrence with printing, the information output apparatus comprising:
an imaging unit that reads the dot patterns on a surface of the medium; a converting unit that converts a captured image obtained by the imaging unit into code values or coordinate values indicated by the dot patterns; and an output unit that outputs information corresponding to the code values or the coordinate values, wherein the apparatus has, on at least one surface thereof, a multi-information region where a dot pattern obtained by patterning coordinate information and a dot pattern obtained by patterning code information are printed, when the imaging unit reads the coordinate information from the dot pattern in the multi-information region on the surface of the medium, the converting unit reads information associated with the coordinate information from a storage unit, and the output unit outputs the information, and when the imaging unit reads the code information from the dot pattern in the multi-information region on the surface of the medium, the converting unit reads information associated with the code information from the storage unit, and the output unit outputs the information.