Augmented reality providing system, information processing terminal, information processing apparatus, augmented reality providing method, information processing method, and program

摘要

An Augmented Reality (AR) providing apparatus sends to a server apparatus a request, including image information from an imaging device, for obtaining product information indicating a product that can be displayed on a shelf. and the AR apparatus displays product information included in a reply from the server apparatus in response to the request in an overlaying image manner. The server apparatus determines a shelf from the image information included in the request, determines a size of an empty shelf space, and selects product information of products smaller than the determined size of the empty shelf space. The product information is selected from a storage device storing multiple sets of product information indicating a product and its associated size information. The server apparatus sends a reply including the selected product information to the AR providing apparatus.

主权项

1. An augmented reality providing system comprising an information processing terminal having an imaging unit and a display unit and an information processing apparatus which are communicable with each other, wherein
the information processing terminal comprises: a request unit sending to the information processing apparatus a request, including image information of contents of imaging in the imaging unit, for obtaining product information indicating a product which can be displayed on a shelf which can be determined from the image information; and a display control unit displaying product information, included in a reply sent from the information processing apparatus in response to the request, on the display unit in a manner of overlaying on image information imaged by the imaging unit, and the information processing apparatus comprises: a determination unit determining a shelf from the image information included in the request and determining a size of an empty space of the shelf; a selection unit selecting product information of products smaller than the size of the empty space of the shelf determined by the determination unit, from a storage unit storing a plurality of sets of product information indicating a product and size information indicating a size of the product in association with each other; and a reply unit sending to the information processing terminal a reply including product information selected in the selection unit, wherein the storage unit stores display rule information identifying a product allowed to be displayed on the shelf, and wherein the selection unit selects product information of a product, from among multiple potential products smaller than the size of the empty space of the shelf, the selected product identified as being allowed to be displayed on the shelf from the display rule information.