METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NAVIGATION, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform friendly navigation wherein user-based instructions can be provided.

SOLUTION: The navigation device for presenting article information including operation manual information of an object component or service information linked with a picked up image of an object article comprises: an image data input section 101 for capturing the picked up picture of the object article; a question input section 102 for inputting the content of a user's question; a parameter estimation section 103 for estimating, from the image, a parameter indicating the picking up direction; a parameter estimation function storage section 104 for storing object article image picked up from many directions and to be used for the parameter estimation and a weighting coefficient of a parameter estimation function; an answer editing section 105 for creating the answer to the inputted question based on the parameter estimation result, the inputted image, the inputted question and the article information; and an answer output section 106 for displaying the created answer on a display.

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