Support device and system for article picking or sorting work

An article picking or sorting work support system, comprising:

• A) automatically-readable, optical feature information associated with an article or a storage location of an article or a location where an article is to be sorted, and
• B) a picking or sorting work support device including:
• an imaging unit that obtains image information about an article or a storage location of an article;
• an information processing unit that detects said optical feature information from the image information obtained by said imaging unit and processes image information about said optical feature information;
• and a display that displays information such as image information and text information, wherein
• said information processing unit of said picking or sorting work support device processes, based on said detected, optical feature information and predetermined, picking or sorting work order information, image information about specific, optical feature information and displays said processed image information from an aisle to a rack or further to housing frontage or image information of the aisle to the rack or further to the housing frontage themselves, on said display so that the displayed said processed image information or said image information of the aisle to the rack or further to the housing frontage themselves are emphasized superimposed on said image information obtained by said imaging unit or superimposed on actual visual scenery.