Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program, information processing apparatus, vacant space guidance system, vacant space guidance method and program, image display system, image display method and program

An information processing system in which an augmented reality presenting device having a transmissive or non-transmissive display and a managing device managing product information related to respective products posted on a flier are connected via a network,

• wherein the augmented reality presenting device comprises:
• an imaging unit imaging image data of the flier captured in an angle of view when a user of the augmented reality presenting device specifies a product to buy;
• a detecting unit detecting a specifying operation on the product by the user on the flier based on the image data of the flier imaged by the imaging unit;
• a first obtaining unit obtaining image data related to the product which is a target of the specifying operation detected by the detecting unit;
• and
• a first transmitting unit transmitting the image data related to the product obtained by the first obtaining unit to the managing device,
• wherein the managing device comprises:
• a flier information storage unit storing image data related to the respective products posted on the flier;
• a determining unit receiving the image data related to the product from the first transmitting unit of the augmented reality presenting device, determining the product specified by the user by performing matching of the image data related to the product with the image data related to the respective products stored in the flier information storage unit, and correlating the user and the determined product;
• a second obtaining unit obtaining the product information related to the product correlated with the user;
• and
• a second transmitting unit transmitting the product information obtained by the second obtaining unit to the augmented reality presenting device, and
• wherein the augmented reality presenting device further comprises a presenting unit displaying, on the display, computer-graphics image data indicating the product information transmitted from the second transmitting unit of the managing device in a manner overlaid on and matching with real space.

An information processing method executed by an information processing system in which an augmented reality presenting device having a transmissive or non-transmissive display and a managing device managing product information related to respective products posted on a flier are connected via a network,

• wherein the augmented reality presenting device comprises:
• an imaging step of imaging image data of the flier captured in an angle of view when a user of the augmented reality presenting device specifies a product to buy;
• a detecting step of detecting a specifying operation on the product by the user on the flier based on the image data of the flier imaged by the imaging step;
• a first obtaining step of obtaining image data related to the product which is a target of the specifying operation detected by the detecting step;
• and
• a first transmitting step of transmitting the image data related to the product obtained by the first obtaining step to the managing device, and
• wherein the managing device comprises:
• a determining step of receiving the image data related to the product from the augmented reality presenting device, determining the product specified by the user by performing matching of the image data related to the product with image data related to the respective products posted on the flier, which data is stored in a flier information storage unit, and correlating the user and the determined product;
• a second obtaining step of obtaining the product information related to the product correlated with the user;
• and
• a second transmitting step of transmitting the product information obtained by the second obtaining step to the augmented reality presenting device.

A program causing a computer to execute an information processing method executed by an information processing system in which an augmented reality presenting device having a transmissive or non-transmissive display and a managing device managing product information related to respective products posted on a flier are connected via a network,

• wherein a computer of the augmented reality presenting device is caused to execute:
• an imaging step of imaging image data of the flier captured in an angle of view when a user of the augmented reality presenting device specifies a product to buy;
• a detecting step of detecting a specifying operation on the product by the user on the flier based on the image data of the flier imaged by the imaging step;
• a first obtaining step of obtaining image data related to the product which is a target of the specifying operation detected by the detecting step;
• and
• a first transmitting step of transmitting the image data related to the product obtained by the first obtaining step to the managing device, and
• wherein a computer of the managing device is caused to execute:
• a determining step of receiving the image data related to the product from the augmented reality presenting device, determining the product specified by the user by performing matching of the image data related to the product with image data related to the respective products posted on the flier, which data is stored in a flier information storage unit, and correlating the user and the determined product;
• a second obtaining step of obtaining the product information related to the product correlated with the user;
• and
• a second transmitting step of transmitting the product information obtained by the second obtaining step to the augmented reality presenting device.