Information display apparatus, information display system, control method thereof, and program

An information display apparatus which superposes information on an imaged image and displays the information and the imaged image, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor programmed to cause the apparatus to:
• detect, with a sensor, a movement direction of the imaged image relative to an imaging target;
• determine a location of a target area within the imaged image, based on the detected movement direction, wherein the location of the target area is shifted within the imaged image in the detected movement direction;
• recognize an object of one or more objects in the imaged image;
• and
• superpose, on the imaged image, information related to the object when the object of the plurality of objects is in the target area, and not superpose, on the imaged image, the information related to the object when the object of the plurality of objects is outside the target area,
• wherein, in a case where a ratio of the one or more objects existing in the imaged image does not exceed a threshold value,
• the whole imaged image is determined as the target area,
• the one or more objects recognizable in the imaged image are recognized, and
• the information related to the recognized one or more objects in the imaged image is superposed on the imaged image.

An information display apparatus which superposes information on an imaged image and displays the information and the imaged image, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor programmed to cause the apparatus to:
• detect, with a sensor, a movement direction of the imaged image relative to an imaging target;
• determine a location of a target area within the imaged image, based on the detected movement direction, wherein the location of the target area is shifted within the imaged image in the detected movement direction;
• recognize an object of one or more objects in the imaged image;
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the imaged image exceeds a threshold value, preferentially superpose, on the imaged image, information related to the object being in the target area, and suppress superposition of information related to the object being outside the target area, on the imaged image;
• and
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the imaged image does not exceed the threshold value, suppress superposition of information related to the object recognizable in the whole of the imaged image, on the imaged image.

An information display apparatus which superposes information on an image and displays the information and the imaged image, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor programmed to cause the apparatus to:
• detect a movement direction of the image relative to a target;
• determine a location of a target area within the image, based on the detected movement direction, wherein the location of the target area is shifted within the image in the detected movement direction;
• recognize an object of one or more objects in the image;
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the image exceeds a threshold value, preferentially superpose, on the image, information related to the object being in the target area and suppress superposition of information related to the object being outside the target area, on the image;
• and
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the image does not exceed the threshold value, suppress superposition of information related to the object recognizable in the whole of the image, on the image.

An information display apparatus which superposes information on an image and displays the information and the image, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor programmed to cause the apparatus to:
• detect a movement speed of the image relative to a target;
• determine a first area located near a center of the image as a location of a target area in a case where the movement speed is equal to or lower than a first threshold value, wherein the location of the target area is shifted within the image based on a movement of the image;
• recognize an object of one or more objects in the image;
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the image exceeds a threshold value, preferentially superpose, on the image, information related to the object being in the target area and suppress superposition of information related to the object being outside the target area, on the image;
• and
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the image does not exceed the threshold value, suppress superposition of information related to the object recognizable in the whole of the image, on the image.

An information display method which superposes information on an imaged image and displays the information and the imaged image, the method comprising:

• detecting, with a sensor, a movement direction of the imaged image relative to an imaging target;
• determining a location of a target area within the imaged image, based on the detected movement direction, wherein the location of the target area is shifted within the imaged image in the detected movement direction;
• recognizing an object of one or more objects in the imaged image;
• and
• superposing, on the imaged image, information related to the object when the object is in the target area, and not superposing, on the imaged image, the information related to the object when the object is outside the target area,
• wherein, in a case where a ratio of the one or more objects existing in the imaged image does not exceed a threshold value,
• the whole imaged image is determined as the target area,
• the one or more objects recognizable in the imaged image are recognized, and
• the information related to the recognized one or more objects in the imaged image is superposed on the imaged image.

An information display method which superposes information on an imaged image and displays the information and the imaged image, the method comprising:

• detecting, with a sensor, a movement direction of the imaged image relative to an imaging target;
• determining a location of a target area within the imaged image, based on the detected movement direction, wherein the location of the target area is shifted within the imaged image in the detected movement direction;
• recognizing an object of one or more objects in the imaged image;
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the imaged image exceeds a threshold value, preferentially superposing, on the imaged image, information related to the object being in the target area and suppressing superposition of information related to the object being outside the target area, on the imaged image;
• and
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the imaged image does not exceed the threshold value, suppressing superposition of information related to the object recognizable in the whole of the imaged image, on the imaged image.

An information display method which superposes information on an image and displays the information and the image, the method comprising:

• detecting a movement direction of the image relative to a target;
• determining a location of a target area within the image, based on the detected movement direction, wherein the location of the target area is shifted within the image in the detected movement direction;
• recognizing an object of one or more objects in the image;
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the image exceeds a threshold value, preferentially superposing, on the image, information related to the object being in the target area and suppressing superposition of information related to the object being outside the target area, on the image;
• and
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the image does not exceed the threshold value, suppressing superposition of information related to the object recognizable in the whole of the image, on the image.

An information display method which superposes information on an image and displays the information and the image, the method comprising:

• detecting a movement speed of the image relative to a target;
• determining a first area located near a center of the image as a location of a target area in a case where the movement speed is equal to or lower than a first threshold value, wherein the location of the target area is shifted within the image based on a movement of the image;
• recognizing an object of one or more objects in the image;
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the image exceeds a threshold value, preferentially superposing, on the image, information related to the object being in the target area and suppressing superposition of information related to the object being outside the target area, on the image;
• and
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the image does not exceed the threshold value, suppressing superposition of information related to the object recognizable in the whole of the image, on the image.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a computer-executable program to achieve an information display method which superposes information on an imaged image and displays the information and the image, the method comprising:

• detecting, with a sensor, a movement direction of the imaged image relative to an imaging target;
• determining a location of a target area within the imaged image, based on the detected movement direction, wherein the location of the target area is shifted within the imaged image in the detected movement direction;
• recognizing an object of one or more objects in the imaged image;
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the imaged image exceeds a threshold value, preferentially superposing, on the imaged image, information related to the object being in the target area and suppressing superposition of information related to the object being outside the target area, on the imaged image;
• and
• in a case where the number of the one or more objects existing in the imaged image does not exceed the threshold value, suppressing superposition of information related to the object recognizable in the whole of the imaged image, on the imaged image.