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US 6,748,424 B1Granted
Information providing system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHiroshi Usuda
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Abstract
A field player 2 transmits to a field generator 1 an image of an ultra magic key (UMK) sticker 7 on which an image pattern instructing transmission of predetermined data to the field player 2 is printed. The field generator 1 transmits information corresponding to the image pattern of the UMK sticker 7 to the field player 2. The field player 2 reproduces information such as an image or a sound transmitted from the field generator 1.
Claims12
An information providing system comprising:
- an information providing device including image recognition means for recognizing an image pattern obtained by coding predetermined information, information detection means for detecting the image pattern recognized by the image recognition means, thereby detecting the predetermined information, information storage means for storing transmission information to be transmitted, information transmission means for wirelessly transmitting a signal including predetermined transmission information, and information transmission control means for controlling the information transmission means on the basis of the predetermined information detected by the information detection means so as to transmit the signal including the predetermined transmission information of the transmission information stored in the information storage means;
- an information input medium having the predetermined information instructing an operation of the information providing device as an image pattern of coded image data;
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- a portable information processing device including image input means for inputting the image pattern of the information input medium, image data transmission means for wirelessly transmitting the image pattern inputted by the image input means to the information providing device, signal receiving means for wirelessly receiving the signal including the predetermined transmission information wirelessly transmitted by the information transmission means of the information providing device, and information reproduction means for reproducing the predetermined transmission information on the basis of the signal obtained by reception by the signal receiving means;
- wherein the information transmission control means causes the information transmission means to further transmit a second signal including an other predetermined transmission information of the predetermined transmission information stored in the information storage means of the information providing device on the basis of designated position information selected by a user on the information input medium inputted by the image input means of the information providing device and recognized by the image recognition means of the information providing device and the predetermined information held by the information input medium detected by the information detection means of the information providing device;
- the signal receiving means of the information processing device receives the second signal including said other predetermined transmission information outputted by the information transmission means of the information providing device;
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- the information reproduction means of the information processing device further reproduces said other predetermined transmission information on the basis of the second signal received by the signal receiving means.
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An information processing device comprising:
- image input means for inputting image data of an information input medium having information instructing an operation of an information providing device as an image pattern of coded image data;
- image data transmission means for wirelessly transmitting the image data inputted by the image input means to the information providing device;
- signal receiving means for wirelessly receiving a signal including predetermined transmission information transmitted from the information providing device;
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- information reproduction means for reproducing the predetermined transmission information on the basis of the signal received by the signal receiving means;
- wherein the signal receiving means receives a second signal including an other predetermined transmission information outputted from the information providing device on the basis of designated position information selected by a user on the information input medium inputted by the image input means and the information held by the information input medium;
- the information reproduction means further reproduces said other predetermined transmission information on the basis of the second signal received by the signal receiving means;
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- the information processing device is a portable device.
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An information processing method for use in a portable information processing device comprising the steps of:
- inputting image data of an information input medium having information instruction an operation of an information providing device as an image pattern of coded image data;
- transmitting the image data input at the inputting step to the information providing device using a wireless transmission method;
- receiving a signal including predetermined transmission information transmitted from the information providing device using the wireless transmission method;
- reproducing the predetermined transmission information on the basis of the signal received at the receiving step;
- inputting designated position information selected by a user on the information input medium;
- transmitting the inputted designated position information to the information providing device;
- receiving a second signal including an other predetermined transmission information transmitted from the information providing device on the basis of the transmitted designated position information and the information held by the information input medium;
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- reproducing said other predetermined transmission information on the basis of the second signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.