US 12,262,151 B2
Position information providing system
Akihiro Ono, Tokyo (JP); Ayako Ono, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroko Sugano, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to O&O LLC, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/712,099
Filed by O&O LLC, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 30, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/044242
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 21, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/106182, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 15, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/JP2021/044908 (WO), filed on Dec. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0333884 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06Q 50/18 (2012.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 30/19 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 7/183 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/184 (2013.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 30/191 (2022.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A position information providing system, comprising:
an information device which includes a GPS sensor and a camera, the information device being configured to extract image data including subject identification information for identifying a photographing subject from image data acquired by the camera, and to generate subject location information that associates position information acquired by the GPS sensor and the subject identification information with each other; and
a computer configured to generate information provision data based on the subject location information generated by the information device,
wherein the information device is configured to generate, through installation of dedicated software for extracting, from one or a plurality of pieces of the acquired image data, image data including the subject identification information as required information worth information provision, the subject location information for image data extracted through use of the dedicated software from image data captured before notification of the information provision and after the notification of the information provision, and to transmit the generated subject location information to the computer,
wherein the image data acquired by the camera included in the information device includes image data already captured through use of the camera before the notification of the information provision and captured through use of the camera after the notification of the information provision, without an information provider that operates the information device being aware of whether a photographing target is the required information worth information provision, and
wherein the information device is configured to apply character recognition processing to the image data extracted through use of the dedicated software to extract character information included in the image data, and to generate the subject location information specified from the extracted character information.