FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: image capturing apparatus (102) comprises: an imaging unit (114) which captures a digital image; a communication unit (112) which obtains a plurality of additional information entities from a predetermined map server (120) which stores the plurality of additional information entities, each corresponding to an object included in the digital image captured by the imaging unit (114); a display-information extracting unit (113) which selects additional information to be displayed from among the plurality of additional information entities obtained by the communication unit (112); and an overlaying display processing unit (116) and a display unit (117) which display only the additional information selected by the display-information extracting unit (113) from among the plurality of additional information entities, to be overlaid on the digital image captured by the imaging unit (114).
EFFECT: fewer number of calculations when obtaining landmark information and optimising display of additional information.
15 cl, 72 dwg
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Dates
2012-10-10—Published
2008-05-30—Filed