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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.1544/CHE/2012 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :18/04/2012 (43) Publication Date : 21/06/2013
(54) Title of the invention : INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND
PROGRAM
(51) International classification :G01C21/00
(31) Priority Document No
:2011-
094940
(32) Priority Date :21/04/2011
(33) Name of priority country :Japan
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(87) International Publication No : NA
(61) Patent of Addition to Application Number
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(71)Name of Applicant :
1)SONY CORPORATION
Address of Applicant :1-7-1 KONAN, MINATO-KU,
TOKYO Japan
(72)Name of Inventor :
1)KAZUNORI NOMURA
2)SATORU INOUE
3)SHIGEHARU KONDO
4)SATOSHI NAGATA
(57) Abstract :
There is provided an information providing apparatus including a course information acquiring unit that acquires course
information to which position information indicating positions of a predetermined plurality of spots and order information
indicating an order of each spot are set, a photo acquiring unit that acquires photos taken in a predetermined area including the
spots, a map making unit that makes a map where marks indicating the plurality of spots are displayed on the basis of the position
information set to the course information, and a display control unit that sequentially sets the plurality of spots as display objects
according to the order information set to the course information and causes a display unit to display the photos taken in the spots
set as the display objects and a map of a predetermined range including the marks indicating the spots.
No. of Pages : 40 No. of Claims : 11
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