Patent ID: 8472071
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires encoded information at a position specified on a medium, the medium having the encoded information and an image printed thereon, the encoded information including identification information of the medium, first coordinate information identifying in a first coordinate system a position where the encoded information is printed, the first coordinate system defining the printing position of the encoded information, and alignment determination information determining an alignment of the encoded information, and the image, printed on the medium, at a position predetermined by second coordinate information in a second coordinate system, the second coordinate system defining the printing position of the image; an identifying unit that identifies the image corresponding to the encoded information by checking the first coordinate information included in the encoded information acquired by the acquisition unit against the second coordinate information of the images printed on the medium; and a determining unit that, in accordance with the alignment determination information included in the encoded information printed on the medium that the acquisition unit has acquired the encoded information from, determines whether the first coordinate system matches the second coordinate system in alignment, wherein if the encoded information is acquired from the medium that the determining unit has determined as being off alignment between the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system, the identifying unit causes the first coordinate system to match the second coordinate system in alignment before identifying the image.