Patent ID: 8218856

Claim:
An information presentation system comprising: a plurality of information presentation apparatuses that are movable and display images of a plurality of objects, the number of information presentation apparatuses corresponding to the number of objects; and a control apparatus that outputs control signals for controlling the information presentation apparatuses to the information presentation apparatuses, wherein each information presentation apparatus includes: a display unit that displays images of the objects; a moving unit capable of moving in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction; a driving unit that drives the moving unit; a position sensor that obtains position information for the information presentation apparatus; a first communication unit that receives at least one of the control signals transmitted from the control apparatus and transmits the position information obtained by the position sensor to the control apparatus; and a control unit that controls displaying by the display unit and also controls the driving unit, the control apparatus includes: an object position information obtaining unit that obtains positions in a three-dimensional space of the plurality of objects; a second communication unit that receives the position information transmitted from the information presentation apparatuses; and a control unit that calculates target object positions of the information presentation apparatuses to display images of the objects based on the positions of the objects obtained by the object position information obtaining unit and outputs control signals for moving the information presentation apparatuses, and the control unit of the information presentation apparatus control to display an image of the object, for which position information has been obtained by the object position information obtaining unit of the control apparatus, on the display unit and control to drive the driving unit based on the control signal received by the first communication unit.