Apparatus and method for controlling presentation of information toward human object

Abstract

A human object recognition unit recognizes a human object included in a captured image data. A degree-of-interest estimation unit estimates a degree of interest of the human object in acquiring information, based on a recognition result obtained by the human object recognition unit. An information acquisition unit acquires information as a target to be presented to the human object. An information editing unit generates information to be presented to the human object from the information acquired by the information acquisition unit, based on the degree of interest estimated by the degree-of-interest estimation unit. An information display unit outputs the information generated by the information editing unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
 a recognition unit configured to recognize a human object included in a captured image data;   an estimation unit configured to estimate a degree of interest of the human object in acquiring information, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognition unit;   an acquisition unit configured to acquire information as a target to be presented to the human object;   a generation unit configured to generate information to be presented to the human object from the information acquired by the acquisition unit, based on the degree of interest estimated by the estimation unit; and   a control unit configured to cause an output unit to output the information generated by the generation unit.