Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for presenting data based upon a detection of a photographic subject

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

holding means for holding, in advance, review sentences for a book;

detection means for detecting, in a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a person, the person;

review sentence obtaining means for obtaining, by performing a morphological analysis on the review sentences, affirmative review sentences recommending purchasing the book;

reading means for reading at least one personalized review sentence of the affirmative review sentences which is associated with a detection result of the person from among the review sentences held in advance; and

output means for outputting the at least one personalized review sentence, while visually emphasizing a part of the at least one personalized review sentence, based upon the detection result.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the holding means holds, for each person, the review sentences determined in advance in accordance with an attribute of the person, in association with each other, and

wherein the reading means reads, in response to detection of the person, the at least one personalized review sentence associated with the detected person from among the review sentences held in advance.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one personalized review sentence is a review sentence of the book to be recommended to the person, and

wherein the output means outputs the at least one personalized review sentence to a display unit and causes the at least one personalized review sentence to be displayed.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the output means emphasizes a certain word among words constituting the at least one personalized review sentence and causes the at least one personalized review sentence including the emphasized certain word to be displayed.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the review sentence obtaining means includes:

calculation means for calculating, for each of a plurality of candidate review sentences representing candidates for the affirmative review sentences, an appropriateness score representing the degree of how the candidate review sentence is appropriate as an affirmative review sentence; and

extraction means for extracting, from among the plurality of candidate review sentences, at least one affirmative review sentence whose appropriateness score is greater than or equal to a certain appropriateness threshold,

wherein the holding means holds the extracted affirmative review sentence as display data.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , the review sentence obtaining means further comprising computing means for computing a word score for each of words constituting each of the plurality of candidate review sentences,

wherein the calculation means calculates, as the appropriateness score, an average of word scores computed for each of the plurality of candidate review sentences.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the output means emphasizes, among words constituting the at least one personalized review sentence, a word whose word score is greater than or equal to a certain score threshold and causes the at least one personalized review sentence including the emphasized word to be displayed.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the computing means computes the word score of a word based on the degree of frequency of the word appearing in the plurality of candidate review sentences.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the holding means further holds, for each of combinations of a plurality of persons, review sentences determined in advance in accordance with attributes of the plurality of persons, in association with each other, and

wherein the reading means reads, in response to detection of a plurality of persons s, at least one personalized review sentence associated with a combination of the detected plurality of persons.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising determination means for determining whether the person detected is gazing at the display unit for a certain time or longer,

wherein the output means causes a review sentence that is more detailed than the at least one personalized review sentence being displayed on the display unit to be displayed, when the determination means determines that the person is gazing at the display unit for the certain time or longer.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the attribute of the person includes at least one of the age, race, facial expression, and sex of the person.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the holding means holds, for each of articles to be recommended to the person, presentation data determined in advance in accordance with the article, and

wherein the reading means reads, in response to detection of an article, presentation data associated with the detected article from among items of presentation data held in advance.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 ,

wherein the presentation data is detailed data representing details of an article, and

wherein the output means outputs the detailed data to the display unit and causes the detailed data to be displayed.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising second holding means for holding, for each of the articles, related detailed data representing details of a related article that is related to the article,

wherein the reading means further reads, in response to detection of the article, related detailed data associated with the article from among items of related detailed data held in advance, and

wherein the output means outputs the detailed data and the related detailed data to the display unit and causes the detailed data and the related detailed data to be displayed.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reading means reads, in response to detection of the person, presentation data based on a purchase history representing a history of the person purchasing articles.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the part of the at least one personalized review sentence is less than a whole of the at least one personalized review sentence.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein visually emphasizing includes outputting the part of the at least one personalized review sentence in a form different relative to a form of a remainder of the output at least one personalized review sentence.

18. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus including holding means, detection means, review sentence obtaining means, reading means, and outputting means, the method comprising the steps of:

holding, by the holding means, in advance, review sentences for a book;

detecting, by the detection means, in a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a person, the person;

obtaining, by the review sentence obtaining means, affirmative review sentences recommending purchasing the book by performing a morphological analysis on the review sentences;

reading, by the reading means, at least one personalized review sentence of the affirmative review sentences which is associated with a detection result of the person from among the review sentences held in advance; and

outputting, by the output means, the at least one personalized review sentence, while visually emphasizing a part of the at least one personalized review sentence, based upon the detection result.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as:

holding means for holding, in advance, review sentences for a book;

detection means for detecting, in a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a person, the person;

review sentence obtaining means for obtaining, by performing a morphological analysis on the review sentences, affirmative review sentences recommending purchasing the book;

reading means for reading at least one personalized review sentence of the affirmative review sentences which is associated with a detection result of the person from among the review sentences held in advance; and

output means for outputting the at least one personalized review sentence, while visually emphasizing a part of the at least one personalized review sentence, based upon the detection result.

20. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a holding unit configured to hold, in advance, review sentences for a book;

a detection unit configured to detect, in a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a person, the person;

a review sentence obtaining unit configured to obtain, by performing a morphological analysis on the review sentences, affirmative review sentences recommending purchasing the book;

a reading unit configured to read at least one personalized review sentence of the affirmative review sentences which is associated with a detection result of the person from among the review sentences held in advance; and

an output unit configured to output the at least one personalized review sentence, while visually emphasizing a part of the at least one personalized review sentence, based upon the detection result.