Information processing apparatus and information processing method for occlusion avoidance in tabletop displays
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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control a display screen to display content at a first position on the display screen;
detect first position information of a first object on the display screen;
detect second position information of a user'"'"'s body part;
determine a plurality of areas on the display screen, based on the second position information and tangent lines set corresponding to the first object;
move the content to a second position in a first area of the plurality of areas on the display screen based on a relation between the first position information and the second position information; and
control the display screen to display a trace of the movement of the content from the first position to the second position.
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Abstract
According to an illustrative embodiment, an image display method is provided. The method includes detecting a position of a user, detecting a position of a physical object, and defining a non-display area of a display based on the position of the user and the position of the physical object.
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1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to; control a display screen to display content at a first position on the display screen; detect first position information of a first object on the display screen; detect second position information of a user'"'"'s body part; determine a plurality of areas on the display screen, based on the second position information and tangent lines set corresponding to the first object; move the content to a second position in a first area of the plurality of areas on the display screen based on a relation between the first position information and the second position information; and control the display screen to display a trace of the movement of the content from the first position to the second position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12)
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8. An information processing method, comprising:
in an information processing apparatus; controlling a display screen to display content at a first position on the display screen; detecting first position information of a first object on the display screen; detecting second position information of a user'"'"'s body part; determining a plurality of areas on the display screen, based on the second position information and tangent lines set corresponding to the first object; moving the content to a second position in a first area of the plurality of areas on the display screen based on a relation between the first position information and the second position information; and controlling the display screen to display a trace of the movement of the content from the first position to the second position.
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9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to execute operations, the operations comprising:
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controlling a display screen to display content at a first position on the display screen; detecting first position information of a first object on the display screen; detecting second position information of a user'"'"'s body part; determining a plurality of areas on the display screen, based on the second position information and tangent lines set corresponding to the first object; moving the content to a second position in a first area of the plurality of areas on the display screen based on a relation between the first position information and the second position information; and controlling the display screen to display a trace of the movement of the content from the first position to the second position.
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