Table type information terminal
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1. A table type information terminal comprising:
- a control unit;
a screen disposed on a table plane;
a projector unit disposed on one side of said screen for projecting an image on said screen; and
a camera unit disposed on one side of said screen for imaging a silhouette of an object formed on said screen, said object being on another side of said screen, wherein said control unit judges whether the silhouette imaged with said camera unit is a silhouette of a pointing member for selecting a portion of said projected image or a silhouette of an object other than said pointing member.
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Abstract
Projector units in a table display a content list, a content selected by the content list and the like, on screens. Infrared rays are uniformly irradiated to the screens from a plurality of infrared LED'"'"'s. A camera unit images the silhouette of an object touching the screens to judge whether the silhouette is formed by a pointing member such as a fingertip for touching the content list or by an object other than the pointing member. If it is judged that the pointing member such as a fingertip touches the screens, a content menu is selected from the content list.
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1. A table type information terminal comprising:
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a control unit;
a screen disposed on a table plane;
a projector unit disposed on one side of said screen for projecting an image on said screen; and
a camera unit disposed on one side of said screen for imaging a silhouette of an object formed on said screen, said object being on another side of said screen, wherein said control unit judges whether the silhouette imaged with said camera unit is a silhouette of a pointing member for selecting a portion of said projected image or a silhouette of an object other than said pointing member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A table type information terminal comprising:
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a control unit;
a screen disposed on a table plane;
a projector unit disposed on one side of said screen for projecting an image on said screen; and
a camera unit disposed on one side of said screen for imaging a silhouette of an object formed on said screen, said object being on another side of said screen, wherein;
said projector unit displays in a scrolling and flowing manner a content list including a plurality of content menus on said screen; and
said control unit judges whether the silhouette imaged with said camera unit is a silhouette of a pointing member for selecting a portion of said projected image or a silhouette of an object other than said pointing member, and if it is judged that the silhouette is the silhouette of the object other than said pointing member, controls a flow of said content list to display said content list to flow by avoiding the object. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A table type information terminal comprising:
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a control unit;
a screen disposed on a table plane;
a projector unit disposed on one side of said screen for projecting an image on said screen;
a camera unit disposed on one side of said screen for imaging a silhouette of an object formed on said screen, said object being on another side of said screen; and
a tag reader unit for reading an IC tag or a card reader unit for reading an IC card, wherein;
said control unit makes said projector unit project an image on said screen in accordance with information read from said ID tag with said tag reader unit or information read from said IC card with said card reader unit; and
said control unit judges whether the silhouette imaged with said camera unit is a silhouette of a pointing member for selecting a portion of said projected image or a silhouette of an object other than said pointing member. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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