INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20100283730A1
• Filed: 04/07/2010
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: MIYAZAKI, Reiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,947,463 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region

Abstract

An information processing apparatus include: a control detection block configured to detect a control in a predetermined detection space; a position detection block configured to detect a three-dimensional position of a control detected by the control detection block; a threshold value setting block configured, if the control has approached the control detection block beyond a threshold value set to a predetermined distance through the control detection block on the basis of a three-dimensional position detected by the position detection block, to set the threshold value farther from the control detection block than the predetermined distance; a setting change block configured, if the control has exceeded the threshold value set by the threshold value setting block, to change setting values for predetermined processing; and a processing execution block configured to execute the processing by use of the setting values set by the setting change block.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a control detection block configured to detect a control in a predetermined detection space;

a position detection block configured to detect a three-dimensional position of a control detected by the control detection block;

a threshold value setting block configured, if the control has approached the control detection block beyond a threshold value set to a predetermined distance through the control detection block on the basis of a three-dimensional position detected by the position detection block, to set the threshold value farther from the control detection block than the predetermined distance;

a setting change block configured, if the control has exceeded the threshold value set by the threshold value setting block, to change setting values for predetermined processing; and

a processing execution block configured to execute the processing by use of the setting values set by the setting change block.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control has approached the control detection block beyond the threshold value set to the predetermined distance and then departs from the control detection block, the threshold value setting block sets the threshold value farther from the control detection block than the predetermined distance.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the execution processing block executes, from among a plurality of processing operations, processing in accordance with the three-dimensional position of the control detected by the position detection block, and

the threshold value setting block sets the threshold value for each processing to be executed by the processing execution block.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising

a shape detection block configured to detect a shape of the control detected by the control detection block, wherein

the processing execution block executes processing in accordance with a shape of the control detected by the shape detection block.

5. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

detecting a control in a predetermined detection space;

detecting a three-dimensional position of a control detected by the control detection step;

setting, if the control has approached the control detection block beyond a threshold value set to a predetermined distance through the control detection block on the basis of the three-dimensional position detected by the position detection step, the threshold value farther from the control detection block than the predetermined distance;

changing, if the control has exceeded the threshold value set by the threshold value setting step, setting values for predetermined processing; and

executing the processing by use of the setting values set by the setting change step.

6. An information processing program configured to make a computer execute the steps of:

detecting a control in a predetermined detection space;

detecting a three-dimensional position of a control detected by the control detection step;

setting, if the control has approached the control detection block beyond a threshold value set to a predetermined distance through the control detection block on the basis of a three-dimensional position detected by the position detection step, the threshold value farther from the control detection block than the predetermined distance;

changing, if the control has exceeded the threshold value set by the threshold value setting step, setting values for predetermined processing; and

executing the processing by use of the setting values set by the setting change step.

7. An information processing apparatus comprising:

control detection means for detecting a control in a predetermined detection space;

position detection means for detecting a three-dimensional position of a control detected by the control detection means;

threshold value setting means for, if the control has approached the control detection means beyond a threshold value set to a predetermined distance through the control detection means on the basis of a three-dimensional position detected by the position detection means, setting the threshold value farther from the control detection means than the predetermined distance;

setting change means for, if the control has exceeded the threshold value set by the threshold value setting means, changing setting values for predetermined processing; and

processing execution means for executing the processing by use of the setting values set by the setting change means.