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IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM

  • US 20110205243A1
  • Filed: 02/08/2011
  • Published: 08/25/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

  • an input image acquisition unit for obtaining an input image generated by taking an image of a real space;

    an image recognition unit for recognizing, when a first user-input representing a start of manipulation is detected, a manipulator used for manipulating a virtual object, wherein the manipulator appears in the input image;

    a calculation unit for calculating, according to a result of the recognition of the manipulator provided by the image recognition unit, a position on a screen of a display device at which the virtual object is to be displayed;

    a display control unit for displaying the virtual object at the position of the screen of the display device calculated by the calculation unit; and

    a communication unit for transmitting, when the first user-input is detected, a first notification signal for notifying the start of manipulation to another apparatus displaying the same virtual object.

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