INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus that regards a predetermined surface as a virtual input device area, and inputs predetermined information when a user performs a touch operation of causing a finger to touch the virtual input device area, the information processing apparatus, comprising:
- an image capturing unit that captures an image of the surface where the virtual input device area is formed and outputs data of the captured image;
an identification information detection unit that detects identification information indicative of a state of contact of the finger of the user with the virtual input device area;
a touch operation detection unit that detects the touch operation on a predetermined area of the virtual input device area, based on the data of the captured image outputted from the image capturing unit, and the identification information detected by the identification information detection unit; and
an information input unit that inputs the predetermined information based on a detection result of the touch operation detection unit.
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Abstract
An image capturing unit 12 captures an image of a finger 31 of a user performing a press operation within a virtual input device area associated with a predetermined input device, the virtual input device being formed on a top surface of a desk or the like, and outputs data of the captured image data. A sound input unit 13 inputs a sound generated from the virtual input device area on which a press operation is performed by a user'"'"'s finger and outputs data of the sound. A touch operation detection unit 51 detects a press operation by the user'"'"'s finger on the virtual input device area based on the captured image data outputted from the image capturing unit 12 and the sound data outputted from the sound input unit 13. An input processing unit 53 inputs predetermined information based on the detection result of the touch operation detection unit 51.
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7 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus that regards a predetermined surface as a virtual input device area, and inputs predetermined information when a user performs a touch operation of causing a finger to touch the virtual input device area, the information processing apparatus, comprising:
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an image capturing unit that captures an image of the surface where the virtual input device area is formed and outputs data of the captured image; an identification information detection unit that detects identification information indicative of a state of contact of the finger of the user with the virtual input device area; a touch operation detection unit that detects the touch operation on a predetermined area of the virtual input device area, based on the data of the captured image outputted from the image capturing unit, and the identification information detected by the identification information detection unit; and an information input unit that inputs the predetermined information based on a detection result of the touch operation detection unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus that regards a predetermined surface as a virtual input device area, and inputs predetermined information when a user performs a touch operation of causing a finger to touch the virtual input device area,
the information processing apparatus being provided with an image capturing unit that captures an image of the surface where the virtual input device area is formed and outputs data of the captured image, the information processing method comprising the steps of: -
an identification information detection step of detecting identification information capable of identifying whether or not the finger of the user has touched the virtual input device area; a touch operation detection step of detecting the touch operation on a predetermined area of the virtual input device area, based on the data of the captured image outputted by the image capturing unit, and the identification information detected in the identification information detection step; and an information input step of inputting the predetermined information based on a detection result of the touch operation detection step.
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7. A storage medium readable by a computer used in an information processing that regards a predetermined surface as a virtual input device area, and inputs predetermined information when a user performs a touch operation of causing a finger to touch the virtual input device area, and that has an image capturing unit that captures an image of the surface where the virtual input device area is formed and outputs data of the captured image, the storage medium having stored therein a program executable by the computer to function as:
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an identification information detection unit that detects identification information indicative of a state of contact of the finger of the user with the virtual input device area; a touch operation detection unit that detects the touch operation on a predetermined area of the virtual input device area, based on the data of the captured image outputted from the image capturing unit, and the identification information detected by the identification information detection unit; and an information input unit that inputs the predetermined information based on a detection result of the touch operation detection unit.
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