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Recognizing apparatus and method, recording media, and program

  • US 7,853,051 B2
  • Filed: 09/27/2006
  • Issued: 12/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A recognizing apparatus comprising:

  • face direction sensing means for sensing a direction of a user'"'"'s face;

    line-of-sight direction sensing means for sensing a direction of the user'"'"'s line of sight; and

    movement recognizing means for recognizing that the user has nodded to indicate the user'"'"'s intention if the user is in a state in which the direction of the user'"'"'s face sensed by the face direction sensing means is directed downward while the direction of the user'"'"'s line of sight sensed by the line-of-sight direction sensing means is directed upward with respect to the direction of the face sensed by the face direction sensing means.

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