User interface device
First Claim
1. A user interface device for operating an instrument, the user interface device comprising:
- a contact position acquiring section that detects a contact position of an operator on an operation surface;
a hand shape acquiring section that acquires a hand shape of the operator;
a hand shape direction acquiring section that acquires a direction of the hand shape based on the hand shape acquired by the hand shape acquiring section;
a GUI (Graphical User Interface) button data storing section that stores GUI button data which represents GUI buttons each of which is uniquely allocated to a function for operating an instrument;
a GUI button allocation section that allocates a GUI button allocated to a function, read out from the GUI button data storing section, to a fingertip in the hand shape acquired by the hand shape acquiring section, and reallocates, based only on a direction change of the hand shape, a different GUI button allocated to a different function to the fingertip in the hand shape;
a superimposed image creating section that creates a composite image of an image of a GUI button allocated by the GUI button allocation section and an image of the hand shape; and
a displaying section that displays the composite image created by the superimposed image creating section.
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Abstract
A user interface device allocates each of functions for operating an instrument to fingertips in response to a hand movement and allowing an operator to intuitively comprehend the allocation of each of the functions to the fingertips. The device includes a GUI button allocation section that first allocates a GUI button, read out from a GUI button data storing section, to each fingertip in a hand shape acquired by a hand shape acquiring section when a contact position acquiring section detects a contact to an operation surface by the operator. Then, in accordance with a change of hand shape direction, the GUI button allocation section reallocates the GUI button to each fingertip of the hand shape. The device also includes a superimposed image creating section that creates a composite image of an image of a GUI button allocated by the GUI button allocation section and an image of the hand shape, and a displaying section that displays the composite image of the image of the GUI button and the image of the hand shape created by the superimposed image creating section.
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1. A user interface device for operating an instrument, the user interface device comprising:
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a contact position acquiring section that detects a contact position of an operator on an operation surface; a hand shape acquiring section that acquires a hand shape of the operator; a hand shape direction acquiring section that acquires a direction of the hand shape based on the hand shape acquired by the hand shape acquiring section; a GUI (Graphical User Interface) button data storing section that stores GUI button data which represents GUI buttons each of which is uniquely allocated to a function for operating an instrument; a GUI button allocation section that allocates a GUI button allocated to a function, read out from the GUI button data storing section, to a fingertip in the hand shape acquired by the hand shape acquiring section, and reallocates, based only on a direction change of the hand shape, a different GUI button allocated to a different function to the fingertip in the hand shape; a superimposed image creating section that creates a composite image of an image of a GUI button allocated by the GUI button allocation section and an image of the hand shape; and a displaying section that displays the composite image created by the superimposed image creating section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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