Position detection system, position detection method, program, object determination system and object determination method
First Claim
1. A position detection system comprising:
- an imaging unit for capturing a projected image of an object;
an electromagnetic wave emission unit to emit an electromagnetic wave to the imaging unit,wherein the electromagnetic wave emission unit comprisesa first electromagnetic wave emission unit and a second electromagnetic wave emission unit placed in a different location from the first electromagnetic wave emission unit;
a control unit to control emission of the electromagnetic wave by the electromagnetic wave emission unit; and
a position determination unit, which;
obtains a first projected image of the object based on an image captured during emission of the electromagnetic wave by the first electromagnetic wave emission unit and not by the second electromagnetic wave emission unit, andobtains a second projected image of the object based on an image captured during emission of the electromagnetic wave by the second electromagnetic wave emission unit and not by the first electromagnetic wave emission unit,determines a spatial position of the object based on estimating a first straight line connecting the first electromagnetic wave emission unit and a first point of the first projected image of the object,estimating a second straight line connecting the second electromagnetic wave emission unit and a second point of the second projected image of the object, anddetermining an intersection of the first straight line and the second straight line as the spatial position of the object,wherein the second point of the second projected image corresponds to the first point of the first projected image, anddetermines whether the object is a finger or a fist by determining whether a proximity between a pattern in the first projected image and a pattern in the second projected image is greater than a threshold proximity.
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Abstract
There is provided a position detection system including an imaging unit to capture an image of a projection plane of an electromagnetic wave, an electromagnetic wave emission unit to emit the electromagnetic wave to the projection plane, a control unit to control emission of the electromagnetic wave by the electromagnetic wave emission unit, and a position detection unit including a projected image detection section to detect a projected image of an object existing between the electromagnetic wave emission unit and the projection plane based on a difference between an image of the projection plane captured during emission of the electromagnetic wave by the electromagnetic wave emission unit and an image of the projection plane captured during no emission of the electromagnetic wave, and a position detection section to detect a position of the object based on a position of the projected image of the object.
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12 Claims
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1. A position detection system comprising:
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an imaging unit for capturing a projected image of an object; an electromagnetic wave emission unit to emit an electromagnetic wave to the imaging unit, wherein the electromagnetic wave emission unit comprises a first electromagnetic wave emission unit and a second electromagnetic wave emission unit placed in a different location from the first electromagnetic wave emission unit; a control unit to control emission of the electromagnetic wave by the electromagnetic wave emission unit; and a position determination unit, which; obtains a first projected image of the object based on an image captured during emission of the electromagnetic wave by the first electromagnetic wave emission unit and not by the second electromagnetic wave emission unit, and obtains a second projected image of the object based on an image captured during emission of the electromagnetic wave by the second electromagnetic wave emission unit and not by the first electromagnetic wave emission unit, determines a spatial position of the object based on estimating a first straight line connecting the first electromagnetic wave emission unit and a first point of the first projected image of the object, estimating a second straight line connecting the second electromagnetic wave emission unit and a second point of the second projected image of the object, and determining an intersection of the first straight line and the second straight line as the spatial position of the object, wherein the second point of the second projected image corresponds to the first point of the first projected image, and determines whether the object is a finger or a fist by determining whether a proximity between a pattern in the first projected image and a pattern in the second projected image is greater than a threshold proximity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A position detection method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a first projected image of the object on an imaging unit, which is based on an image captured during emission of an electromagnetic wave by a first electromagnetic wave emission unit and not from a second electromagnetic wave emission unit, and a second projected image of the object on the imaging unit, which is based on an image captured during emission of an electromagnetic wave by the second electromagnetic wave emission unit and not from the first electromagnetic wave emission unit; and determining a spatial position of the object based on estimating a first straight line connecting the first electromagnetic wave emission unit and a first point of the first projected image of the object, estimating a second straight line connecting the second electromagnetic wave emission unit and a second point of the second projected image of the object, and determining an intersection of the first straight line and the second straight line as the spatial position of the object, wherein the second point of the second projected image corresponds to the first point of the first projected image, and determining whether the object is a finger or a fist by determining whether a proximity between a pattern in the first projected image and a pattern in the second projected image is greater than a threshold proximity. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to implement functions comprising:
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a control section configured to control emission by a first electromagnetic wave emission unit and emission by a second electromagnetic wave emission unit; a projected image determination section configured to obtain a first projected image of an object on an imaging unit, which is based on an image captured during emission of an electromagnetic wave by the first electromagnetic emission unit and not from the second electromagnetic emission unit, the object being located between the first electromagnetic wave emission unit and the imaging unit, the projected image determination section further obtaining a second projected image of the object on the imaging unit, which is based on an image captured during emission of an electromagnetic wave by the second electromagnetic emission unit and not from the first electromagnetic emission unit, the object being located between the second electromagnetic wave emission unit and the imaging unit; and a position determination section to; determine a spatial position of the object based on estimating a first straight line connecting the first electromagnetic wave emission unit and a first point of the first projected image of the object, estimating a second straight line connecting the second electromagnetic wave emission unit and a second point of the second projected image of the object, and determining an intersection of the first straight line and the second straight line as the spatial position of the object, wherein the second point of the second projected image corresponds to the first point of the first projected image, and determining whether the object is a finger or a fist by determining whether a proximity between a pattern in the first projected image and a pattern in the second projected image is greater than a threshold proximity. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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