Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Panasonic Corporation

Hiroyasu Imoto

Masaki Yamauchi

Shigenori Maeda

Tomonari Takahashi

Yoshihiro Kojima

Kotaro Sakata

An information input device including: an indicator detection unit; a pointer position setting unit which sets a position of a pointer to be displayed on a display screen; a storage unit which obtains and stores time-sequenced positional information which indicates the set position; a first passage detection unit which detects that the pointer has passed through a first specific region which is a predetermined region on the display screen, using the time-sequenced positional information; and a direction obtainment unit which obtains a direction in which the pointer has passed through the first specific region if it is detected that the pointer has passed through the first specific region; and a first image modifying unit which modifies a displayed image, depending on the obtained direction.

Information input device and information display method

An information processing method is performed by an information processing apparatus, for executing predetermined processing in relation to an object displayed on a screen. The information processing method includes: obtaining position information indicating positions detected for two or more parts of an operating body; calculating a control amount on a basis of the positions of the two or more parts, the positions being indicated in the position information; and controlling including displaying, on the screen, a control symbol including a first symbol which represents the control amount calculated in the calculating and a second symbol which represents a threshold to be a criterion for determining whether or not the control amount satisfies a predetermined condition, and executing the predetermined processing in a case where the control amount is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition.

Information processing method and information processing apparatus

An instruction input device includes: a first direction detection unit detecting the first direction in which the user is looking; a second direction detection unit detecting a second direction in which the user is performing a pointing operation; a gaze position calculation unit calculating a gaze position of the user on the screen; a reference coordinate group calculation unit calculating a reference line in space corresponding to the gaze position and connecting the user and the screen; an offset amount calculation unit calculating a distance of the second direction between the reference line and the input coordinate indicating the user's hand as an offset amount with respect to the gaze position; and a pointer display position calculation unit calculating a position in which a distance of the first screen predetermined direction between the position and the gaze position is the offset amount on the screen.

Instruction input device, instruction input method, program, recording medium, and integrated circuit

A user interface device () includes: a detection unit () which detects a position of a user; a display unit () which displays a work space; and a control unit () which controls display of an independent object which belongs to no user. The control unit () moves the independent object in a mode which varies between when the independent object is in a face-to-face space of the display unit () which is face to face with the position of the user and when the independent object is outside the face-to-face space. The control unit () also stops the moving independent object in a workspace assigned to the user when the user obtains the independent object.

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Hiroyasu Imoto