Shimane Prefectural Government

Kenji Izumi

Yuji Shinomura

Naoki Fujihara

Operation of a car navigation system in which a menu is in a hierarchical structure can be performed by simple gestures. The method includes: detecting that a switch is pressed; subsequently detecting a gesture by a sensor; obtaining, from a memory unit, an operation associated with the detected gesture; and outputting, with respect to a screen displayed on a display unit at the time of detecting the gesture, a result of performance of the obtained operation to the display unit, wherein once it is detected that the switch is released, if it is detected that the switch is subsequently pressed again within a predetermined period of time, the same process is repeated.

Gesture input apparatus for car navigation system

An accurate determination of an operation is possible. Data photographed by a video camera is read by an image reading unit, and an image of an operator is extracted from the data by an image extracting unit. As a result of such preparation, a virtual operation screen and an operation region are created based upon the extracted image of the operator. In a case of an adult operator, an operation region can be created in consideration with a length (position of sight line) or a length of an arm, and in a case of a child, since a length is lower and a length of an arm is shorter, an operation region can be set to match it.

Image recognition apparatus, operation determining method and computer-readable medium

A motion input is appropriately identified. A display is disposed in front of an operator, and a motion, performed by the operator within ranges set in predetermined right and left positions between the operator and the display, is identified. In certain circumstances, the shape of a finger of the operator may be handled as an object of an operational determination.

Operation input apparatus and method using distinct determination and control areas

Two bar support portions are provided on opposite sides of a floor mat sensor and a horizontal bar is fixed between these portions to define spaces below into which feet are to be inserted. Then, using the horizontal bar as a reference, an input area, such as 'A' or 'B', can be accurately stepped on. A signal receiver reads and stores a first signal, and a signal determination unit determines whether the signal that was read was generated by stepping on area A or area B. Thereafter, when a signal is received indicating a data type was received first, the signal receiver reads the next input signal and the signal determination unit determines whether a signal indicating the data type was received.

Information inputting device, information outputting device and method

The present invention is aimed at detecting an operator's height and position of each body part with a certain range of accuracy, which is used for calculation of a BMI value or operation of a game. An exercise assist device () is provided with a horizontal bar (), a bar support () to support the bar, and a floor mat () on a surface of its body. A video camera () is mounted on the top of a monitor () as illustrated, for example, in FIG.and captures the operator as well as the horizontal bar () and bar support () in one image. Since the horizontal bar () and bar support () together with the operator are captured in one image, they become a three-dimensional measurement reference, so that the operator's height can be calculated from the captured image.

Image recognition device and image recognition method

An image for an operator is extracted, and an operation determination unit employs a relationship, relative to a marker of an operation input system, for the operator, who is standing behind the marker when viewed by a video camera. When a body part of the operator comes to the front of an operation plane, as viewed by the video camera, the operation determination unit determines that an action for an input operation has been started, and examines the shape and the movement of each individual body part (an open hand, two fingers that are being held up, etc.), and determines whether the shape or the movement is correlated with one of operations that are assumed in advance.

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Matsue, Japan

Kenji Izumi