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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a point cloud generation unit configured to generate a point cloud from a range image representing a range equivalent to a distance from a display screen to an object; and a position determination unit configured to perform a principal component analysis on the generated point cloud, to detect a vector corresponding to an object relating to position specification based on an analysis result obtained by the analysis, and to determine a specified position, the specified position being specified on the display screen.