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Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2017
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Taisuke Yamauchi, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01); G03B 17/54 (2021.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0425 (2013.01); G01B 11/25 (2013.01); G03B 17/54 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2013.01); H04N 9/3129 (2013.01); H04N 9/3194 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image recognition device, an image recognition method and an image recognition unit capable of performing touch recognition high in accuracy. The image recognition device includes a pattern display section adapted to display a first pattern in which bright lines are arranged with a first pitch, and a second pattern in which bright lines are arranged with a second pitch at respective time points different from each other, a measurement point determination section adapted to detect a finger located between a camera and a screen, and determine a fingertip of the finger, and a position detection section adapted to detect the position of the fingertip with respect to the screen based on an image including the first pattern and an image including the second pattern obtained by the camera.


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