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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tetsuo Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Eisuke Fujinawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Yoshitomi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Handa, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Otsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Gotoh, Chiba, JP;
Katsuji Miyazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that determines an angle between at least a part of an upper limb of a user and one of a vector or a plane. The processing unit further determines whether an operation of the user is a pointing operation or a hover operation on the basis of the angle that is between at least the part of the upper limb of the user and one of the vector or the plane.