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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Miwako Doi, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Morishita, Tokyo, JP;
Naoko Umeki, Kawasaki, JP;
Shunichi Numazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A user interface apparatus for performing input by image processing of an input image includes a unit for switching a mode for performing pointing and other modes on the basis of a result of the image processing of the input image. A user interface apparatus for performing input by image processing of an input image includes a unit for switching at least a cursor move mode, a select mode, and a double click mode on the basis of a result of the image processing of the input image. A user interface apparatus for performing input by image processing includes a unit for checking whether an object of image processing is in a proper range within which the image processing is possible, and a unit for presenting at least one of predetermined visual information and audio information, if it is determined that the object is outside the proper range. For example, the cursor is made smaller and/or lighter in color or made larger if the object is farther or closer, respectively, than the proper range, and the left or the right side of the cursor is deformed if the object falls outside the proper range to the left or the right.