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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Daisuke Sato, Chino, JP;
Tomio Ikegami, Chino, JP;
Inventors:
Daisuke Sato, Chino, JP;
Tomio Ikegami, Chino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An input device which generates control information by moving an object to be detected, having an image capture section which captures an image of the object to be detected, a feature point extraction section which extracts a feature point of the image captured by the image capture section, a difference calculation section which calculates a difference between a reference position and a position of the feature point, and a control information output section which outputs the control information corresponding to the calculated difference.