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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2007
Tsukasa Ike, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Taniguchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ryuzo Okada, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobuhisa Kishikawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kentaro Yokoi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Mayumi Yuasa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Bjorn Stenger, Cambridge, GB;
Tsukasa Ike, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Taniguchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ryuzo Okada, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobuhisa Kishikawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kentaro Yokoi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Mayumi Yuasa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Bjorn Stenger, Cambridge, GB;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for a user to interface with a control object apparatus by a posture or a motion of the user's physical part. An image input unit inputs an image including the user's physical part. A gesture recognition unit recognizes the posture or the motion of the user's physical part from the image. A control unit controls the control object apparatus based on an indication corresponding to the posture or the motion. A gesture information display unit displays an exemplary image of the posture or the motion recognized for the user's reference to indicate the control object apparatus.