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Patent No.:

US 7970204 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2007
Applicant:

Youichi Sawachi, Saitama-ken, JP;

Inventor:

Youichi Sawachi, Saitama-ken, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/10 (2011.01); G06F 3/033 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G01C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image processing device comprising: a plurality of image pickup sections that pick-up, from respectively different positions, a same object of sensing which carries out an instructing action, and outputting image information thereof; a position information sensing section which, by carrying out stereo matching on the plurality of image information outputted from the plurality of image pickup sections by using, as an object, two-dimensional regions, which correspond to a search space which is a three-dimensional space set in advance as a space in which the instructing action can be carried out, senses position information expressing matching positions which are positions of the object of sensing in the three-dimensional space at points corresponding to one another in the two-dimensional regions; and a specific position sensing section that senses, among the matching positions expressed by the position information, a specific position which is a matching position which matches predetermined conditions, is provided.


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