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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
May. 24, 2010
Nobuhiro Saijo, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Saijo, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of detecting a movement of a hand of the user with ease. A light-emitting apparatusirradiates the user with light having a first wavelength and light having a second wavelength. A binarization sectionacquires a first image and a second image, the first image being obtained by receiving reflected light of the light having the first wavelength with which the user is irradiated, the second image being obtained by receiving reflected light of the light having the second wavelength with which the user is irradiated. A binarization sectionor shape extraction sectionextracts an object area in which an object is displayed, from a skin display area in a display image including the skin display area in which a skin of the user is displayed, based on the first and second images. The shape extraction sectiondetects a change in relative distance from the irradiation means to the object in accordance with a change in luminance values of pixels constituting the object area. The present invention is applicable to a computer that extracts a shape of a portion of a body of the user from, for example, a captured image obtained by capturing an image of the user.