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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2011
Hiroyasu Imoto, Hyogo, JP;
Shigenori Maeda, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyasu Imoto, Hyogo, JP;
Shigenori Maeda, Kyoto, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
An instruction input device includes: a first direction detection unit detecting the first direction in which the user is looking; a second direction detection unit detecting a second direction in which the user is performing a pointing operation; a gaze position calculation unit calculating a gaze position of the user on the screen; a reference coordinate group calculation unit calculating a reference line in space corresponding to the gaze position and connecting the user and the screen; an offset amount calculation unit calculating a distance of the second direction between the reference line and the input coordinate indicating the user's hand as an offset amount with respect to the gaze position; and a pointer display position calculation unit calculating a position in which a distance of the first screen predetermined direction between the position and the gaze position is the offset amount on the screen.