IP Library Granted Patent US 10,120,505
Granted Patent B2
US 10,120,505 · App. 15/629,059 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Projection and operation input detection device, method and program

Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma (Tokyo, JP); Ikuo Yamano (Tokyo, JP); Shunichi Kasahara (Kanagawa, JP); Ken Miyashita (Tokyo, JP); Kazuyuki Yamamoto (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,120,505
App. No.
15/629,059
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing a first image projected toward a target. The apparatus includes a processing unit for detecting that an object exists between a projector unit and the target, wherein when an object exists between the projector unit and the target, the apparatus determines an area of the object and generates a modified first image, based on the area of the object, for projection toward the target.

Claims (27)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

output a first information to display a first image over a first object in a three-dimensional space;

acquire a first result of detection of a first user operation;

generate a second image associated with the first image based on the first result;

output a second information to display the second image at a position associated with a user's hand;

acquire a second result of detection of a second user operation to the second image; and

control to change the second image based on the second result,

wherein the second user operation is operated by a second object.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the position associated with the user's hand is a position of a surface of or extending from the user's hand.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second object is the user's another hand.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second image is associated with a part of the first image which is designated based on the first user operation.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second user operation is a selection operation from candidate items.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the selection operation includes a pointing operation.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the selection operation includes a touch operation.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the second image is changed at a part associated with a selected item of the candidate items.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second image is changed at a part of an image of the selected item.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the second image is changed at a frame of the selected item.

11. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the second image is changed at a first candidate item of the candidate items.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second image is changed at a frame of the first candidate item.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a projector, wherein the projector acquires the first information and the second information.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein display of the second image is changed from a first position to a second position based on the second result.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the second position is other than over the user's hand.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the second user operation includes a touch operation.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the second object is the user's another hand.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the position associated with the user's hand is a position over the user's hand.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2023
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063808/0256 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2017
From: MIZUNUMA, HIROYUKI; YAMANO, IKUO; KASAHARA, SHUNICHI; MIYASHITA, KEN; YAMAMOTO, KAZUYUKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042789/0133 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-075998 · Mar 30, 2011 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14940254 · Nov 13, 2015
Continuation 13428414 · Mar 23, 2012
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