IP Library Patent Application 16412515
Patent Application
App. No. 16/412,515

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

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App. No.
16/412,515
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a motion of a target to be detected made to an image formed in midair; and a controller that controls contents of an operation on the image in accordance with a combination of a start position of the motion relative to a display region of the image and a direction of the motion.

Claims (48)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

a detection unit that detects a motion of a target to be detected made to an image formed in midair; and

a controller that controls contents of an operation on the image in accordance with a combination of a start position of the motion relative to a display region of the image and a direction of the motion.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the combination is one of a plurality of combinations, and the plurality of combinations are prepared in advance.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the start position of the motion is one or more of a position that does not overlap the image, a position that overlaps the image, a position that is in contact with the image.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

contents of the control according to the combination are decided in accordance with an application program used to display the image.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

contents of the control according to the combination are decided in accordance with an attribute of an object to be operated.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the start position of the motion is a position at which the target to be detected is regarded to be still for a predetermined period or longer.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the start position of the motion is a position at which passage of the target to be detected is detected within a predetermined region for detection.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where positions of both hands at start of the motion do not overlap the image and the hand are moved away from each other, the controller enlarges a maximum display region of the image.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where positions of both hands at start of the motion overlap the image and the hand are moved away from each other, the controller locally enlarges a part of the image that is sandwiched between the hands within a maximum display region.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where positions of both hands at start of the motion do not overlap the image and the hand are moved toward each other, the controller shrinks a maximum display region of the image as a result of the operation.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where positions of both hands at start of the motion overlap the image and the hand are moved toward each other, the controller locally shrinks a part of the image that is sandwiched between the hands within a maximum display region.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where a position of a single hand at start of the motion does not overlap the image and the single hand is moved in one direction or rotated, the controller moves a space that forms the image in a direction of the motion or rotates the image.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where a position of a single hand at start of the motion overlaps the image and the single hand is moved in one direction, the controller deletes a part which the single hand passes.

14 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where a position of a single hand at start of the motion does not overlap the image and fingers are moved away from each other, the controller enlarges a maximum display region of the image as a result of the operation.

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where a position of a single hand at start of the motion overlaps the image and fingers are moved away from each other, the controller locally enlarges a part sandwiched between the fingers within a maximum display region.

16 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where a position of a single hand at start of the motion does not overlap the image and fingers are moved toward each other, the controller shrinks a maximum display region of the image as a result of the operation.

17 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where a position of a single hand at start of the motion overlaps the image and fingers are moved toward each other, the controller locally shrinks a part sandwiched between the fingers within a maximum display region.

18 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the combination is one of a plurality of combinations, and the controller controls the contents of the operation in accordance with the plurality of combinations.

19 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein

in a case where the image is a stereoscopic image, the controller controls an outer-layer image or an inner image depending on a difference in start position.

20 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a stimulus according to the contents of the operation is given to a part of a user's body.

21 . An information processing system comprising:

an image forming unit that forms an image in midair;

a detection unit that detects a motion of a target to be detected made to the image; and

a controller that controls contents of an operation on the image in accordance with a combination of a start position of the motion relative to a display region of the image and a direction of the motion.

22 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

detecting a motion of a target to be detected made to an image formed in midair; and

controlling contents of an operation on the image in accordance with a combination of a start position of the motion relative to a display region of the image and a direction of the motion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2019
From: TOKUCHI, KENGO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049180/0981 →